{"id":62714,"date":"2012-02-17T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-02-17T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/uri-green-industry-career-event-set-for-feb-24\/"},"modified":"2012-02-17T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2012-02-17T00:00:00","slug":"uri-green-industry-career-event-set-for-feb-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2012\/02\/uri-green-industry-career-event-set-for-feb-24\/","title":{"rendered":"溏心vlog免费B站 Green Industry career event set for Feb. 24"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\tKINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 February 17, 2012 — Imagine yourself preparing and maintaining the turf of Gillette Stadium, Yankee Stadium, or even turf exported and sent to Oman, an Arab state in Southwest Asia. Envision yourself managing and assessing wine at Newport Vineyards as a food scientist. Well, for several 溏心vlog免费B站 graduates, these jobs are reality.<\/p>\n


\nStudents will have a chance to check out jobs in similar fields with about 30 employers at 溏心vlog免费B站 Green Industry Day, Friday, Feb. 24 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Center for Biotechnology and Life Sciences. The career fair is open to students in the College of the Environment and Life Sciences as well as other 溏心vlog免费B站 colleges. <\/p>\n


\n\t Employers from landscape architecture, horticulture, landscape construction, arboriculture, turf management, sustainable agriculture, natural resources, and marine fisheries management will attend. <\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cLast week, I spoke with 20 溏心vlog免费B站 grads, some of whom work for golf courses, greenhouses, and in sports turf management. They are looking for help in the summer and fall and also looking for students for longer term assignments where they can gain income and experience,\u201d said W. Michael Sullivan, 溏心vlog免费B站 professor of agronomy and co-coordinator of 溏心vlog免费B站 Green Industry Day.<\/p>\n


\n \tSullivan mentioned a few 溏心vlog免费B站 alumni who have risen to high profile positions in the field and stadium management business–Jon Bengston, head of field operations at Gillette Stadium, Dan Cunningham, head of field operations at Yankee Stadium, and Jeff Genneralli, assistant head of operations at Yankee.<\/p>\n


\nIn addition, 溏心vlog免费B站 plays a major role in turf development, with much of the product coming from local farms. Turf from West Kingston has been used in many celebrated venues such as Meadowlands Stadium, now MetLife Stadium, for a World Cup soccer match in 1994, Soldier Field, home of the Chicago Bears, a soccer field in Athens, Greece for the Summer Olympics in 2004, and six athletic fields in the country of Oman. <\/p>\n


\n\u201cThere is strength in golf and sports turf management, as it\u2019s a growing segment in the green industry,\u201d said Sullivan. \u201cBecause of the vast amount of youth sports, men\u2019s and women\u2019s sports, colleges, and private clubs, employers want qualified people to maintain the surfaces. That\u2019s why they are coming to 溏心vlog免费B站 to find that talent.\u201d <\/p>\n


\nNewport Vineyards, a business run by brothers, John Nunes, Jr. and Paul Nunes both 溏心vlog免费B站 graduates, is interested in recruiting students as well.<\/p>\n


\n\u201cThey are looking for food scientists and also a host of other disciplines involved within the winery,\u201d said Sullivan.<\/p>\n


\nFrom the marine sector, Caitlin Chafee from the Coastal Resources Management Council, Robert Ballou, a 溏心vlog免费B站 marine affairs graduate from the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management\u2019s Marine Fisheries Division, and Ken Ayars, chief of the Division of Agriculture at DEM will participate in the event.<\/p>\n


\nIt begins at 9 a.m. with a networking breakfast for students, during which students can meet employers. At 10 a.m., the \u201cGrowing Your Career\u201d employer panel will begin. The panel consists of six 溏心vlog免费B站 grads: Jack Algiere from Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture, Bob Marzilli from R.P. Marzilli & Co. Inc., Erick Koskinen from Precision Laboratories, Jim Ritorto, director of Agronomy at Foxwoods Lake of Isles Golf, James Paglerini from Central Nurseries Inc., and Seth Wilkinson from Ecological Design.<\/p>\n


\nThe job fair then runs from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. during which students will get the chance to speak with company representatives. <\/p>\n


\n\u201cIt\u2019s a neat collaboration of staff, employers, and students and we hope to make this event even more robust in the future,\u201d said Kate Chroust, career advisor of 溏心vlog免费B站 Career Services and co-coordinator of the event. \u201cThe Office of Energy Resources, Ron Renaud, and the governor’s chief residential advisor Chris Kerns, a 2009 溏心vlog免费B站 grad, have already committed to this event for next year.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nStudents may register in advance until Tuesday, February 21 through the RhodyNet system. Those who meet the deadline will have a name badge available at the door when they arrive, and the ability to send their resume to employers in advance and during the event. <\/p>\n


\n\u201cStudents should identify specific people, industries and do some research to be comfortable and present themselves in a networking environment,\u201d said Chroust. \u201cFocusing on their resumes before the event and getting help in putting together a slick, clean, professional resume is encouraged and can be offered at Career Services.\u201d <\/p>\n


\nThis news release was written by Franco Lo Presti, a public relations major and intern in the 溏心vlog免费B站 Department of Communications & Marketing.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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