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UMC students present “Crookston on The Move: Connecting the Community Through Trails”

In early April, KROX sat down with Community Development Director Karie Kirschbaum, Professor of Marketing at the University of Minnesota Crookston, Al Fattel Anas, and Associate Professor Eric Castle, to chat about a project they collaborated on to highlight the trail system in Crookston. On Wednesday, April 30, the Professors and their respective classes presented […]

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UMC STUDENTS OBTAIN HANDS-ON EXPERIENCE WITH LANDSCAPE INSTALLATION PROJECT IN CAMPUS GARDEN

UMC students in Associate Professor Eric Castle’s HORT 3040: Landscape Installation and Maintenance class obtained hands-on experience this fall on the University of Minnesota Crookston campus. Castle’s class got the opportunity to install pavers and seating walls in the beautiful Pederson Campus Garden. The project came about because of a desire to have a small

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UMC STUDENTS EXPERIENCE THE POWER OF DOING – INTERNATIONALLY

By UMC University Relations Before students can have an opportunity for learning-by-doing, instructors are involved in a whole lot of doing. For Associate Professor Eric Castle and Assistant Professor Leslie Lekatz, a study abroad trip to Brazil last summer provided opportunities in both horticulture and animal science at the University of Minnesota Crookston. For Castle,

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UMC STUDENTS INSTALL SENSORY PATH DESIGNS AT CASTLE PARK, CAMPUS HOSTS TWO GUEST SPEAKERS

Students in the landscape installation class installed their sensory path designs at Castle Park in the past two weeks. They coordinated this effort with Kirsten Fagerlund at Polk County Public Health and Amanda Lien. Sensory paths are designed to help kids with sensory processing disorders and those learning how to be mobile on different surfaces.

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UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA CROOKSTON HOLDS FACULTY RESEARCH FAIR

The topics were wide and varied as faculty and staff at the University of Minnesota Crookston (UMC) hosted the inaugural Faculty Research Fair.  It was a time for students to discover what the faculty at UMC are working on outside the classroom. They also had the chance to interact with faculty, get hands-on experience, and

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