The launch of our new, sustaining membership option is going very well. We have seen MANY individuals and companies opting to upgrade their membership to provide additional support to the MRTF’s project initiatives and student scholarships. If you have not heard about this upgrade, please see some additional information below. This upgrade can be added[Read More…]
Ashley Ryan Breed
Purdue Campus Update – 9 Scholarships Awarded at our 2023 Indiana Green Expo & Turf Students Win Again This year, at our annual Distinguished Service Award reception during IGE, the MRTF awarded scholarships to 9 students. Congrats to all these students and their families! MRTF Research Golf Day Scholarship (presented by Syngenta) – Eli Ziliak[Read More…]
At this year’s January meeting, the MRTF welcomed Michelle Hancock, of J&D Turf, to our Board of Directors. Michelle replaced Nikki Hendrickson as the new IPLLA Representative. Please read more about her below. “I am an Indiana native and I attended Indiana University. I spent 17 years with Perf-A-Lawn in Owensboro, KY before returning to[Read More…]
January 30 – February 1, 2023 Indiana Green Expo; Indiana Convention Center, Indianapolis, IN Spring, TBA Day of service July 18, 2023 Turf & Landscape Field Day; Daniel Turf Center, West Lafayette, IN August 1, 2023 Lawncare Diagnostic Training; Daniel Turf Center, West Lafayette, IN October 2, 2023 MRTF Golf Day –Fundraiser; Pine Valley Country[Read More…]
Darrell Pehr of Golf Course Management magazine was at our field day in July and wrote a really nice article about our program in this national magazine. The article was published in September 2022 and you can read it below. The article is very complimentary of our program and a testament to the hard work[Read More…]
