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Need Employees? Check Out The National Collegiate Landscape Competition & Career Fair
The National Association of Landscape Professionals’ (NALP) annual collegiate landscape skills competition and Career Fair, the National Collegiate Landscape Competition, will be held March 15-18, at Mississippi State University in Starkville, MI. This year, nearly 700 horticulture and landscape students from more than 50 universities and colleges will connect with industry companies and test their skills in 30 real-world, competitive events like: Exterior Landscape Design; Plant Identification; Robotics and Technology in Landscape Design and Maintenance; Irrigation Design; and more. In addition to the competitive events, on March 16, more than 100 of landscape industry companies will participate in the Career Fair and connect with students who are seeking internships and jobs after college. “There is strong competition to hire these students,” said Britt Wood, NALP CEO. “Industry companies exhibiting at the Career Fair know that this is the best way to connect with the top college students from across the nation so companies that want to participate should register soon, as booth spaces normally sell out quickly.” “STIHL has been proud to be the lead sponsor of this event for over 20 years. Nowhere else is the future of the green industry better represented than at NCLC,” said Roger Phelps, STIHL’s Corporate Communications Manager. “This competition brings the best of the landscape industry’s future leaders together to demonstrate their skills, make connections, and most importantly, learn how they can grow their careers.” For more information or to reserve a Career Fair booth, visit www.landscapecompetition.org. The event gets strong support from dozens of ...
Landscape Competition Winners Advance to HNA Competition
This past Spring, Belgard sponsored the 2022 National Collegiate Landscape Competition (NCLC) organized by the National Association of Landscape Professionals (NALP). Students from across the U.S. gathered at North Carolina State University for the 46th annual event. The NCLC is the largest national competition and career recruitment event for college students studying horticulture and landscaping, with approximately 530 students from 41 colleges competing each year in 31 events. Students demonstrate their skills in tree climbing, patio building, identifying horticulture specimens, skid steer operation, sales presentations, exterior/interior design, irrigation troubleshooting, wood construction, and more. Setting the Stage Students attended workshops to sharpen their knowledge and abilities on a wide range of landscape industry topics, while also completing qualification exams that would allow them to participate in the competitive events. The next day, Belgard representatives participated in the Career Fair, which many students walk away from with their pick of internships and jobs from across the country. Later that afternoon competitive event briefings were held to inform the students about the details, procedures, and requirements of the following days’ events. Let the Games Begin Each student was allowed to participate in up to three events. Belgard and Permaloc sponsored the Hardscape Installation event, where 29 teams were given 110 minutes to construct an 8’ x 8’ interlocking concrete pavement patio in a basket-weave pattern with a soldier course and L-shaped seat wall. “The Hardscape Installation event has all the intensity and pressure of one of today’s popular competitive cooking shows,” said Karyn Peterson, ...
Landscape Competition Winners Advance to HNA Competition
This past Spring, Belgard sponsored the 2022 National Collegiate Landscape Competition (NCLC) organized by the National Association of Landscape Professionals (NALP). Students from across the U.S. gathered at North Carolina State University for the 46th annual event. The NCLC is the largest national competition and career recruitment event for college students studying horticulture and landscaping, with approximately 530 students from 41 colleges competing each year in 31 events. Students demonstrate their skills in tree climbing, patio building, identifying horticulture specimens, skid steer operation, sales presentations, exterior/interior design, irrigation troubleshooting, wood construction, and more. Setting the Stage Students attended workshops to sharpen their knowledge and abilities on a wide range of landscape industry topics, while also completing qualification exams that would allow them to participate in the competitive events. The next day, Belgard representatives participated in the Career Fair, which many students walk away from with their pick of internships and jobs from across the country. Later that afternoon competitive event briefings were held to inform the students about the details, procedures, and requirements of the following days’ events. Let the Games Begin Each student was allowed to participate in up to three events. Belgard and Permaloc sponsored the Hardscape Installation event, where 29 teams were given 110 minutes to construct an 8’ x 8’ interlocking concrete pavement patio in a basket-weave pattern with a soldier course and L-shaped seat wall. “The Hardscape Installation event has all the intensity and pressure of one of today’s popular competitive cooking shows,” said Karyn Peterson, ...
Penn College Student Awarded 2021 Ruppert Landscape Company Scholarship
Ruppert Landscape recently announce that the National Association of Landscape Professionals (NALP) Foundation awarded the Ruppert Landscape Company Scholarship to Nick Bianchi of Pennsylvania College of Technology in the amount of $1,000. Scholarship recipients were recognized at NALP’s 45th Annual National Collegiate Landscape Competition (NCLC) virtual event, March 15-19, 2021. Bianchi (age 19) from Scranton, PA is a sophomore at Penn College studying horticulture technology with a landscape emphasis. Upon graduation, he hopes to continue his education by earning hands-on industry experience with a landscaping company and aspires to one day own and operate his own landscape construction company. “We would like to sincerely thank all the young adults who took the time to apply for scholarships this year and congratulate Nick on this accomplishment,” said Doug Halsey, region manager at Ruppert Landscape and NCLC Committee Chairman. “We are proud to support such a bright, talented young scholar and are excited to see where his career in the green industry takes him.” For more than two decades, the NALP Foundation (a 501c3 organization) has been focused on supporting the education of future landscape industry professionals. Through support from donors, the NALP Foundation has awarded more than $1.4 million in academic scholarships to students in college-level landscape and horticulture programs. “NALP Foundation Scholarship applications are reviewed independently by a team of industry professionals and educators. The team looks for academic merits, leadership, community service, creativity, demonstration of leadership, financial need, and any other special circumstances that stand out for a deserving ...
Penn College Student Awarded 2021 Ruppert Landscape Company Scholarship
Ruppert Landscape recently announce that the National Association of Landscape Professionals (NALP) Foundation awarded the Ruppert Landscape Company Scholarship to Nick Bianchi of Pennsylvania College of Technology in the amount of $1,000. Scholarship recipients were recognized at NALP’s 45th Annual National Collegiate Landscape Competition (NCLC) virtual event, March 15-19, 2021. Bianchi (age 19) from Scranton, PA is a sophomore at Penn College studying horticulture technology with a landscape emphasis. Upon graduation, he hopes to continue his education by earning hands-on industry experience with a landscaping company and aspires to one day own and operate his own landscape construction company. “We would like to sincerely thank all the young adults who took the time to apply for scholarships this year and congratulate Nick on this accomplishment,” said Doug Halsey, region manager at Ruppert Landscape and NCLC Committee Chairman. “We are proud to support such a bright, talented young scholar and are excited to see where his career in the green industry takes him.” For more than two decades, the NALP Foundation (a 501c3 organization) has been focused on supporting the education of future landscape industry professionals. Through support from donors, the NALP Foundation has awarded more than $1.4 million in academic scholarships to students in college-level landscape and horticulture programs. “NALP Foundation Scholarship applications are reviewed independently by a team of industry professionals and educators. The team looks for academic merits, leadership, community service, creativity, demonstration of leadership, financial need, and any other special circumstances that stand out for a deserving ...
