Contact Information
Email: turfclub@msu.edu
Officers
President - Zach Olowniuk
Vice President - Zac Kelly
Treasurer - Frank Figurski
Social Media Manager - Tristan Ziola
MSU’s Turfgrass Club goes big at GCSAA Conference
Members of MSU’s Turf Grass Club traveled to San Diego Feb 2-4 to participate in the 2022 Turf Bowl Competition at the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America (GCSAA) conference, where they placed 6th in a field of 44 teams.
“The competition gives us a platform to really stretch ourselves, and take new leaps of faith if we choose,” says Spencer Cole, club president. “It’s important to get the opportunity to network with the thousands of people in our industry who will be at the conference. And two years ago when the competition was in Orlando, I actually landed an internship in Chicago for that summer.”
“Being in the booth at the conference center is a great way to expand your network and meet a lot of the alumni that graduated from the turf program,” says Seth Jenkins. “The Turf bowl is a way for students to challenge themselves and see what they know. It is also a huge thing to be able to represent Michigan State University for the whole turf world. It just means a lot to me to be able to represent such a well know turf program.”
Links
- Michigan State Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences
- Michigan State University Extension Turfgrass Science
- Michigan State University Turfgrass Program
- The Turfgrass Information Center
- Michigan Turfgrass Foundation
- GCSAA
- Michigan Sports Turf Managers Association
- Michigan Turfgrass Environmental Stewardship Program