Colorado State Landscape Design and Contracting students take 3rd place in national competition

A group of Colorado State University landscape design and contracting students took third place out of 55 schools from across the nation competing in PLANET's Student Career Days last week.
Student Career Days is an annual three-day competition and networking event for students enrolled in interior and exterior horticulture programs at colleges and universities from across the country. Each year a different university is selected to host the event giving students the opportunity to see different parts of the country. This year's event was held at Michigan State University in East Lansing, Mich.
Students compete against their peers in 24 events designed to challenge participants based on current industry standards. Each competition is formulated, set-up and judged by green industry sponsors.
The Colorado State 2007 PLANET team includes Catherine Braunlin, Christopher Copenhefer, Tara Costanzo, Jessica Hill, Jamie Jeffers, Amanda Laughlin, Katie Lloyd, Mitch McClary, Heidi Moss, Meghan Oren, Matthew Ridley, Travis Sommervold, Clark Taylor, Matt Tingley, Daniel Watson, Chad Whitney, Jared Wise, and Michael Wysocki.
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Nearly 100 companies from across the country participate in the fair by scouting students as prospective employees and networking with different colleges' faculty and staff. Leaders in the green industry also present workshops on the latest information in the areas of irrigation, arboriculture, estimating and leadership skills.
Learn more about the competition by visiting http://www.landcarenetwork.org/cms/studentcareerdays.
Visit the Colorado State Department of Horticulture & Landscape Architecture at http://hla.colostate.edu.