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DCTC Students Participate in Annual PLANET Student Career Days

Twelve DCTC students recently traveled to Brigham Young University, in Provo, Utah, to enjoy participation in the 30th annual PLANET Student Career Days (SCD).  Held this year March 23-26, the SCD is the premier national landscape horticulture student event. DCTC has participated since 1986.

The SCD consists of several days of tours, job fair, workshops, social events, and student competitions in contests as diverse as skid loader operation, sales presentation, woody plant ID, and many others.  This year, nearly 700 students from 52 two- and four- year colleges participated, along with 80 landscape firms from around the nation.

While this year no DCTC student placed in the top three, a number of students ranked amongst the top performers in their contests.  Two students, Nancy Thorman Dahl and Annette Langer, were awarded $1,000 scholarships.  We also spent a day at the Park City and Sundance ski resorts (there was a Robert Redford sighting).

Next years SCD will be held March 29-April 1 at the Michigan State University at Lansing, Michigan.  For more information on the SCD, visit the PLANET SCD Web site at www.studentcareerdays.com.

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