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EDUCATION:
KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY, Manhattan, Kansas
Bachelor of Science Degree (completion expected May, 2000)
Major in Horticulture
Specialization Option - Landscape Design and Management

Relevant Courses:

• Concepts of Horticultural Design

• Horticultural Design Studio

• Woody Plant Materials (2courses)

• Herbaceous Ornamental Plants

• Landscape Maintenance

• Landscape Contracting and Construction

• Nursery and Garden Center Operations

• Business Law

• Agribusiness Management

• Principles of Advertising

ACCOMPLISHMENTS:   
Kansas State University (1997-2000)

• Kansas State Horticulture Club Web development chairmen (1999-2000)

• The 1998 WESTERN Association of Nurserymen Scholarship Recipient

• Attended the American Nursery & Landscape Association, Management Clinic in Louisville, Kentucky (1998)

• Kansas State Horticulture Club (1996-present)

• 1998 Horticulture Open House Committee Chairman: delegated tasks, attained the use of state vehicles, and equipment.

• Horticulture Therapy Club Advertising Chairman (1997-1998): publicized meetings, fund-raising, and designed.

Cloud County Community College, (1994-1996)

• Student Senate Sophomore Representative (1995-1996)

• National Leadership Forum Representative, Wichita KS, (1996)

• National Prayer Breakfast Representative, Topeka KS, (1996)

• CCCC Men's Track and Cross Country team, (1994-1995)

EXPERIENCE:
Department of Communications, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas
Multimedia Lab Assistant (1997-present)

• Responsible for all scanning and electronically digitizing of film, photographs, and slides.

• Responsible for shooting digital images using an electronic film recorder.

• Responsible for assembling and producing various segments for a major technical web site.

• Responsible for creating and producing backgrounds for slide and overhead presentations.

• Responsible for billing customers, mailing slides and digitized information.

• Program Expertise using Adobe PhotoShop, FrontPage 2000, PowerPoint, Nikon Scanner, and HP Desk Scan 2.

Ryan Lawn and Tree, Kansas City, Kansas
Landscape Employee (1999)

• Landscape Installation

• Supervised employees

• Delivery of landscape materials and plants to job site.

• Tree Trimming

Great Plains Landscaping, Beloit, Kansas
Landscape Employee (1997)

• Sales of horticulture products and plants at the Nursery Store.

• Stocking of merchandise at the Nursery Store including maintenance of working areas.

• Landscape and Irrigation repair and installation.

• Maintenance of facilities of entire nursery and landscape grounds.

Blueville Nursery, Manhattan, Kansas
Sales and Service (1996)

• Responsibilities included: customer sales, restocking, of plants at the Nursery Store .

• Stocking of merchandise at the Nursery Store and maintenance of working areas.

• Field Tree operations involving B&B trees and shrubs.

• Maintenance of facilities of entire Nursery and Landscape grounds.

• Sod Farm operations including the mowing of sod fields and transportation of sod to store.

Walt Disney World Resorts, Orlando, Florida
Gardener Gardener (1996)

• Maintenance of turf along Roadways, using pushbutton mowers, riding lawn mowers, and trimming equipment.

• Applied good communication skills in assisting guests with general questions and directions.

• Following appearance guidelines and appropriate behavior around guests and fellow workers.

• Completion of a plant identification exam, and a project presentation.