• Register online at MyUH Portal (https://myuh.hawaii.edu).
• Registration started April 15, 2010.
• Receive a $500 stipend*.

Courses Available for Registration for Fall 2010

• PBT 100 (Orientation to Hawai‘i’s Agricultural Industry, 1 credit, Th 5:30-6:30 p.m.)
• PBT 200 (Introduction to Plant Science, 3 credits, MW 5:30-6:45 p.m.)
• PBT 200L (Introduction to Plant Science Laboratory, 1 credit, Th 2:00-5:00 p.m.)

In these courses, students will:

• learn botany, plant physiology, soil and water science as they grow a field crop from seed to seed.
• explore attractive career opportunities in agriculture and soil conservation.
• fulfill a natural science/lab requirement.
• receive $500 stipend*.

Enroll in these courses if you:

• enjoy working outdoors or growing plants in fields.
• are concerned about food security and wish to grow your own food.
• are interested in pursuing careers in modern technology.
• meet certain pre-requisite requirements.

For questions, please contact:

Dr. Kabi R Neupane                     Prof. Priscilla Millen                    Joy Lane

Associate Professor, Biology     Professor, Botany                       Counselor

Phone 455-0418                         Phone 455-0285                         Phone 455-0220

Email kabi@hawaii.edu              Email pmillen@hawaii.edu        Email joylane@hawaii.edu

 *To receive a stipend, you must go through an application process and meet certain criteria.

Please see the CTAHR website for more information.

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Join the O’ahu Master Gardeners and UGC ‘Ohana Volunteers at the Pearl City Urban Garden Center for Second Saturday at the Garden!

• Featuring a new tropical gardening topic each month (See topics below)
• Learn about home gardening in Hawai’i from certified Hawai’i Master Gardeners and UGC Volunteers!
• See how the Master Gardeners are renovating our herb garden the organic way!
• Got a plant question?  Certified O’ahu Master Gardeners will be available every second Saturday to answer your gardening questions.
• Guided tours of our display gardens!
• Mini Plant Sale!

Check out upcoming Topics and Schedule

Answers: Pollinate all types of plants, 80%, b. crude oil deposits

Did you know the answers? More than 550 fifth graders from schools around Oahu explored these questions and more at Agricultural and Environmental Awareness Day, held March 5, 2009 at the College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources’ Urban Garden Center in Pearl City. The students embarked on a fun-filled voyage of discovery, investigating how agriculture and environmental science affect their lives and can shape their future. More than 35 presenters and exhibitors from CTAHR’s departments and programs, Honolulu Community College, the Hawaii Nature Center, the Board of Water Supply, Hawaii Future Farmers of America,  the Hawaii Department of Agriculture’s Plant Quarantine Branch, and many other organizations helped the students examine important issues in agriculture and natural resource management. The kids encountered invasive species that damage the locally grown crops they eat, the houses they live in, and the delicate island ecosystems that surround them. They learned the value of beekeeping and biofuels, vegetables and vermiculture (composting with worms). At the same time, they met enthusiastic professionals engaged in a broad spectrum of agricultural and environmental science careers, experiencing firsthand what it might be like to be an entomologist, biotechnologist, animal scientist, or nutritionist.

As they visited the various exhibits and sessions, the students completed an Agricultural and Environmental Awareness Day quiz to reinforce what they’d learned. Congratulations to the fifth graders from Maemae Elementary, who earned the highest averaged score on the quiz! CTAHR is rewarding this outstanding effort by throwing the students a pizza party.

This year’s Awareness Day, the third held on Oahu, was well covered by local media. KHNL, K5, and KITV broadcast several news items on the event, and the Honolulu Star-Bulletin published photographs.

Now in its thirteenth year, The Agricultural and Environmental Awareness Day has become a Kauai tradition, and the event’s success has led CTAHR to expand the program to Oahu. Agricultural and Environmental Awareness Day was also held on March 13, 2009 at the Maui Tropical Plantation through the collaboration of CTAHR’s Maui County Office and the Maui Farm Bureau with funding from the County of Maui. The college also hopes to host future Agricultural and Environmental Awareness Days on Hawaii island once renovations at the Komohana facilities in Hilo are completed so students in all four counties can learn more about what they eat, where they live, and who they can become.

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