The department facilitates a supportive internship program that is considered by students and industry as excellent. Undergraduate students are strongly encouraged to take advantage of the diverse array of internships available to them. Internships vary in length from three to twelve months and provide students with valuable work experience, income, and college credit. Students enrolled in an internship complete a course, Horticulture 391. In their curriculum, students may take two credits of internship toward their horticulture credits and an additional 2 credits toward their 128.5 credits for graduation. Students are placed in internships in Iowa and around the country each summer and during the academic year as needed. Students have participated in internships at the Chicago Botanic Garden, Longwood Gardens, ISU Reiman Gardens, Augusta National Golf Club, Epcot Center, NASA, and at a wide variety of other important and challenging businesses and organizations. Our students compete effectively for national internships. We have also had students who have completed internships in foreign counties. For example, students studied in turf internships in both Scotland and Ireland in recent years and we have placed greenhouse and nursery students in The Netherlands, England, and Italy.
Laura Klavitter
Summer 2010
William Meyers
Summer 2008
Damian Richards
Summer, 2008
Elizabeth Childs
Summer 2008
Chris Robert (PDF)
Summer 2007
Justus Moody
February through August, 2007
Megan Staley
Summer 2007
Eric C. Pitzenn
Spring 2007
Eric Pitzenn
Fall 2006
Zach Baughman (PDF)
Summer 2005
Joe Bowser (PDF)
Summer 2007
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