MTC Tiftarea Academy Students
on Quest for Turf Damaging Pests
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Tiftarea Academy students, (l-r) John Walker, Michael Spain, Henry Sumner and Matt Perry, proudly display their Entomology projects as a part of Environmental Horticulture classes through Moultrie Technical College’s Tifton campus dual-enrollment program. |
TIFTON, GA. As a part of Moultrie Technical College’s Tifton campus dual enrollment program in Environmental Horticulture, in which high school students take college-level classes while still in high school, Tiftarea Academy students recently scoped the lawn, rummaged through shrubs and scaled trees in search of insects.
Their targets were pests such as mole crickets, Japanese beetles, June beetles, pine beetles and azalea caterpillars that affect the turf, plants and trees.
Taught on-site at Tiftarea Academy by Moultrie Tech instructor Cherie White, students take classes in Pest Management, Horticulture Construction, Landscape Installation and Interpersonal Relations. At the end of the academic year these dually-enrolled students will receive a certificate in Lawn Maintenance from Moultrie Tech with the option of continuing the program to receive a diploma in Environmental Horticulture in the future.
For more information on Moultrie Tech’s Environmental Horticulture program or other dual enrollment programs for high school students, call (229) 391-2600 or log onto the college’s website at moultrietech.edu.
