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| January/February 2016
Because the tree care industry is forever adapting and growing, Davey seeks
new talent to help enhance the company's reputation. Fortunately, Davey's
longstanding relationship with Purdue University continues to grow with new
recruitment opportunities each year.
Kevin McBride, district manager at the Indianapolis R/C office, is proud to have
four Purdue graduates on his team, including trimmer Isaac Miller, trimmer Alex
Sitterding, sales arborist Mike Volz and Plant Health Care technician Mitch Wright.
"Purdue has produced some quality graduates that have been and will continue
to be outstanding additions to Davey's Indianapolis R/C office," McBride says.
"Their formal education contributes to our level of professionalism, from sales
to production in the field."
McBride says three of his Purdue graduates have earned their Indiana State
Pesticide Applicator's Licenses. Sitterding and Volz both worked hard to become
International Society of Arboriculture (ISA) certified arborists as well.
"Mike, Alex, Mitch and Isaac are all motivated individuals that see the
opportunities with Davey and will play key roles in the growth of our office,"
McBride says.
Four Purdue graduates are proud
to have transitioned into a career
at Davey's Indianapolis R/C office.
(Pictured from left to right: Mike
Volz, Mitch Wright, Alex Sitterding
and Isaac Miller.)
Off the Ground
PURDUE GRADUATES CHOOSE DAVEY
"The most rewarding part
about my Davey internship
was just helping people and
actually making a difference
in their lives… Helping people
put their lives back together
after the storm was the
most rewarding."
– Taylor Souders, a Pennsylvania State
University student who interned at
Davey's King of Prussia R/C office last
summer. After severe thunderstorms
and tornadoes tore through areas
near Philadelphia and New Jersey,
Souders had the opportunity to help
a homeowner salvage family photos
that had scattered when a pipe burst
during a site visit she attended with
Sales Arborist Kevin Weston. A tree
fell on the home during the storms.
In the photo, Souders is posing next
to a Davey vehicle she encountered at
the National Mall during a landscape
design class trip to Washington, D.C.
She submitted the photo to King of
Prussia R/C District Manager Chris
Miller last fall.
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