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THE DAVEY BULLETIN
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May/June 2019
LEADERSHIP
CONTINUING EDUCATION
IN TREES
For the second year, arborists from Davey's South St. Paul
R/C office taught third-grade students from Lincoln Center
Elementary School about trees and their adaptations in
the urban forest.
Gail Nozal, assistant district manager, Emily Mumford,
sales arborist, and Nick Kantola, sales arborist, took the
third-grade classes on tree identification walks in the
neighborhood surrounding the school.
"We focused on adaptations, which was the current
science unit the kids were working on," Nozal said.
Gail Nozal led one of the third-grade classes on a tree identification
walk in the neighborhood around the school.
STEM GOES RED FOR GIRLS
More than 80 Portage County middle school girls recently
spent their day learning about science, technology,
engineering and math (STEM) careers. Davey sponsored
and was involved in the planning of the American Heart
Association's STEM Goes Red for Girls inaugural event.
Karen Wise, vice president, environmental consulting for
Davey Resource Group, sat on a panel of local women talking
about their different pathways to successful STEM careers.
Sandra Reid, vice president of corporate communications
and strategic planning administration, and chairwoman of
the event, said the goal was to have a mix of activities and
inspiration for the girls. "This event supports awareness
of STEM career opportunities for young women in Portage
County," she said. "We wanted to show them that STEM
can be fun, challenging and creative. If they walked away
with nothing more than that, then we've done our job."
Throughout the day the girls worked in groups to create solutions to
various "instant challenges" and also participated in stations where
they created a Taj Mahal replica (seen here), learned how to calculate
the benefits of trees and much more.
'EAGLE' EYE ASSESSMENT
Adam Jackson, district manager, and Anthony Obermayer,
foreman, Orlando R/C office, helped Boy Scout Hunter
Udowychenko with his Eagle Scout project.
Udowychenko wanted to do a tree assessment at the
Nehrling Gardens in Orlando, Florida. Jackson met with
him at the gardens and determined some large cherry
laurel trees needed to be removed.
Jackson and Obermayer did the removals, because,
due to safety requirements, Udowychenko was not able
to participate in the removal. Jackson and Udowychenko
did tag other smaller trees for removal without the need
of heavy equipment.
Pictured, from left, are Graham Bankson, Anthony Obermeyer,
Adam Jackson and Hunter Udowychenko.
