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THE DAVEY BULLETIN
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September/October 2019
Elsewhere in
Education/Recruiting
Brigitte Orrick, director of
recruiting and employee
development, and Don Roppolo,
manager of arboricultural
training, took part in a panel at
the Arboriculture & Urban
Forestry Educators' Symposium
& Summit on the industry's per-
spective on the responsibilities
of and needs from colleges.
Orrick moderated the panel
and opened the discussion with
a look at the hiring market for
the tree care industry.
Roppolo, as a panelist, said the
conversation turned to how
educators can best prepare their
students for interviews with
a potential employer.
FORESTRY SCHOOLS VISIT DAVEY
The Davey Institute hosted 13 representatives from the Council of Eastern
Forest Technician Schools (CEFTS), which are a forum of instructors who teach
traditional forestry.
When the council wasn't conducting internal meetings, they asked Davey to
facilitate speakers. The CEFTS members heard from numerous representatives
from Kent-area locations and operations during their sessions at the Institute.
Pictured are attendees of the CEFTS session at Davey, including: Laurie Benge, Itasca Community
College; Kimberly Bohn, Penn State Mont Alto; Matt Chagnon, University of New Hampshire;
Rose Chagnon, University of New Hampshire; Gareth Davies, Maritime College of Forest
Technology; Craig Houghton, Penn State Mont Alto; Brad Jones, Itasca Community College;
Peter Linehan, Penn State Mont Alto; Pierrette Mclaughlin, Maritime College of Forest
Technology; Marie Miller, Alleghany College of Maryland; Carol Redelsheimer, American
Foresters; Steve Resh, Alleghany College of Maryland; and James Watson, Allegany
College of Maryland.
LEADERSHIP
Don Roppolo and Brigitte Orrick
at the Arboriculture & Urban Forestry
Educators' Symposium & Summit.
SUPPORTING FORESTRY TRIP AT ALMA MATER
Davey made a donation to Hocking College's Forestry
Club to help support their western forests trip. Jeff Crites,
operations manager, Great Lakes East R/C region, and
Hocking College graduate, presented Chelsie Kotlar, Forestry
Club secretary, with a check for $2,000.
The funds were used to help with the expenses of the
club's trip. During their trip, the Forestry Club visited several
states and national parks, which included visits to Grand
Canyon National Park, the Sierra Nevada mountains and
Yellowstone National Park.
Jeff Crites presenting Chelsi Kotlar, Forestry Club secretary, with
the check to support the forestry trip.
