Day: November 17, 2010

Firewood and Christmas Tree Fundraiser

The Forestry Club and Xi Sigma Pi is hosting a firewood and Christmas tree fundrasier. Seasoned firewood will be available for $65 per face cord and will be available for pick-up or delivery (extra charge).

Christmas trees must be ordered in advance by 5 p.m., Friday, November 26, 2010. Tree pick up will be from noon to 7 p.m., Friday, December 10, or from noon to 5 p.m., Saturday, December 11, 2010 in the parking lot behind the U.J. Noblet Forestry Building off of Seventh Avenue. Tree Delivery is available for $7.

For more information, or to order Christmas trees, contact Keri Deneau at kadeneau@mtu.edu

In the News – Blair Orr

Professor Blair Orr

Blair Orr , director of Michigan Tech’s Peace Corps Master’s International program, was featured on an agroinnovations.com podcast, talking about the Peace Corps Master’s program at Tech, as well as changes and patterns in Third World agriculture, land tenure, low input mixed systems, increasing connectivity and migration in developing countries, the future of Haiti and strategies for promoting development in tropical agriculture. Hear the podcast at Blair Orr .