Sustainable Plant and Soil Systems

Sustainable Plant and Soil Systems

Sustainable Plant and Soil Systems

CAREER EXPLORATION

This page is designed for you to explore and learn about career options both directly and indirectly related to this major. Review Sustainable Plant and Soil Systems career options by reading about sample experiential learning and job titles as reported and held by current students and alumni, as well as graduate programs where Sustainable Plant and Soil Systems alumni have studied.

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SAMPLES OF EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING – POSITION TITLES

(May include but is not limited to: internship, co-op, research, practicum, and clinical experiences)

Agronomy Student Intern

Future Managers Intern

Grower Intern

Sports Turf Training Program Intern

US Open Golf Tournament Intern

 

SAMPLES OF ORGANIZATIONS WHERE UCONN STUDENTS PARTICIPATED IN EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING

Jacobsen Company

Longwood Gardens

Oakmont Country Club

Pine Valley Gold Club

Toro Company

TPC River Highlands

Turnberry Gold Club

United States Golf Association

Whistling Straits Golf

 

SAMPLES OF RECENT UCONN ALUMNI – POSITION TITLES

(Zero to five years of experience, varies by industry; some occupations may have required a degree beyond a Bachelor’s)

Assistant Sports Turf Manager

Assistant Superintendent

Athletic Field Assistant

Business Development Coordinator

Cheese Making Assistant

Farm Manager

Floral Designer

Garden Care Manager

Garden Shop Associate

Golf Course Superintendent

Greenhouse Manager

High School Science Teacher

High School Vocational Agriculture Teacher

Horticultural Sales Associate

Horticultural Therapist

Lab Support Technician

Micropropogation Manager

Organic Grower

Plant Maintenance Specialist

Program Manager

Sod Production Manager

Specialist, Integrated Pest Management

Sports Turf Technician

Territory Manager

Thermal Backfill Technician

Turf Technician

Viticulturist

 

SAMPLES OF EXPERIENCED UCONN ALUMNI – POSITION TITLES

(Six or more years of experience, varies by industry; some occupations may have required a degree beyond a Bachelor’s)

Botanical Garden Curator

Diagnostician

Director of Horticulture & Park Operations

Division Manager

Extension Educator

Greenhouse Specialist

Grounds Manager & Field Specialist

Head Grower

Horticulturist

Lecturer

Owner/Operator Varsity Field Services

Plant Breeder

Soil Scientist

Vice President of Nursery

 

UCONN ALUMNI – SAMPLES OF WHERE THEY WORK

Ali’s Nurseries and Landscaping

Ballek’s Garden Center

Barton Farms

Beckett Farms

Beltane Farm

Brown University

Canterbury Horticulture

Casella Organics

Cathy T’s Landscape Designs

Championship Turf Services

Crop Production Services

Fairview Country Club

FarmTek

Floral Design by Justine

Flowers, Etc.

Garden Barn

Greens Farms Academy

Herbal Products

Hollow Brook Golf Club

inTerra Innovation, Inc.

Invasive Plant Control, Inc.

John Rich Landscaping

Keneally Farm

Madison Square Park Conservancy

Monrovia Nurseries

Pfizer

Pine Hollow Country Club

Pomperaug Golf Club

Prides Corner Farms

Regional District 7

Richter Park Golf Course

Riverside Nursery Garden Center & Florist

Rocky Hill High School

Smithsonian Institute

Spectra by Comcast Spectacor

Sprigs and Twigs, Inc.

Summer Hill Nursery

Sunset Nurseries, Inc.

The Creek

The Gardener’s Center & Florist

Theraplant LLC

Tilcon Connecticut, Inc.

Tower Hill Botanic Garden

Triumvirate Environmental

University of Connecticut

Vernon Public Schools

Vineyard Golf Club

Wake Forest University Greensboro

Winterberry Gardens

Yale University Golf Course

Yard Group Landscaping, LLC

Zlotnick Construction, Inc.

 

UCONN ALUMNI – SAMPLES OF GRADUATE DEGREES PURSUED

Agronomy

Horticulture

Hydrologic Sciences

 

UCONN ALUMNI – SAMPLES OF GRADUATE SCHOOLS ATTENDED

University of California Davis

University of Connecticut

 

NATIONAL RESOURCES

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