The Plant Health and Resource Management (PHARM) club offers social and educational opportunities for Plant Health Management majors, Plant Pathology minors, and anyone interested in plants.  Activities include field trips, social gatherings and professional development activities.  PHARM is a registered student organization at Ohio State.

L to R: Jessica Schafer, Kate Gearhart, Amber Hoffstetter, Laura Bruner, Kara Riggs and Nick Weidenbenner.

PHARM at the 2008 Scarlet and Gray Ag Day - educational field trip for area fifth-graders.  Kara Riggs (above left) leads a potato activity as students learn about plant disease and the Irish potato famine; Jessica Schafer (center) show students virus-infected plants; and Kate Gearhart show students diverse types of fungi.

May 2008 - Congratulations to PHARM officers Kara Riggs, Kate Gearhart and Laura Bruner, who were among six winners of the Ohio Agricultural Science and Bioproducts Research Scholarships, sponsored by the Ohio Soybean Council Foundation.  Read more in the OSC Foundation news release

Tentative meeting schedule for Spring 2008:

Every other Thurs, 5 p.m. Kottman Hall 246.

Next meeting: tentative May 15.

Deadlines and upcoming events:

May 6 - Trip to Department of Plant Pathology - Wooster (contact weidenbenner.2@osu.edu)

May 8 - Every Mile a Memory: College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences Recognition Awards Banquet, 5:30 p.m., Buckeye Hall of Fame Cafe.

May 14 - Denman Undergraduate Research Forum.  RPAC

May 21 - Plant Science Banquet - 6 - 8 p.m., Nationwide and Ohio Farm Bureau 4-H Center

Field trips (tentative) - Hocking Hills, Dawes Arboretum

Spring Project: Dirty Jobs

The APS Office of Public Relations and Outreach (OPRO) is sponsoring the first ever World's Dirtiest Job in Plant Pathology video contest.  Sarah Ellis and Monica Lewandowski are coordinating a submission from our department and we will be looking to you for your involvement!  The winning video and other selected entries will be featured at the 2008 APS Centennial Meeting in Minneapolis and on the APSnet homepage. The winning video and the runners up will be posted to YouTube, and the winning entry will be sent to the Discovery Channel's "Dirty Jobs"  to demonstrate that plant pathology also has some of the world's dirtiest jobs.  Deadline for entry is June 1.  (Contacts: Sarah Ellis, ellis.7@osu.edu and Monica Lewandowski, lewandowski.52@osu.edu)

The following rules and judging criteria apply:
1) Open to all APS members
2) The dirtier the job the better!
3) Document the fun and humor
4) Show the reason for getting dirty
5) The maximum file size for upload is 50 MB
6) File type must be in WMV, AVI, MOV, or MPG format
7) Increase viewer understanding of plant pathology

Check this out!

Dec. 2007 edition of the CFAES Senior Update Newsletter

http://cfaes.osu.edu/future-students/pdf/december-senior-update.pdf

Dr. Anne Dorrance and Dr. Michael Boehm are part of the "Inside CFAES" profile on p. 2

Plant Pathology - Departmental Update on p. 2

Winter Quarter events:

Plant Health Management Open House with Cookies, Coffee and Chytrids

Thurs. Feb. 8, 3:00 - 5:00 pm

Kottman Hall 451

For more information:

President, Nick Weidenbenner (weidenbenner.2@osu.edu)

Vice-President, Laura Bruner

Treasurer, Jessica Schafer

Secretary, Kate Gearhart

Activities, Amber Hoffstetter

CFAES Liason, Kara Riggs

Advisor, Monica Lewandowski (lewandowski.52@osu.edu)

Elected officers for 2008-09

President, Kara Riggs

Vice-President, Nick Weidenbenner

Treasurer, Jessica Schafer

Secretary, Kate Gearhart

Special Events Coordinator, Amber Hoffstetter