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Discovery Newsletter
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May 2014
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Enjoy a World of Discovery at Rutgers Gardens
 Rutgers Gardens is alive year-round with flora and fun, but starting in May it really shows its stuff, and activities abound. For instance, May 9 to 11, 2014, (Mother's Day Weekend) come to the Gardens for the Spring Flower Fair and Ultimate Plant Sale. In addition to touring the Gardens, guests will be able to purchase plants ranging from trees and shrubs to ornamentals, vegetable and food plants and even rare varieties. May also marks the beginning of this season's Farmers Market at the Gardens, which runs every Friday from May 2 to well into the fall. Many educational programs fill the May calendar as well, from Gardens "walks" and "talks" to classes covering landscape design and special planting techniques. Visit the Gardens calendar for a complete listing.
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Learn About the Birds, Bees and Butterflies
 Speaking of the great outdoors, the EARTH Center at Davidson's Mill Pond Park in South Brunswick, NJ, will host two workshops on Saturday, May 17, 2014, aimed at creating pollinator-friendly gardens and habitats. The workshops are sponsored by Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Middlesex County. "Beginner Beekeeping" will run from 1 to 3 p.m., followed by "Attracting Birds and Butterflies" from 3 to 5 p.m. Tours of the gardens also will take place, weather permitting.
The workshops are free and open to the public. However, registration is required by calling 732-398-5262.
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Rush Holt: Coming to Energy Symposium, Convocation
Congressman Rush D. Holt, Jr., will be among the participants at the Ninth Annual
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Energy Symposium on Tuesday, May 6, 2014, at the Fiber Optics Auditorium on the Busch Campus. The symposium runs from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. and will feature speakers from academia, business and government. The event is free, but registration is required. Holt's appearance, which was announced just days ago, is especially appropriate, as he is the ranking member on the House Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources of the Committee on Natural Resources. He has been an outspoken advocate of alternative energy sources and is a past assistant director of the Princeton (University) Plasma Physics Laboratory. Holt also has visited the G.H. Cook Campus on various occasions, and will be back on Monday, May 19, 2014, at 10 a.m., where he will speak at the 2014 Convocation of the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences. Again, an especially appropriate appearance, as he also is a member of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
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Roy, right, receives an award from Kent Hiteshew (CC '76) at 2013 Gardens Gala.
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Roy DeBoer to be Honored
Friends of the late Professor Roy H. DeBoer will gather on Sunday, May 18, 2014, at Rutgers Gardens for a memorial service and a celebration of life reception, honoring a faculty member and alumnus who was dedicated to and renowned in the field of landscape architecture. The memorial service will begin at 2:30 p.m. in the Roy H. DeBoer Evergreen Garden and the celebration at 3:30 p.m. at the Log Cabin and Pavilion. Guests are asked to RSVP with Roy Jr. at [email protected] by May 10.
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All alumni are invited to return to New Brunswick-Piscataway for Alumni Weekend on May 15 to 18, 2014, with special attention being given to alumni whose class years end in "4" and "9." Of added interest to our School's alumni is an evening of conviviality, starting at 6:30 p.m. on Friday, May 16, 2014, in the Food Science Building and featuring two "George Talks" - fashioned after the popular TED Talks - by alumni faculty members Mark Robson and Tom Molnar. Read more.
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This Newsletter is brought to you by the Office of Alumni and Community Engagement, a unit of the Office of the Executive Dean of the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences and the New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station. New events and programs are posted frequently on our Discovery website at www.discovery.rutgers.edu. Contact the Office of Alumni and Community Engagement at 848-932-4215 or [email protected].Diana M. Orban Brown, Director
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