HLA Student Clubs
Horticulture Club
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The Horticulture Club's mission is to promote and encourage academic, social and professional
interests in horticulture. The club joins students with common interests to meet and
learn more about horticulture and participate in projects such as production and sale
of plants and other horticultural related ornamentals, community service activities,
field trips and a spring garden show. Funds made from the various sales are used to
finance trips to horticultural areas and businesses, participate in national and regional
contests, and provide up to three scholarships to individual members each year.
Advisors: Dr. Bruce Dunn and Dr. Lu Zhang
Pi Alpha Xi
Pi Alpha Xi is the Honorary Society for floriculture, landscape and ornamental horticulture.
Its purpose is to recognize high scholarship, to promote the exchange of ideas among
members of the professions, to establish cordial relations among students, educators
and industry members; and to foster good fellowship among its members. Undergraduate
membership is restricted to students of at least Junior standing, specializing in
the field of floriculture, landscape and/or ornamental horticulture. Students are
selected from the scholastically eligible group on the basis of character and exhibition
of promise of continued activity and interest in the field. The student must have
an overall GPA of 2.85 or better in all credit hours taken in floriculture, landscape
and/or ornamental horticulture. Learn more about Pi Alpha Xi.
Advisor: Dr. Bruce Dunn
American Society of Landscape Architects
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The OSU American Society of Landscape Architects unite Landscape Architecture students
to combine their interest and efforts, to extend their knowledge of the profession
of landscape architecture, to help advance visibility, and to promote the academic,
social, leadership and rpofessional interest of its members.
The Student Chapter, ASLA is affiliated with a National Organization. During the course
of the year students participate in numberous activities across the country, including
workshops, symposia nad lectures with students from other Universities as well as
professional landscape architects.
Advisors: Dr. Bo Zhang and Dr. Cheryl Mihalko
Sigma Lambda Alpha
Landscape Architecture Honor Society
This Chapter and The Honor Society's primary purpose is to give formal recognition
of scholarship to students in Landscape Architecture. The recognition of achievement
by students, faculty, and professionals is through electionto membership. It is open
to scholars of character from the Landscape Architecture Program and Oklahoma State
University, and its activities are designed to serve creatively as The Society strives
for the realization of its motto: "Scholar, architect of the land, embrace the whole
of nature and art, fit mankind to the earth and the ear to mankind."
Turfgrass Club
The objectives of the Student Chapter of GCSAA is to encourage student participation
in activities related to turfgrass management and promote interaction between students
and the industry.
Students participate in group activities such as seminars, field trips, internship
reviews, special projects, and golf tournaments. Meetings are held monthly at The
Botanic Garden at the Turfgrass Research Center.
Advisor: Dr. Charles Fontanier