"WESTERN University,” a multiple-session event featuring interactive education on the floor during the 2009 WESTERN and year-round articles from professors in the WESTERN magazine and monthly electronic newsletters.
These professors from around the WESTERN region are graciously sharing their time, experience and knowledge to support WESTERN University:- Jason J. Griffin, Ph.D. (Chair of the WESTERN University department): Assistant Professor in Kansas State University Ornamentals Research and director of the John C. Pair Horticultural Center, near Wichita, Kan.
- Raymond A. Cloyd, Ph.D.: Associate Professor in Entomology Department at Kansas State University in Manhattan, Kan.
- Jeffrey Iles, Ph.D.: Professor and Chair of Department of Horticulture at Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa
- James Robbins, Ph.D.: Professor and Extension Horticulture Specialist – Commercial Ornamentals at University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service
- Eric Rebek, Ph.D.: Assistant Professor and State Extension Specialist in Ornamentals and Turfgrass Entomology for the Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology at Oklahoma State University in Stillwater, Okla.
- Steven N. Rodie, ASLA: Associate Professor and Landscape Horticulture Specialist in the Department of Agronomy/Horticulture at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln
- Michael A. Schnelle, Ph.D.: Professor and extension specialist at Oklahoma State University in Stillwater, Okla., in the Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture
- Ann Marie VanDerZanden, Ph.D.: Associate Professor of Horticulture at Iowa State University