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This fall, Open Learning and Educational Support (OpenEd) will be launching four exciting new horticulture and landscape design programs—the Horticulture Certificate , Horticulture Diploma , Landscape Design Certificate , and Landscape Design Diploma .
The new programs feature redeveloped and enhanced courses, an improved student online learning experience, and a program structure that allows participants to tailor their studies to their personal and professional...
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Can you imagine being the preferred candidate for a job only to find out that you don’t have the right credentials? This scenario was all too real for Tracy Dopko, instructor for the Equine Online Studies program at the University of Guelph (U of G). Dopko, an established equine professional, applied to instruct an online equine course at U of G but was turned down because she did not have a degree.
Dopko started a Bachelor of Science degree in her 20s only to leave...
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For the past 50 years, the University of Guelph has hosted the Turf Managers’ Short Course. This intensive month-long professional development program has built a reputation as the most successful and highly valued turf managers’ short course in Canada.
The program draws participants from across North America from a wide variety of professions—including sports turf managers and operators, nursery and sod producers, golf course employees, equipment operators...
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It’s an industry that’s in high demand with employers continually looking for qualified employees. The food science industry—projecting an increase in the number of hires over the next five years—is already being met with challenges to fill positions.
At the University of Guelph (U of G), food science is a significant area of study. With extensive ongoing research taking place on campus, U of G continues to be a leading institution in food science studies,...
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She completed her creative writing studies with distinction. Her poetry and non-fiction have appeared in literary journals—including Zygote, Skirt Quarterly and Quail Bell Magazine. She is the author of the non-fiction short story Bleeding Sorrow and is currently writing her first novel. Shelagh O’Neill is not only an avid writer, but she was the first to complete the Creative Writing Certificate program at the University of Guelph (U of G).
After years of writing...
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