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Ceremony held to Break Ground on Greenhouse at GSC
Wed Nov 2, 2016


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 4, 2016

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Walt Helmick, WV Department of Agriculture Commissioner, speaks at the groundbreaking ceremony Walt Helmick, WV Department of Agriculture Commissioner, speaks at the groundbreaking ceremony

GLENVILLE, WV - Glenville State College on Friday broke ground on the newest addition to its campus facilities, a greenhouse. The new space will be located in the open area behind college housing and adjacent to the Waco Center on the College’s Mineral Road Campus.

When it is completed, the greenhouse will serve many functions for the college and community including a research site for Science and Mathematics and Land Resources Department faculty and students, a location for activities sponsored by GSC’s Environmental Club, a site for students to experience the operation of a greenhouse/high tunnel, and a place for community engagement by Land Resources and Biology faculty members.

The West Virginia Department of Agriculture provided $6,300 in funding to Glenville State College to complete the project and Agriculture Commissioner Walt Helmick was on hand at the ceremony.

Greenhouse Ceremony (l-r) Tom Snyder (GSC Land Resources Department Instructional Assistant), Walt Helmick (WV Agriculture Commissioner), Dr. Milan Vavrek (GSC Vice President for Academic Affairs), Tom Ratliff (GSC Physical Plant Director, Dr. Rico Gazal (GSC Land Resources Department Chair), and Dr. Gary Morris (GSC Science and Mathematics Department Chair) turn soil at the groundbreaking ceremony

“Providing opportunities like this helps engage people in the agriculture industry. This project will give a great opportunity for Glenville and the students at Glenville State College and we’re happy to be an integral part of it,” said Helmick. “Glenville joins a large number of state schools from primary level upward that we have helped with high tunnels, which we see as a critical technology for moving West Virginia agriculture into the future,” he added.

“We are appreciative of the support that the Commissioner is providing to this project at Glenville State College. Many of our students, faculty, and staff on campus look forward to being able to make full use of this greenhouse when it is completed,” said GSC President Dr. Peter Barr.

A timeline for construction of the greenhouse has not yet been specified.

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