Brooklyn Park Rotary Restores Local College Growth.Financial Gift Replaces Stolen Items for Hennepin Technical College BROOKLYN PARK Brooklyn Park, city (1990 pop. 56,381), Hennepin co., SE Minn., a suburb of Minneapolis; chartered as a city 1969. Manufacturing includes machinery, wood and metal products, tools, feeders, and medical and pharmaceutical supplies. , Minn. -- In late January, thousands of dollars in horticultural hor·ti·cul·ture n. 1. The science or art of cultivating fruits, vegetables, flowers, or ornamental plants. 2. The cultivation of a garden. equipment was stolen from the Brooklyn Park campus of Hennepin Technical College. The Brooklyn Park Rotary Club immediately announced its support. "A financial gift to replace the equipment was a perfect fit for the Rotary's commitment to community service," says Harry Jebens, president, Brooklyn Park Rotary. "Hennepin Technical College's horticulture horticulture [Lat. hortus=garden], science and art of gardening and of cultivating fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants. Horticulture generally refers to small-scale gardening, and agriculture to the growing of field crops, usually on a large program is one of the best in the state. And without the hydroponics hydroponics, growing of plants without soil in water to which nutrients have been added. Hydroponics has been used for over a century as a research technique, but not until 1929 were experiments conducted solely to determine its feasibility for growing commercial equipment that was stolen, these top-notch students were not going to be able to complete their coursework coursework Noun work done by a student and assessed as part of an educational course Noun 1. coursework - work assigned to and done by a student during a course of study; usually it is evaluated as part of the student's ." The funds were ceremonially cer·e·mo·ni·al adj. 1. Of, appropriate to, or characterized by ceremony; formal or ritual. 2. Involved or used in ceremonies: ceremonial garb. n. 1. presented to the school on March 5 at a Brooklyn Park Rotary Club meeting, though the check was actually delivered almost immediately after the theft. "This gift from the Rotary Club of Brooklyn Park enabled our students to continue their work in this highly advanced horticultural process," says Dr. Carole Carlson, executive director of institutional advancement at Hennepin Technical College and a member of the Rotary. "This hydroponics course is not offered in any other two-year institution, so it's particularly special, and we thank the Rotary for stepping up to the plate so quickly." Founded in 1981, Brooklyn Park Rotary is dedicated to serving the special needs of the people of its community, and in cooperation with Rotary International, serving people in need around the globe. For more, visit www.rotaryclubofbrooklynpark.org. Rotary International, an organization of business and professional leaders, is the world's first service club organization. Its more than 1.2 million members volunteer their time and talent to further the Rotary motto, Service Above Self. For more information about joining Rotary, visit www.rotary.org. |
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