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For Immediate Release

MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY PROGRAMS EARN PLANET PROVISIONAL FULL ACCREDITATION

HERNDON, Va., February 2, 2009 — The Professional Landcare Network (PLANET) Accreditation team is charged with the responsibility and authority of on-site reviews and recognition of institutions of higher learning. The team is pleased to grant Provisional Full Accreditation to Mississippi State University’s Landscape Contracting and Management program in the Department of Landscape Architecture at the four-year Bachelor of Science degree level. The school’s accreditation status will continue until 2015, at which time another review will be required.

The PLANET Accreditation team visited Mississippi State University, in Starkville, Mississippi, November 9–11, 2008. The team consisted of team leader and Cochair Edward Plaster, retired horticulture instructor, Dakota County Technical College, Rosemont, Minnesota; Cochair Kent Hammond, associate professor emeritus, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, and The Ohio State University Agricultural Technical Institute, Wooster, Ohio; Phil Allen, Ph.D., of Landscape Management at Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah; and Mike Marler, Driftwood Landscape, Biloxi, Mississippi, a graduate of the program.

PLANET’s Accreditation program recognizes landscaping curricula that meet the needs of the landscape industry and also serves to recognize four-year Bachelor of Science and two-year Associate of Science degree programs. Currently, 25 schools have programs that are PLANET accredited.

For more information about PLANET Accreditation, visit the PLANET Web site or call (800) 395-2522.

PLANET is the association of members who create and maintain the QUALITY OF LIFE in communities across America. With more than 4,000 member companies and affiliates, these firms and their employees represent more than 100,000 green industry professionals.