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For Immediate Release

PLANET AEF SEEKS NOMINEES FOR OUTSTANDING EDUCATOR OF THE YEAR AWARD

HERNDON, Va., September 5, 2008 — The PLANET Academic Excellence Foundation (PLANET AEF) is currently accepting nominations for its 2009 Outstanding Educator of the Year Award. Applications are available online and must be submitted to the PLANET office no later than February 2, 2009. This award will be presented at the PLANET Student Career Days event, March 26–29, 2009, at Cal Poly Pomona, in Pomona, California.

Educators nominated for this award must be a professor at a two- or four-year institution with significant programs dedicated to the green industry field. They also need to have devoted time, energy, and enthusiasm to their programs and to have made a noteworthy contribution to education in the green industry.

Past recipients of this award include Frank Millsap of Richland College (2001), Steve Angley of Cal Poly – San Luis Obispo (2002), Martha Hill of Hinds Community College (2003), Kent Hammond of Ohio State University Agricultural Technical Institute (2004), Grant Reid of Colorado State University (2005), Phil Allen, Ph.D., of Brigham Young University – Provo (2006), Jack E. Ingels of
State University of New York (SUNY) – Cobleskill (2007), and Rex Bishop of North Metro Technical College (2008).

Nominations may be submitted by current PLANET members and by students who must solicit a PLANET member to endorse their selection.

For more information about the PLANET AEF Outstanding Educator of the Year Award, contact Kristen Nolton, call (800) 395-2522, or visit the Educator of the Year section of PLANET’s Web site, LandcareNetwork.org.

PLANET is the association of members who create and maintain the QUALITY OF LIFE in communities across America. With more than 4,200 member companies and affiliates, these firms and their employees represent more than 100,000 green industry professionals