Sunday
September 9

3:55 pm

Yannis arrives Will Rogers Airport, Oklahoma City, on Southwest Airlines 309Y.

5:35 pm

Hartmut, Henk, and Skytt arrive Will Rogers Airport, Oklahoma City, on United Airlines 5723.

6:07 pm

Allen arrives Will Rogers Airport, Oklahoma City, on Northwest Airlines 1563.

6:30 – 8:00 pm

Drive to Stillwater.

Check-in at The Hotel at OSU.

8:00 – 10:00 pm

Dinner at Mexico Joes with Dr. Dale Maronek, Head of Department of Horticulture & Landscape Architecture and Director of Oklahoma Botanical Garden & Arboretum (OBGA).

Monday
September 10

7:00 – 7:45 am

Breakfast in The State Room at The Hotel at OSU (comfortable, business attire).

8:00 – 8:30 am

Tour OBGA: OSU Turfgrass Research Center with Mr. Jeff Gazaway, Extension Assistant, and Mrs. Starla Wiese, Agriculture Technician.

8:30 – 9:00 am

Tour OBGA: Oklahoma Gardening studio gardens with Mr. Steve Owens, Host of Oklahoma Gardening television program.

9:00 – 9:30 am

Tour OBGA: Nursery Research with Dr. Janet Cole.

9:30 – 10:45 am

Travel to and tour Perkins Fruit & Nut Research Station with Drs. Dean McCraw and Mike Smith.

11:00 – 11:30 am

Tour Teaching Greenhouses with Mr. Tim Hooper, Senior Agriculturist.

11:30 am – Noon

Tour Residential Life facilities with Mr. Doug Hallenbeck, Assistant Director of Residential Life.

Noon – 1:30 pm

Lunch and tour of OSU Student Union (change into professional attire following lunch)

1:30 – 2:00 pm

Meet with Dr. Marvin Keener, Executive Vice President, Dr. Jim Hromas, Dean of University Extension—International and Economic Development and Director of School of International Studies; and Ms. Nani Pybus, Head of European Bureau for School of International Studies, in 101 Whitehurst.

2:05 – 2:25 pm

Tour OSU’s Edmon Low Library with Ms. Vicki Phillips, Head of Library’s Science and Engineering Department.

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Meet with Dean Sam Curl and Associates, Division of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, in 139 Agricultural Hall

3:15 – 3:45 pm

Meet with Ms. Geraldine Auel, Study Abroad Coordinator, and Mr. Tim Huff, Coordinator of Student Services, International Students and Scholars, in 060 Student Union.

4:00 – 4:30 pm

Prepare for seminar.

4:30 – 5:00 pm

Reception with students and faculty in 201 Agricultural Hall.

5:00 – 6:00 pm

EC Partners’ HORTECUS Seminar in 201 Agricultural Hall—PowerPoint for Windows and data/video projector will be provided.

6:00 – 7:00 pm

Free-time.

7:00 – 10:00 pm

Dinner in the gardens (casual attire) with OSU Floriculture Crop Judging & Design Team at Doug and Jackie Needham’s home—Doug will pick up HORTECUS partners at hotel.

Tuesday
September 11

7:00 – 7:45 am

Breakfast in The State Room at The Hotel at OSU.

7:45 am

Allen checks out of hotel.

8:00 – 9:30 am

Drive to Oklahoma City.

9:30 – 10:30 am

Tour TLC Florist and Greenhouses with Charles and Linda Shackelford, owners.

11:00 am - Noon

Tour Oklahoma City Zoo wildflower gardens with Ms. Pearl Pearson, Horticulturist.

12:30 – 2:00 pm

Lunch in Bricktown.

2:00 – 3:30 pm

Tour Myriad Botanical Gardens & Crystal Bridge with Mr. Allan Storjohann, Director.

4:00 – 5:00 pm

Tour Teleflora with Mr. Tom Butler, Chairman.

5:15 pm

Deliver Allen to Will Rogers Airport, Oklahoma City, for 6:43 pm Northwest Airlines 1569.

5:30 – 6:30 pm

Visit Oklahoma City National Symbolic Memorial with Ms. Pam Neville and National Park Service Ranger.

6:30 – 8:00 pm

Dinner at Cattlemen’s Steakhouse.

8:00 – 9:30 pm

Drive to Stillwater.

Wednesday
September 12

7:00 – 7:45 am

Breakfast in The State Room at The Hotel at OSU.

Check out of hotel.

8:15 – 8:35 am

Tour Stress Physiology research lab, 207 Agricultural Hall, with Dr. Jeff Anderson.

8:40 – 9:00 am

Tour Postharvest research lab, 213 Noble Research Center, with Dr. Niels Maness.

9:15 – 10:15 am

Tour Karsten Creek Golf Course with Travis Levings, Superintendent, and Dr. Greg Bell.

10:30 am – Noon

Drive to Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Noon – 1:00 pm

Check-in and lunch at Tulsa International Airport.

1:25 – 3:00 pm

Fly to Houston, Texas, on Continental Airlines 3956.

3:30 – 5:29 pm

Fly to Huntsville, Alabama, on Continental Airlines 3950.