Tom Flood, superintendent of landscaping and grounds, and Larry Rhodes, sports turf manager, hosted the first Atlantic Coast Conference/Southern Conference Grounds Managers and Landscape Architects Conference on the Elon campus June 14-15.
Professionals from 17 universities in the two conferences attended seminars and campus tours. The group was welcomed to campus by President Leo M. Lambert, while Vice President of Admissions and Financial Planning Susan Klopman joined Flood for a program titled, “The Power of Presentation, The Role of the Campus Landscape in Marketing the University.”
Participants were highly complimentary of Elon’s campus landscape and facilities. After two days of touring nearly the entire campus, one particpant commented, “show us your bad stuff, too!”