The Yellow Jacket Current Issue Issue Archive Ventline Earn credit while working in the greenhouse By Chris Sidars Working for a greenhouse can provide a place of relaxation and help you to escape from the stress of the day. Hamblin Hall houses the only greenhouse on campus. Terry Shank instructor of Biology is the current greenhouse manager. Students also work in accordance with instructor Shank to help maintain the greenhouse plant life. Dr. Gary Greer is responsible for revitalizing the greenhouse to begin with.
Students can gain credit hours for working in the greenhouse.
Anyone interested in doing a practicum should contact Shank on the second floor of Hamblin Hall. One credit hour will be given for three hours of work per week throughout that semester. A number of insectivorous plants are also cared for. Such plants include the infamous Venus Fly Trap and a similar plant called a Cobra Lilly. These plants actually trap bugs inside their bulbs and dissolve them in order to draw the life giving nitrogen out of them.