Penn State grad Dan Shemesh has been named Director of Grounds for Major League Soccer's New York Red Bulls. Shemesh graduated in 2003 from the College of Agricultural Sciences with a degree in Turfgrass Management, which covers both the scientific study of grass and also the business side, like running athletic complexes or a golf course. Basically, the Turf School grads are the biggest grass gurus this side of the Mississippi. Except maybe Willie Nelson.
Shemesh will head all operations pertaining to both the field at Red Bull Arena, set to open this year, which is one of the few, new soccer-specific stadiums in the U.S. He will also be in charge of the planned massive six-field training facility. The field surface of the Arena is a natural Kentucky Bluegrass, as opposed to artificial AstroTurf or FieldTurf surfaces that seem to be the prevailing trend with newly-constructed as well as existing stadiums. The team played in Giants Stadium through the end of the 2009 season.
Shemesh has already racked up an impressive résumé to this point. Not only has he served for the past seven years as the Sports Field Director for the Philadelphia Eagles, but he has also worked for the Phillies and the denizens of Gillette Stadium, the New England Patriots and New England Revolution.
So maybe this will give you all a reason to actually watch the oft-neglected MLS for once.
Two senior lecturers from the the College of Communications, Maura Shea and her husband Rod Bingaman, have produced a film called Chasing Butterflies ,coming to DVD December 22. This film follows a run-away bride, Nina (Amy Brienes). Her mother (Maria Cellario) shockingly winds up marring the groom (Gabriel Vaughan) in her place, then the two newly-weds hit […]
This coming Sunday (December 13th), 14 new members will be initiated into the Penn State chapter of Delta Upsilon. This new membership reinstates the chapter at Penn State after the chapter’s alumni corporation closed the fraternity this past summer due to party violations. On July 28, 2009, the members of Delta Upsilon were officially evicted […]
Over the weekend, Jeffry Picower, 67, was found at the bottom of his mansion pool in West Palm Beach Florida by his wife, Barbara. She and her house keeper were able to pull the man accused of making more than $7 billion off of the infamous Madoff ponzi schemes from the water and get him […]
Showing your Penn State pride always looks good, no matter if it’s in State College or Karbala. Do you have a picture of Penn State students or alumni representing the Blue and White somewhere cool? Send it to [email protected] with the subject ‘Penn State Everywhere’.
The Collegian is at its worst during summer session, when the candidate corps is an avowedly less academic group of summer session students and the bulk of its editing army is off in exotic locales such as New York and Washington. But the Collegian’s worst is our favorite. There’s nothing better than a nice fluff […]