Valerie M. Loew
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- School: Fullerton College
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- Department: Horticulture
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Location:
321 E Chapman Ave
Fullerton, CA - 92832 - Dates at Fullerton College: December 2012 - January 2018
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Biography
Fullerton College - Horticulture
Horticulture Instructor at Ivy Tech Community College
Education Management
Valerie
Loew
South Bend, Indiana
B.S. Horticulture, Cal State Polytechnic, Pomona
M.S. Education, Cal State East Bay
• Experienced course developer for lecture and lab.
• Over 20 years of experience in the green industry both in the field and in the classroom.
• Focusing in on Controlled Environment for food production of lettuce, herbs and tomatoes using hydroponic and aquaponic methods. Built a custom laboratory to study hydroponics and aquaponics under LED lights at the Fullerton Horticulture Department and wrote a State Certified course to teach the subjects.
• Frequent guest lecturer and consultant across multiple subjects: Urban Argriculture, CEA, Horticulture, Hydroponics, Aquaponics, and Permaculture.
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Experience
United States Department of Agriculture
Supervisor PPQ Officer
• Enforced Plant Protection and Quarantine Regulations.
• Supervised eighty officers based at several satellite LAX locations. *Supervised Inspection Station Departments: Botany, Plant Pathology, Entomology.
• Supervised Beagle Brigade Teams.
• Served as a Trade liaison with commerce.
• Executive member of the task force for the creation of Non Violence in the Workplace; a joint effort with collateral agencies and the Secretary of Agriculture, Dan Glickman.Fullerton College
Horticulture Professor
• Strategic developer of new state approved courses for the horticulture department that include the Soil Food Web, Hydroponics/Aquaponics, Permaculture Design Certificate.
• Instrumental in creating a Permaculture/Urban Agriculture Program that will educate a new generation of horticulture students.
• Bringing new concepts in controlled environment agriculture to pedagogy to educate and provide job skills to students.
• Successful grant writer.
Mt. San Antonio College
Horticulture Instructor
• Instruct propagation course focusing on edible perennials.
• Created and instructed courses on plant identification, lab and lecture.College of the Desert
Professor of Environmental Horticulture
• Developed new curriculum, revised entire environmental horticulture catalog.
• Significantly increased enrollment and added new sections of classes.
• Built in-house library for subject matter.
• Rebuilt aging facilities-including greenhouses, shade houses
• Increased grant funding to purchase equipment reflecting industry standards.
• Horticulture liaison to the community.
• Local television station channel 4 morning news superstar: Your Plant Professor.Ivy Tech Community College
Horticulture Instructor
Valerie worked at Ivy Tech Community College as a Horticulture Instructor
Education
California State Polytechnic University-Pomona
B.S.
Environmental Horticulture
Graduated with honors. Received Outstanding Graduating Student by School of HorticultureCalifornia Department of Pesticide Regulations
QAL
Laws and Regulations of Pesticide Use
California State University-East Bay
Master of Science (M.S.)
Education
Specialized in online course development.
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