![]() ![]() Polach is matched with Hannah Brewer, associate professor of physical and health education, whose junior-level School Nutrition and Wellness course uses the Tower Garden to conduct class projects for wellness teacher education assignments that are appropriate for children in elementary and middle schools. ![]() Professor Proteges are selected from a pool of incoming freshmen applicants and matched with a professor for one-on-one mentorship and professional development opportunities while earning up to $800 in student worker wages. Each year a freshman education major from the College of Education's Professor Protege Program is assigned the project as a professional development opportunity. Polach is responsible for maintaining the Tower Garden this year. "I love seeing people's reactions because once they become interested, they start asking questions about eating the vegetables." "People are surprised when they see it and wonder if it is even possible to grow plants there," said Stephanie Polach, a freshman early childhood/special education major from Meadville. Without access to natural sunlight, the tower is surrounded by four LED columns to provide artificial light for plant growth. Peas, lettuce, chives and kale are among the plants growing out of the plastic tower's 32 openings. The Tower Garden, located in a Morrow Field House hallway among the offices for the Department of Physical and Health Education, looks like an exotic grocery store display in a produce section. However, as a tool for both classroom learning and professional development, the Tower Garden is helping SRU students reach new heights when it comes to wellness education. At 58 inches high, the Tower Garden doesn't "tower" over the Slippery Rock University students who use the indoor plant growing system. Hannah Brewer, Slippery Rock University associate professor of physical and health education, harvests vegetables from SRU’s Tower Garden, an indoor plant growing system that provides educational and professional development opportunities for students in her Nutrition and Wellness course and the Professor Protégé Program. ![]()
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