Michigan Turfgrass Conference
GUIDE January 13-15, 2026
SOARING EAGLE RESORT & CONFERENCE CENTER 6800 Soaring Eagle Boulevard Mt. Pleasant, MI 48858 SoaringEagleCasino.com 1-877-232-4532 Hotel Room Block Code: MTGF0H226 Cost is $139.00 per night plus taxes
Register online at www.michiganturfgrass.org
On-Site Registration Hours: January 13, 2025 (Tuesday) 11am-4pm January 14, 2025 (Wednesday) 7am-4pm January 15, 2025 (Thursday) 7am-9am
SPEAKER SPOTLIGHT: Dr. Keenan Amundsen UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA-LINCOLN Keenan Amundsen is a Professor of Turfgrass Genetics in the Department of Agronomy and Horticulture at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. He earned his BS in Turfgrass Management and MS in Plant Breeding & Genetics from MSU and later completed a PhD in Bioinformatics at George Mason University. During his doctoral studies, he worked as a Research Technologist for the USDA in Beltsville, Maryland. At UNL, Keenan leads turfgrass and specialty crop breeding programs, with a focus on developing buffalograss and hops cultivars suitable for Nebraska production. His research integrates genetics, bioinformatics, and field-based evaluation to support sustainable turf and specialty crop systems. He often jokes that his job lets him “drink beer while watching the grass grow”.
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