A love for plants, trees and flowers sent HACC alumnae Pat Welfley of Newport down a new learning path toward a second associate degree, this time in ornamental horticulture.
Welfley, one of the program’s first graduates, recently earned certification from the Pennsylvania Landscape and Nursery Association. “I was able to achieve this only because of the patience, guidance and direction you all have given me,” she wrote to her HACC professors. That achievement is “proof positive” that the hard work put into establishing the ornamental horticulture program is working, said Welfley, who works at Stauffers of Kissel Hill nursery in Mechanicsburg.