Interview With Niels Dokkuma

For my communications class I chose to interview a graduating two-year student. The students name was Niels Dokkuma from Holland. Niels has enjoyed his time here at Penn State and feels that he has been well prepared for continuing in the business and is anxious to gain more on-the-job experience. He started in the business as a seasonal assistant at Burg Golf, a local public golf course. One of his favorite classes here at Penn State was Soil Physical Properties with Dr. Andy Mcnitt. He also enjoyed his Case Studys class with Dr. Turgeon. He felt that the total experience at Penn State has really made an impression on him.

Niels did an the extensive six month internship at the California Golf Club of San Francisco where he enhanced his knowledge with on-the-job experience and enjoyed his visit by Dr. Kaminski. He was able to work on all of the objectives he had.

His plans following graduation this March is to spend another year working in the United States before heading back to the Netherlands. His advice to anyone beginning in the turf business is to work hard, be dedicated, be willing to move and ask questions. It was interesting to interview Niels and he definitely gave me some things to look forward to in my remaining time here at Penn State and in the future.