Gurteen College
Gurteen College is an agricultural college in County Tipperary, Ireland. Founded as Gurteen Agricultural College by the Methodist Church in Ireland in 1947[1] it provides training courses in agriculture and equine studies for farms and rural enterprises. It is a charity registered in Ireland.[2] The farm covers 380 hectares of land.
Courses
The Equine department opened in 1999. A Higher Certificate and a bachelor's degree are available from Gurteen in conjunction with Athlone Institute of Technology. Also offered in association with Athlone IT is the Bachelor of Science (Veterinary Nursing).[3] FETAC validate a number of the other Agricultural programmes.
Latest developments
Gurteen college students were crowned Annual Colleges Challenge Day Champions on 2 February 2012.[4]
Wood -chip boilers were installed to provide heat in September 2010. Groves of willow will provide fuel for the boilers from 2013.[5]
Met Éireann opened an automatic weather station in 2008 within the grounds of the College.[6]
On 26 January 2010 a 50 kW wind turbine was officially commissioned to provide power to the college.[7]
Past pupils
- Simon Coveney, Irish politician.
- Tom Parlon, Irish lobbyist and former politician
- Noel Treacy, Former Irish politician.
- Ivan Yates, Irish businessman, broadcaster and former politician.
References
- ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20100710151225/http://www.irishmethodist.org/cmsfiles/pdf/manualoflaws/chapter23.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 10, 2010. Retrieved March 5, 2012.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ "Mission Statement". Gurteencollege.ie. Retrieved 2012-07-03.
- ^ Bachelor of Science Veterinary Nursing Archived 2012-11-29 at the Wayback Machine Athlone IT Website.
- ^ Published on Tuesday 7 February 2012 11:11 (2012-02-07). "Gurteen College take the Challenges Day title - Business - Offaly Express". Offalyexpress.ie. Retrieved 2012-07-03.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Wood-chip Boilers". Gurteencollege.ie. Retrieved 2012-07-03.
- ^ "Weather Observing Stations - Gurteen - Met Éireann - The Irish Meteorological Service Online". Met.ie. 2008-04-12. Retrieved 2013-05-21.
- ^ "Atlantic Orient Canada Wind Turbine to Power Tipperary Gurteen Agricultural College | Ireland Renewable Energy Systems". Res.ie. Retrieved 2012-07-03.