Diversity and Inclusion

Inclusion. Equity. Respect.

The CALS Office of Diversity and Inclusion builds an environment where every student, faculty and staff member can reach his or her full potential.

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Diversity is what we say. Inclusion is what we do.

Diversity is about more than just one element of a person’s identity like race, gender or ethnicity. People are members of multiple communities simultaneously and live varied layered identities. At the intersection of these identities is a unique individual that we welcome, respect and celebrate.

Support Diversity and Inclusion at CALS

Please consider making a gift to the CALS Diversity and Inclusion Fund to support our equity and inclusivity programs. Your contribution will help ensure all members of the CALS community are valued and engaged.

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Signature Program Events

Opening Doors

Opening Doors is a three-day, overnight retreat that deepens participants’ awareness of diversity and enhances their ability to create inclusive organizations.

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Conversations That Matter

Conversations that Matter is a bi-monthly series that enhances diversity awareness and builds cultural competencies for faculty, staff and students in CALS as well as university-wide.

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CAALS 3-D

Creating Awareness of Agriculture and Life Sciences Disciplines, Degree Programs and Discoveries (CAALS) is a week-long summer camp targeting the most underrepresented minority groups in the CALS student population: African-American, Latinx and Native American males.

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More Diversity and Inclusion News

Power of Plants: Ph.D. Student Imani Madison

From studying cell differentiation in plants to building an inclusive community for plant biologists, NC State’s Imani Madison is making a difference. 

Filling the Blanks in Regulatory Science

Jessica Vigna, a state regulatory manager leading a small team at Adama, is taking elective classes in the graduate-level Regulatory Science in Agriculture certificate program. 

Cultivating Curiosity and the Next Generation of Plant Scientists

Colleagues Terri Long and Anna Stepanova are part of a national push to highlight plants’ contributions to our lives and the potential for rewarding careers in plant sciences.