Stories From 2018
CALS PackTrac Includes Some Crop and Soil Science Majors
CALS is proud to boast a unique alternative pathway to students denied traditional freshman admission: PackTrac.
Breeding Success
Marilyn and Charles Stuber establish the Dr. Charles W. Stuber Sr. and Dr. Marilyn M. Stuber Distinguished Professorship in Plant Breeding
Mark Watson’s Paths Lead to Agriculture
“Agriculture is the intersection of plants and people.”
NC State Dining Executive Chef Adam Smith Relies on Agroecology Education Farm Crops
“Whatever’s in season, we try to fold that into our menu items and our offerings daily, to showcase that it’s as local as it gets.”
Crop and Soil Sciences Alumnus Norris Tolson Gives Back by Endowing Scholarship
The Tolson family gives back to NC State University by directly assisting CALS undergraduate students.
2018 Willie Woltz Lecture Series
Join us April 11 and 12 for the 2018 Willie Woltz Lecture Series featuring Dr. Harold Van Es - Professor: Cornell University
2018 Wernsman Seminar Offers Tropical Flavors
“[NC State] students are enthusiastic. It’s energizing!”
Alex Fox Means Business about Agriculture
“My father, my grandfather, my great-grandfather: I guess I’ll be a fourth-generation farmer.”
Professor Emeritus and Philanthropist William Collins Awarded Prestigious Watauga Medal
“In addition to all the good things he has done for tobacco farmers and for rural North Carolina, his legacy is going to be in the people he helped along the way. He takes just as much joy in the success of others than he does in his own success – and probably more.”
Dunphy Wins National Award
For lifetime contributions and leadership, NC State University’s E. James Dunphy recently won the American Soybean Association’s Pinnacle Award.