{"id":564,"date":"2016-12-19T11:50:18","date_gmt":"2016-12-19T11:50:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/international-programs\/news\/an-extraordinary-year\/"},"modified":"2023-03-03T20:42:08","modified_gmt":"2023-03-03T20:42:08","slug":"an-extraordinary-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/international-programs\/news\/an-extraordinary-year\/","title":{"rendered":"An Extraordinary Year"},"content":{"rendered":"

From the launch of the ground-breaking Plant Sciences Initiative<\/a> to the quarter-century celebration of NC State\u2019s largest tailgate event<\/a>, the past year was\u00a0a big one for the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.<\/p>\n

And, as Dean Richard Linton says, the future is bright.<\/p>\n

\u201c2016 was an extraordinary year for CALS,\u201d says Linton. \u201cAnd I\u2019m happy to report that we\u2019re charging full steam ahead into the new year, more focused than ever on transforming agriculture and life sciences challenges into opportunities that benefit the state of North Carolina and beyond. The possibilities are exciting.\u201d<\/p>\n

Join us in saying goodbye to 2016 with a top-10 list of college highlights from the past year (in no particular order):<\/p>\n

10: The Plant Sciences Initiative
\n<\/strong>Thanks to tremendous stakeholder support, the North Carolina Bond Referendum and a significant gift from the Golden Leaf Foundation, the Plant Sciences Initiative<\/a> is $144 million further along, and the dream of a new building is becoming reality.<\/p>\n

9: The Food Processing and Manufacturing Initiative
\n<\/strong>Feeding a world population of 9.5 billion by the year 2050 is no small matter. In partnership with the N.C. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (NCDA), the Department of Commerce and the Governor\u2019s Office,\u00a0we now have a path forward to grow this important industry and help lead the charge to feed a growing world<\/a>.<\/p>\n

8: The Food Animal Initiative
\n<\/strong>CALS partnered with the College of Veterinary Medicine\u00a0to fund three grants that support the production health of swine, cattle and poultry. Our colleges also are working side-by-side to build the Reedy Creek Equine Farm, a new $5 million facility to serve students, clinicians and horse owners. And we\u2019re working with the NCDA and our animal industry partners to strengthen the state\u2019s food animal industry<\/a>.<\/p>\n

7: The Leadership Initiative
\n<\/strong>Developing future leaders<\/a> is\u00a0at the core\u00a0of who we are and what we do. In 2016, the college continued its work building a pipeline of leadership, including youth programs like 4-H and FFA, CALS Proud leadership programs for faculty and staff, and one-of-a-kind leadership opportunities for external stakeholders. In 2017, we will introduce a new Executive Leadership Program for farmers in partnership with the Poole College of Management.<\/p>\n

6: Strategic Faculty Hires
\n<\/strong>After a long budgetary challenge, CALS is now hiring faculty again. In the next year, the college plans to bring on board more than 20 faculty and four new department heads.<\/p>\n

5: North Carolina Cooperative Extension
\n<\/strong>Extension<\/a> continues to be a statewide leader in the response to Hurricane Matthew, which is especially significant considering that many of our specialists and agents also had to deal with their own losses from the storm. Extension just released a series of instructional videos<\/a> to help homeowners recover and rebuild.<\/p>\n

4: International Programs
\n<\/strong>The work of CALS faculty extends far beyond North Carolina<\/a>, delivering results all over the world. Right now, the college has 176 faculty involved internationally, with 67 ongoing projects in 40 countries.<\/p>\n

3: Research Awards
\n<\/strong>This year, CALS researchers<\/a> brought in $70 million in contracts and grants for projects ranging from crop production to obesity prevention. We are close to our 2020 goal of $75 million!<\/p>\n

2: Student Access
\n<\/strong>In 2016, we also made tremendous headway toward the goal of increasing student access to CALS, through programs like STEAM and ASPIRE, and launched our online \u201cNominate a Student\u201d program. Check out the latest edition of CALS Magazine<\/em><\/a> to learn more.<\/p>\n

1: Alumni Achievement
\n<\/strong>Last, but certainly not least, are our alumni and stakeholders. At the CALS Alumni Award ceremony in November, the college honored 28 alumni award winners, including two who received the 2016 World Food Prize, one of the most important and coveted international awards given in agriculture. \u201cCALS alumni and friends<\/a> are our legacy and our future,\u201d Linton says. \u201cFor all you do, we are extremely grateful.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hold onto your hats, for 2017 holds extraordinary promise …<\/p>\n","protected":false,"raw":"From the launch of the ground-breaking Plant Sciences Initiative<\/a> to the quarter-century celebration of NC State\u2019s largest tailgate event<\/a>, the past year was\u00a0a big one for the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.\r\n\r\nAnd, as Dean Richard Linton says, the future is bright.\r\n\r\n\u201c2016 was an extraordinary year for CALS,\u201d says Linton. \u201cAnd I\u2019m happy to report that we\u2019re charging full steam ahead into the new year, more focused than ever on transforming agriculture and life sciences challenges into opportunities that benefit the state of North Carolina and beyond. The possibilities are exciting.\u201d\r\n\r\nJoin us in saying goodbye to 2016 with a top-10 list of college highlights from the past year (in no particular order):\r\n\r\n10: The Plant Sciences Initiative\r\n<\/strong>Thanks to tremendous stakeholder support, the North Carolina Bond Referendum and a significant gift from the Golden Leaf Foundation, the Plant Sciences Initiative<\/a> is $144 million further along, and the dream of a new building is becoming reality.\r\n\r\n9: The Food Processing and Manufacturing Initiative\r\n<\/strong>Feeding a world population of 9.5 billion by the year 2050 is no small matter. In partnership with the N.C. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (NCDA), the Department of Commerce and the Governor\u2019s Office,\u00a0we now have a path forward to grow this important industry and help lead the charge to feed a growing world<\/a>.\r\n\r\n8: The Food Animal Initiative\r\n<\/strong>CALS partnered with the College of Veterinary Medicine\u00a0to fund three grants that support the production health of swine, cattle and poultry. Our colleges also are working side-by-side to build the Reedy Creek Equine Farm, a new $5 million facility to serve students, clinicians and horse owners. And we\u2019re working with the NCDA and our animal industry partners to strengthen the state\u2019s food animal industry<\/a>.\r\n\r\n7: The Leadership Initiative\r\n<\/strong>Developing future leaders<\/a> is\u00a0at the core\u00a0of who we are and what we do. In 2016, the college continued its work building a pipeline of leadership, including youth programs like 4-H and FFA, CALS Proud leadership programs for faculty and staff, and one-of-a-kind leadership opportunities for external stakeholders. In 2017, we will introduce a new Executive Leadership Program for farmers in partnership with the Poole College of Management.\r\n\r\n6: Strategic Faculty Hires\r\n<\/strong>After a long budgetary challenge, CALS is now hiring faculty again. In the next year, the college plans to bring on board more than 20 faculty and four new department heads.\r\n\r\n5: North Carolina Cooperative Extension\r\n<\/strong>Extension<\/a> continues to be a statewide leader in the response to Hurricane Matthew, which is especially significant considering that many of our specialists and agents also had to deal with their own losses from the storm. Extension just released a series of instructional videos<\/a> to help homeowners recover and rebuild.\r\n\r\n4: International Programs\r\n<\/strong>The work of CALS faculty extends far beyond North Carolina<\/a>, delivering results all over the world. Right now, the college has 176 faculty involved internationally, with 67 ongoing projects in 40 countries.\r\n\r\n3: Research Awards\r\n<\/strong>This year, CALS researchers<\/a> brought in $70 million in contracts and grants for projects ranging from crop production to obesity prevention. We are close to our 2020 goal of $75 million!\r\n\r\n2: Student Access\r\n<\/strong>In 2016, we also made tremendous headway toward the goal of increasing student access to CALS, through programs like STEAM and ASPIRE, and launched our online \u201cNominate a Student\u201d program. Check out the latest edition of CALS Magazine<\/em><\/a> to learn more.\r\n\r\n1: Alumni Achievement\r\n<\/strong>Last, but certainly not least, are our alumni and stakeholders. At the CALS Alumni Award ceremony in November, the college honored 28 alumni award winners, including two who received the 2016 World Food Prize, one of the most important and coveted international awards given in agriculture. \u201cCALS alumni and friends<\/a> are our legacy and our future,\u201d Linton says. \u201cFor all you do, we are extremely grateful.\u201d\r\n\r\nHold onto your hats, for 2017 holds extraordinary promise ..."},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The past year has been a big one for the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. Join us as we bid farewell to 2016 with a top-10 list of the year’s highlights.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":784,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[126],"class_list":["post-564","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-_from-newswire-collection-10"],"acf":[],"flickr_id":"","youtube_id":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/international-programs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/564","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/international-programs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/international-programs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/international-programs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/39"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/international-programs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=564"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/international-programs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/564\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7938,"href":"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/international-programs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/564\/revisions\/7938"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/international-programs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/784"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/international-programs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=564"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/international-programs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=564"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/international-programs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=564"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}