Skip to main content
CALS Employee Portal

2021

Looking out the window at people in line to vote.

Dec 5, 2021

Mandatory Civil Rights Training

Civil Rights training is required of faculty and staff within universities receiving federal funding from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) to ensure compliance and enforcement of the prohibition against discrimination in research and Extension. 
Stafford Commons with wolf statues

Dec 3, 2021

Learn About Our Faculty and Staff Assistance Program

University Human Resources has created a guide to help employees take advantage of the Faculty and Staff Assistance Program. The guide will introduce you to some of FASAP's valuable resources. 
Susan Jakes lecturing at a seminar

Dec 3, 2021

Extension Wins APLU National Diversity Award

Susan Jakes, NC State Extension associate state program leader for community and rural development, along with collaborators on the Coming Together for Racial Understanding team, was honored with the Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities (APLU) National Diversity in Extension Award for 2021. 
Hand holding university thank you note

Nov 29, 2021

Send a Note of Gratitude to a Colleague

We think each member of the Wolfpack deserves a special note of appreciation for all their extraordinary work, especially since the start of the pandemic. 
Kedong Da holds plant in a bright lab.

Nov 29, 2021

Register for the N.C. Plant Sciences Initiative Symposium and Reception

Register to attend the inaugural Plant Sciences Symposium on Monday, Dec. 6, at Hunt Library. The theme of the event is harnessing the data revolution for resilient agriculture. 
Kionna Coleman

Nov 29, 2021

Coleman Named Interim CCO

Over the past five years, Kionna Coleman helped CALS Communications develop an internal creative services agency to support the diverse communications and marketing needs of the college, its departments, centers and programs and she has now accepted the interim chief communications officer position. 
Mike Burchell

Nov 25, 2021

Burchell Appointed President of the American Ecological Engineering Society

Biological and Agricultural Engineering professor and department Extension leader Michael Burchell was recently elected as president of the American Ecological Engineering Society. 
Two groups of people talking in a hall way.

Nov 24, 2021

New DEI Course: Applied Cultural Identity

To meet the growing interest in introductory-level diversity, equity and inclusion educational opportunities, OIED’s Inclusive Excellence and Strategic Practice unit has developed a new online, self-paced course, Applied Cultural Identity, for the NC State campus community. 
Drone photo of NC State Belltower

Nov 22, 2021

University Loses Highly-respected and Beloved Member of the CALS and Applied Ecology Community

On Friday, Nov. 19, while in his hometown of Kankakee, IL, Tom Kwak, Ph.D. passed away. Kwak, an applied ecology professor and unit leader of the U.S. Geological Survey’s NC Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit will be missed. 
Keyboard with the words IT News where the return button usually is

Nov 22, 2021

CALS IT TidBits – November 2021

In this edition of CALS IT TidBits find information on the latest IT news. WiFi etiquette, Google Workspace updates, VPN updates and more.