Agricultural Institute

Mar 22, 2013

New Agricultural Institute director named

Dr. Elizabeth Wilson, professor in the Department of Agricultural and Extension Education at N.C. State University, has been named director of the university's Agricultural Institute and assistant director of academic programs for the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.

Apr 10, 2012

Save the date for CALS Tailgate 2012!

Get ready to kick off the season right on Sept. 15, 2012 in Dorton Arena, before the N.C. State versus South Alabama game!

Apr 4, 2012

Feeding future populations is the issue at 2012 Commissioner’s Series kick-off session

The event was the first of two sessions in this year’s Commissioner’s Speaker Series, hosted by the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences’ Agricultural Institute, Agri-Life Council, Alpha Zeta and the CALS Alumni and Friends Society. The next session is April 11.

Oct 13, 2010

Agricultural Institute and Tobacco Trust Fund Commission welcome seven scholars to Agricultural Heritage Legacy Scholarship Program

The Agricultural Institute, the two-year associate’s-degree program in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, introduced its first group of Agricultural Heritage Legacy Scholars at a reception October 6. There students met with representatives of the program’s benefactor, the North Carolina Tobacco Trust Fund Commission.

Oct 13, 2010

New CALS scholarship honors Richard Canady and his love for family, friends and agriculture

It’s not typical that an endowment signing draws a standing-room-only crowd, but when word went out that a scholarship was being created in memory of Richard Canady, 2002 graduate of N.C. State University, nearly three score family, friends and colleagues made a point to be there Oct. 1 for the creation of the David “Richard” Canady Scholarship Endowment.

Sep 1, 2010

Stockman and teacher Dr. Lemuel Goode honored as new CALS scholarship is created

“He went the extra mile in helping students receive their degrees.” That was a special recollection about Dr. Lemuel Goode shared by his son, Charles L. Goode, during ceremonies establishing the Lemuel “Lem” Goode and Lucy Goode Animal Science Scholarship Endowment in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. Charles Goode, his mother, Lucy Goode, and sister, Dr. Candace Goode Vick, created the endowment to honor Lem Goode, a beloved faculty member in the CALS Department of Animal Science at N.C. State University.

Aug 30, 2010

Now’s the time to sign up for CALS study trip abroad

CALS' Agricultural Institute is offering an international agribusiness, law and culture tour that will take participants to England, France and Wales from March 5 to 13, 2011. It's open to CALS students, parents and alumni as well as faculty and staff. More information is available in a PDF that's available online.

Jul 28, 2010

A Land-Grant Gem

The College’s Agricultural Institute celebrates 50 years as a defining part of the university’s mission — and the ‘perfect fit’ for thousands of students.The Agricultural Institute offers nine academic programs leading to an associate of applied science degree, ranging from agribusiness management to landscape technology. It's now one of the United States’ largest associate-degree-granting programs at a four-year institution offering agriculture degrees.