{"id":668133,"date":"2024-02-06T13:53:08","date_gmt":"2024-02-06T18:53:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/?page_id=668133"},"modified":"2025-01-08T11:52:44","modified_gmt":"2025-01-08T16:52:44","slug":"cals-grads-are-career-ready","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/","title":{"rendered":"Destination: Graduation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n
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95% Job Placement<\/h2>

Students with high-need degrees get jobs that have salaries well above the state\u2019s median income.<\/p>

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Our agricultural research has a massive economic impact on rural North Carolina.<\/p>

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27-to-1 ROI<\/h2>

NC State Extension helps fuel the state’s economy by delivering solutions directly to residents.<\/p>

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Your Path to CALS<\/h2>

Did you know there\u2019s more than one way to get into CALS?<\/strong> Initiatives like STEAM, ASPIRE, Community College Partnership Program and the Agricultural Institute (AGI) offer potential paths to agriculture and life sciences education at NC State.<\/p>\n

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Undergraduate Programs<\/h2>

Explore two-year, four-year, online and certificate programs.<\/span><\/svg><\/span><\/p><\/div><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Pursue an advanced degree where the basic and applied sciences meet.<\/span><\/svg><\/span><\/p><\/div><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Make a CALS education possible with a variety of funding opportunities.<\/span><\/svg><\/span><\/p><\/div><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Careers<\/h2>

See what’s possible with a degree in the agricultural and life sciences at CALS.<\/span><\/svg><\/span><\/p><\/div><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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CALS students are given the resources they need to find their place, their people, and themselves.<\/span><\/svg><\/span><\/p><\/div><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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Stay connected with all things CALS on our social media channels.<\/p>\n \n \n Follow us @ncstatecals \n \n \n <\/svg><\/span><\/span>\n <\/span>\n<\/a>\n <\/div>\n

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@ncsupackpullers is a student design competition team that competes annually at the ASABE International Quarter Scale Tractor Competition. This past year they made NC State history by becoming international champions at the competition for the first time.

The Pack Pullers team performs all of their tractor fabrication in house, with each component of the tractor being student designed, built and assembled. During the competition they compete in several tractor pulls as well as durability and maneuverability courses. They additionally have a team presentation, submit a formal design report and defend their design to a panel of industry judges.

\u201cWe built on our success from the past several years, with a focus on soft skills and fine-tuning our driveline,\u201d said Silver Hyatt, captain of the Pack Pullers team. \u201cWe had 9 students travel with us to competition, all of which played a crucial role in the design and fabrication process throughout the year. We\u2019re excited to compete again in June of this year, and have already begun fabrication of the 2025 tractor!\u201d

Any NC State student is welcome to join the Pack Pullers, no experience necessary. The club meets every Monday at 5:30 p.m. in Weaver Labs, Room 125. The best way to get involved is to attend a Monday meeting, where the team will teach you everything you need to know.<\/span>\n <\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n \n \n

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\n From ants in treetops to bees in alfalfa, CALS alumna Michelle Kirchner\u2019s academic path led her to a passion for entomology research. \ud83d\udc1c\ud83d\udc1d

The infinite opportunities to pursue scientific interests at NC State helped guide Michelle towards her Ph.D. program in entomology and biology through CALS\u2019 Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, where she studied ants in tree canopies. Today, she is working as postdoctoral researcher testing pest and pollinator management in alfalfa.

Her advice to students? \u201cTalk to your mentors and professors about their career paths and ask people who have your dream job about how they got there. You\u2019ll quickly see that almost no one has a straight line to where they are today.\u201d

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