News
- Students from the Department of Food and Resource Economics' Quiz Bowl Teams earned both first and second place at the American Agricultural Economics Association annual meeting in Denver.
Congratulations to first place team members John Lai, Stephen Morgan and Jerrod Penn and second place team members Felipe Martinez, Lane Register and Celeste Sununtnasuk. Austin Gerber, Kristen Kovalsky, Melissa Short and Johanna Wilkes served as alternates. - Congratulations to the following individuals on being recognized at the 2010 North American Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture Conference at Penn State:
E. B. Knight Journal Award - Heidi Radunovich, Ph.D., and Eboni Baugh, Ph.D., both Family Youth and Community Sciences, and Elaine Turner, Ph.D., Food Science and Human Nutrition
NACTA Teacher Fellows Awards - James E. Dyer, Ph.D., Agricultural Education and Communication; Sabine Grunwald, Ph.D., Soil and Water Science; and Rick Weldon, Ph.D., Food and Resource Economics
NACTA Graduate Student Awards - Karen J. Cannon and L. Rochelle Strickland, both Agricultural Education and Communication
Upcoming Events
- August 18: Teaching Enhancement Symposium
8:00 a.m. - 3:15 p.m., UF Hilton Hotel and Conference Center - August 20: New Student Convocation and CALS Welcome
- August 31: First Fall Semester ALSCC Meeting
6:30 p.m., 285 J. Wayne Reitz Union - September 25: TailGATOR
3 hours before kickoff, Stephen C. O'Connell Center - September 30: CALS Kickoff
6 p.m., Florida Gym (Registration will be available in August)
College of Agricultural and Life Sciences
The College of Agricultural and Life Sciences (CALS) administers the degree programs of the University of Florida's Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS). IFAS is a federal, state, and local government partnership dedicated to develop knowledge in agriculture, human and natural resources, and the life sciences and to make that knowledge accessible to sustain and enhance the quality of human life. With 24 undergraduate majors, more than 50 areas of specialization and 23 graduate majors, CALS is an educational leader in the areas of food, agriculture, natural resources and life sciences.
Mission and Values
The mission of the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences is to provide undergraduate and graduate students with a high quality education that results in knowledge and abilities for gainful employment and additional education, productive citizenship, and lifelong learning in the areas of food, agriculture, natural resources, and life sciences as they relate to human resources, the environment, individual communities, and a global society. To achieve excellence, the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences promotes these core values:
- Respect, honesty, integrity, fairness and cooperation
- Academic excellence and scientific inquiry
- Diversity of people and ideas
- Programs that are responsive to the needs of students, Florida and the world
- Global awareness and understanding
- Opportunities for student growth, development, and career success
- Quality teaching and advising
- Education as a lifelong process
- Partnerships with faculty, students, staff and stakeholders
- The role of the College in fulfilling the IFAS mission
CALS is the teaching arm of UF’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences. IFAS is a federal, state and local government partnership dedicated to develop knowledge in agriculture, human and natural resources, and the life sciences and to make that knowledge accessible to sustain and enhance the quality of human life.
IFAS includes the Florida Agricultural Experiment Station which administers and supports research programs in UF/IFAS and Extension which provides Floridians with lifelong learning programs.
