Spring 2010 Issue
Features
VetPAC is the go-to guide for pre-veterinary students
The College of Agriculture and Life Sciences’ strong pre-veterinary program just got stronger — with the launch of VetPAC, the Veterinary Professions Advising Center.
Read Full Story »Commodity leaders and elected officials gather for annual CALS updates and to meet Chancellor Woodson
When North Carolina’s commodity leaders gathered for their annual meeting at N.C. State University on May 7, the event drew more than 250 attendees, its largest meeting ever.
Read Full Story »Noteworthy News
300 hands join together to renovate school barn
In 1946 the people of a Climax pulled together to put up a cattle barn on J.D. Cheek’s farm. And pull together they did again 64 years later when, on a bright April weekend, scores of them gathered to spiff up the barn and make it part of Providence Grove High School’s agricultural education program.
Dr. Nancy Creamer named distinguished professor
Dr. Nancy Creamer, N. C. State University horticulture professor and director of the Center for Environmental Farming Systems, will occupy one of two endowed chairs made possible with a $3.15 million endowment established last year by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation.
AgBiz Planner program helps farmers learn how to grow their business
A group of young, small, beginning and minority farmers from throughout the state have successfully completed a new AgBiz Planner program.
Tractor known as a ‘multipurpose workhorse’ made available for field lab use
Ronnie Jackson has donated a six-month lease of a Maxxum ® 125 farm/agricultural tractor for use in the teaching and research activities at the field lab.
Trudy Mackay elected to National Academy of Sciences
Dr. Trudy F.C. Mackay has been elected into the National Academy of Sciences, one of the world’s most important scientific societies.
‘All in the golden afternoon’ at the 2010 Arb Gala
It’s not unusual for guests at the JC Raulston Arboretum’s annual Gala in the Garden to feel they’ve been transported to an enchanted world of botanical beauty.
Getting enough calcium in early life could be key for optimal lifelong bone health
New research from N.C. State suggests that not getting enough calcium in the earliest days of life could have a more profound, lifelong impact on bone health and perhaps even obesity.
New pink hydrangea is Invincibelle®
A new variety of hydrangea, developed by N.C. State University horticulturist Dr. Tom Ranney, will have gardeners thinking pink this year. Hydrangea arborescens ‘NCHA1’ Invincibelle® Spirit PPAF is a hybrid of the typically white-flowered Hydrangea arborescens mountain hydrangea – or white-flowering ‘Annabelle’ — but with a significant difference: It has bright pink flowers.
Noteworthy Alumni
Gamma Sigma Delta honors exceptional leadership and service to agriculture
On April 22, the N.C. State University chapter of Gamma Sigma Delta (GSD), the Honor Society of Agriculture, honored new inductees and recognized alumni and faculty of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences for distinguished service and leadership.
Noteworthy Giving
New foundation launched at joint Extension foundations event
The North Carolina Cooperative Extension Foundation, the 4-H Development Fund and the Family and Consumer Sciences Foundation welcomed a fourth foundation to the Extension family on April 22. The North Carolina Extension and Community Association (ECA) Foundation was officially launched at the joint luncheon that accompanies the foundations’ annual meeting. And as part of the [...]
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North Carolina’s economy and quality of life are linked inextricably with natural resources — the air, land and water upon which we all depend. To help protect the environment today and into the future, CALS faculty members have wide-ranging expertise they put to use through teaching, research and extension programs. Read More >>
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