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Your Path to CALS
“Seeing and being part of farm operations brings the classroom studies to life." 🦬
Recent NC State CALS graduate Lauren Schulte-Hock spent her summer learning the business of bison as an intern at Sunset Ridge Bison Ranch in Roxboro, North Carolina.
Through the CALS Rural Works! program, which recruits employers in rural areas to hire summer interns, the owners of Sunset Ridge Bison Ranch brought on Schulte-Hock to assist with evaluating animal health, marketing and managing the daily business.
For Schulte-Hock, who graduated in May 2026 with a bachelor’s degree in animal science and minors in business entrepreneurship and toxicology, the summer internship was the perfect experience as she prepares to head to the Royal Veterinary College in London this fall.
Read more about her experience at the link in our bio.
Did you hear that? 📣 That’s the sound of you saving the date for Wolfpack Harvest on Sept. 19.
Our annual college tradition, Wolfpack Harvest, is designed to bring together alumni, students, faculty, staff and friends to celebrate all things CALS — not just in Raleigh, but wherever the Pack calls home.
📍 Join us at the Raleigh event at the Plant Sciences Building from 1-4 p.m. on Sept. 19. Regional events will be held in Castle Hayne, Mills River, Statesville and Greenville.
Register to attend for free at the link in our bio.
Soon-to-be NC State Agricultural Institute graduate Alex Boone is teeing up a successful career in turfgrass management. ⛳️
Boone will graduate this December with a two-year associate degree in turfgrass management from the Agricultural Institute, and he already has a dream job lined up: helping grow in the turf for The Gilroy, a third course under construction at Old Barnwell, a private golf club near Aiken, South Carolina.
“It’s not the long-term commitment that a four-year program is,” said Boone of the Agricultural Institute. “Two years isn’t as big a time commitment as it feels like, and what you can do in those two years at the institute is amazing.”
Learn more about his experience at the institute at the link in our bio.
