ABOUT SIUC: College of Agricultural Sciences
Our College . Growing through Academics . Growing through Outreach . Growing through Research . Southern@150 . Giving Opportunities
Our College
Located in the Midwest’s agricultural heart and situated near one million acres of national forest, the College of Agricultural Sciences emphasizes the development of food, agriculture and natural resources.
Our
2,000 acre, on-campus farm allows us to offer the best
in traditional agricultural education, while our dynamic
young
faculty expand our academic and research focus into such
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Strong ties with the state’s high school vocational agriculture programs, community colleges and the Future Farmers of America network bring us undergraduate students from all over the state.
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We are proud of our more than 10,000 alumni who serve in leadership positions throughout the nation. We also maintain close contact with agribusiness and commodity groups, turfgrass producers, hotel and restaurant owners and operators, foresters and environmental agency heads — all of those who can use the trained graduates we provide and the new knowledge we uncover.
Growing through Academics
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Faculty researchers teach our classes and conduct hands-on laboratories, integrating theory and practice with a problem-solving approach.
Our particular strengths include:
- A dietetics degree approved by the American Dietetics Association.
- An accredited hospitality and tourism major.
- Pre-veterinary medicine with hands-on experience at our beef cattle, swine, horse and dairy cattle centers.
- The state’s only four-year equine science major.
- An accredited forestry degree program with ready access to nearby state and national forests.
- Turfgrass and landscape majors.
- Agricultural systems degree recognized by the American Association of Agriculture Engineers with agriculture education, production and technology specialty majors.
Growing through Outreach
An ever-growing world population and the problems
it creates for infrastructure, policy, and trade place great
pressure on our environment to provide food, fiber, energy
and land resources for farming, industry, living and recreation.
Our college pursues knowledge that not only meets
the urgent needs of today but also safeguards
resources for those who
will inherit the earth from us.
Our scientists focus on problem-solving research — from safe, low-impact pesticides to means for enhancing plant resistance naturally, from improved animal diets to renewable fiber production, from ensuring a safe food supply to agricultural policy and rural economic development. But while scientific knowledge may be worthwhile by itself, it must be shared to be most useful.
We excel at delivering answers to those who most need them — whether they are farmers, agricultural professionals, peers or members of the general public — through field days, forums, workshops, training sessions and the popular and scientific press.
We are committed to working diligently to improve the quality of life for all citizens and to protect our environment for present and future generations.
Growing through Research
Our college is home to some of the nation’s most productive scientists. Ongoing research addresses a broad range of subjects including:
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We also house the Center for Excellence in Soybean Research, Teaching, and Outreach. This unique, multidisciplinary center aims to enhance soybean production and use. Drawing upon more than 40 faculty and staff from several colleges and schools within the University, it focuses on such areas as human and animal nutrition; soybean production and protection; soybean improvement through breeding, biotechnology and genomics; and environmental sustainability. Technology transfer plays a key role in the center, which enhances grower, supplier and consumer knowledge.
Southern@150
Southern at 150: Building Excellence Through Commitment,
the blueprint for the long-range growth of SIUC specifies
aspirations on which our college continues to build. These
include:
- Shaping high-quality undergraduate programs.
- We will increase the recruitment, retention and placement of bright students in the college through excellence in our instructional programs that develop the total student both academically and professionally.
- Providing leadership
in economic development.
- We are strengthening existing ties with our industry clientele and stakeholders through research, teaching and outreach programs that emphasize livestock expansion, specialty crop production, tourism, food, nutrition and health, rural economic development of the family farm, and enhancement of the environment in the southern half of Illinois.
- Enhancing the culture of research and scholarship.
- Our college will continue to conduct cutting-edge research through collaboration with industry, government agencies and other universities to address the needs and issues facing food, agriculture and natural resources producers and industries.
Giving Opportunities
There are many ways to support the College of Agricultural Sciences and a variety of levels of commitment. Donors may contribute to:
- Endowed chairs, professorships, and faculty fellowships
- Endowed and general scholarships
- Centers and facilities
- Gifts in kind of equipment and services
Contact our College Development Office at
618/453-2469.
Opportunity
through Excellence - College of Agricultural Sciences
For general information about the
College
of Agricultural Sciences: 618/453-2469
Visit us on the web: http://coas.siu.edu/
