Office of the Dean

Welcome to the College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences! You've found the "A" in A&T.

The CAES is proudly the largest college of agriculture at any Historically Black College and University (HBCU,) with a rich tradition of preparing excellent, diverse agriculturalists to provide food, enrich lives and sustain communities for generations to come.

What interests you? You're likely to find it here. Our four departments and 13 degree programs include many STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) disciplines, including biological engineering, fashion merchandising, animal science, sustainable land and food systems and agribusiness. We offer nine bachelor's degree programs with 13 areas of concentration; three master's programs with five areas of concentration; and one Ph.D. with five areas of concentration. We invite you to explore our degree programs and find your passion here.

Our students are prepared, responsive and engaged in the community. We offer membership in such national organizations as Minorities in Agriculture, Natural Resource and Related Sciences (MANRRS); Collegiate Farm Bureau, along with campus organizations, including the Poultry Science Club, the Dairy Science Club, Fashion X-Cetera, FCS Club, Food and Nutritional Sciences Club, CHILD-Up, Student American Society of Landscape Architecture (SASLA), American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers Club, Environmental Science Club, Pre-Vet Club, and Gamma Sigma Delta (the international agriculture honor society.) Students from across all of the CAES Academic Departments participate in these student organizations. Or, you may work on our Student and Community Farm, learning the practical skills of growing food, together.

You'll have the chance to be a Chobani Scholar, an Undergraduate Research Scholar, a USDA 1890s Scholar or a CAES 1890s Scholar, or you may earn one of a plethora of departmental and endowed scholarships. Our more than 1,000 students excel in the community, field and laboratory alike.

We live our land-grant mission of research, teaching and outreach. Our $46 million research portfolio emphasizes climate-smart farming practices, agricultural technology, new and emerging crops and food and nutritional science. Our faculty include three endowed professors and our students have the opportunity to conduct laboratory research with a professor mentor and present in academic settings across the country.

Our 492-acre University Farm is home to five animal units and two horticultural units, and 23 active research projects. Students can engage from their first year, learning to work with animals or grow food for campus or members of the community in the Student and Community Garden. Last year, the farm donated more than 10,000 lbs. of produce, helping to offset the effects of the East Greensboro food desert. Our land-grant mission is our super-power!

Cooperative Extension at N.C. A&T, our division of N.C. Cooperative Extension, takes campus-based knowledge out into the world and shares it with the communities that need it most. As an intern with A&T Extension, you may teach drone technology to high school students through 4H Tech Changemakers, or participate in a demonstration during Small Farms Field Days. Our Extension division makes more than 50,000 contacts each year and is present in all 100 counties, and the Qualla Boundary.

Whether it's outreach, improving the knowledge base for future generations, or excelling in the classroom, we offer it all. We invite you to visit campus and come grow with us.

Aggie Pride!

Shirley Hymon-Parker, Ph.D
Interim Dean