The Ag Alumni Society plays a vital role in supporting the college, its students, and alumni programming. Stay up to date and learn more about all the exciting news and events happening in the college and with the Ag Alumni Society.
June 26, 2020
National Pollinators Month in June encourages the planting of pollinator gardens of native, non-invasive pollen and nectar-producing plants. One of the most important ways you can help pollinators is by provisioning your yard with plants that provide pollen and nectar. To attract butterflies, you will also need to include a variety of larval host plants for caterpillars to eat.
June 25, 2020
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Penn State Extension has released a series of four short videos that offer the perspectives and experiences of five women farmers in Pennsylvania on how they manage risks associated with agritourism on their farms. The video series is designed to inspire other farmers to address these risks in their own businesses.
June 22, 2020
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — The Institutes of Energy and the Environment (IEE) announced two new members of the Penn State Water Council. The new members, Shirley Clark and Susan Boser, were elected by their peers and will begin their terms on July 1, 2020.
June 22, 2020
The Big Ten Academic Alliance (BTAA) Academic Leadership Program (ALP) in 2020-21 will include six new fellows from Penn State.
June 22, 2020
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Penn Staters, get ready to tune in.
June 22, 2020
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Recent alarming news reports aside, Asian giant hornets — sometimes referred to, hyperbolically, as "murder hornets" — are not an immediate concern in the Northeast, nor are they likely to be for a long time, if ever, according to an entomologist in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences.
June 22, 2020
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — The number of human tuberculosis (TB) cases that are due to transmission from animals, as opposed to human-to-human transmission, may be much higher than previously estimated, according to an international team of researchers. The results could have implications for epidemiological studies and public health interventions.
June 22, 2020
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — During the early to mid-1900s, it was commonplace for families to have a garden in their backyard, not just as a means to grow their food, but also to show their patriotism by providing their excess harvest to war efforts.
June 17, 2020
June 12, 2020
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Leaving her footprint on the natural world — in a reduced-carbon kind of way — has been a long-held aspiration for Sarah Schanwald.
June 12, 2020
June 12, 2020
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Tammy Shannon, academic advising coordinator for the environmental resource management program, has received the 2020 Excellence in Academic Advising Award from Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences.
June 12, 2020
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — The seed for Penn State’s Institute for Sustainable Agricultural, Food, and Environmental Science was planted well before the COVID-19 outbreak. The concept had been growing in the College of Agricultural Sciences for about two years when the pandemic emerged.
June 12, 2020
Watching the wildlife outside your window can boost your mental well-being, and it’s something lots of people have been doing a lot more of lately
June 9, 2020
Just join or renew your membership in the Alumni Association by June 19, and we’ll enter you in a drawing to win two half-gallons of your favorite Creamery ice cream.
June 9, 2020
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Muskrat populations declined sharply across North America over the last 50 years or so, and wildlife scientists have struggled to understand why.
June 4, 2020
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Christina Grozinger, distinguished professor of entomology and director of the Center for Pollinator Research, has been named scholar-in-residence at the Sustainability Institute.
June 3, 2020
Penn State's 2020 Ag Progress Days exposition, which was scheduled for August 11-13, has been cancelled due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic
June 3, 2020
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Of the numerous tasks that must be done on her family’s 200-acre farm in Lehighton, Pennsylvania, one is “shear” fun for Christi Graver.
May 28, 2020
Watching the wildlife outside your window can boost your mental well-being, and it’s something lots of people have been doing a lot more of lately
May 22, 2020
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Since 1985, students in Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences have gained a larger world view through participation in the international agriculture minor.
May 14, 2020
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Olivia Richart is the recipient of the Outstanding Senior Award for the 2019-20 academic year in Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences.
November 22, 2019
Registration closes Monday, November 25, 2019!
October 22, 2019
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences has honored five of its graduates with 2019 Outstanding Alumni Awards.
October 22, 2019
Alumni Association to recognize distinguished Penn Staters on Oct. 23
September 12, 2018
Nominate a full-time instructor who is an outstanding teacher contributing significantly to undergraduate education in the College of Agricultural Sciences.
August 29, 2018
Five alumni began their three-year terms on the Ag Alumni Society Board of Directors on August 1, 2018. Congratulations to Marissa Dillon, Mike Flinchbaugh, Jody Kull, Susan McNulty-Atwater, and Ronda Roemmelt Sneider.
August 29, 2018
Thank you Gold Sponsors for your generous support of Ag Live and the students in the College of Agricultural Sciences - PA Preferred, Pennsylvania Farm Bureau and Pennsylvania Propane Gas Association.
August 29, 2018
Three alumni will be recognized with the College Outstanding Alumni Award and one alumnus will receive the Outstanding Recent Alumni Award on October 4, 2018.
August 29, 2018
Dick Booth ’59 (Agricultural Sciences) is a volunteer with four alumni groups, including the College of Agricultural Sciences and York societies and the Lancaster and York chapters.
Associate Director of Alumni Relations
Development and Alumni Relations
Address
240 Agricultural Administration BuildingUniversity Park, PA 16802
- Email AgAlumni@psu.edu
- Office 814-863-1373
Associate Director of Alumni Relations
Development and Alumni Relations
Address
240 Agricultural Administration BuildingUniversity Park, PA 16802
- Email AgAlumni@psu.edu
- Office 814-863-1373
