College of Agriculture Blog

Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Most exciting place on campus!


The College of Agriculture is an exciting place to be at this point in time. First, the new Agricultural Sciences building stands next to the quad as the newest addition to the beautiful campus of Utah State University. We are excited for the ribbon-cutting ceremony, which will be on the 29th of February. President Albrecht will be there along with various donors, faculty and students to celebrate this amazing moment in Utah State University history as well as the College of Agriculture. This building is stationed as a monument as it mirrors Old Main, which stood for so long as the Agricultural College of the state of Utah. We are proud of how this University started and the roots that made this school what it is today.  We hope that everyone will join us on the 29th for the ribbon cutting of the new building!!!

Next, the new 2012-2013 Ambassador applications are due on the 17th of February. I personally am excited to see and meet the new ambassadors for the upcoming year. It will be sad to see those ambassadors who have done so much this year and past years to leave. I have become great friends with them and hate to see them go. But I look forward to those who will carry on as the new College of Agriculture Ambassadors!!
The new Vet program, which is a 2-2 year program connected with WSU, has accepted their first students. It is exciting to see this new program get started. With such a few number of Vet schools now in the U.S., Utah State University will continue to show why it’s the best school in the state of Utah and one of the premier universities of the great United States. This program will bring so much to the College of Ag and we look forward to it.

We look forward to the incoming students who will join us at the College of Agriculture in the upcoming year. Like I said, the College of Ag is the most exciting place on campus. So many things are happening and we are proud of where the college is headed.

-- Kyle Tuttle, Ag Ambassador

Friday, February 17, 2012

New Building is Coming Soon!

I hear it all the time….what’s that new building on the quad? It looks pretty cool. That’s right it’s pretty cool – it’s the new Ag Science building, and it’s almost finished! Everyone in the College of Ag can’t wait for the end of this month to roll around for the ribbon cutting ceremony and to be able to finally see the final product of what has been in the making for years. The new building will house a few of the departments of the college, offices, classrooms, and even a cafĂ© (yes, they will be serving Aggie Ice Cream!) on the ground floor. Best of all, the folks over at Aggie Ice Cream are concocting a new flavor in honor of our awesome new building. So come on over and check it out. We’d love to take you on a tour of campus and show you what the College of Ag is all about.

-- Jillian Cartwright, Ag Ambassador

*The Ribbon Cutting for the new Agricultural Sciences Building will be on Feb. 28 at 2 p.m. in the buildings lobby.