The CAENS Mission Statement

91制品厂兔子先生视频官网鈥檚 College of Agriculture, Environment and Nutrition Sciences (CAENS) offers an education that prepares future professionals and leaders in the agricultural, environmental, and nutritional sciences, as well as veterinary medicine through course work along with internships, research and outreach activities related to their chosen majors.

The overall mission of the College of Agriculture, Environment and Nutrition Sciences is to develop students with skills in critical and systematic thinking, intellectual curiosity, a desire for lifelong learning, and to prepare them for leadership and service in the basic and applied sciences.

The curricula within the College are designed to prepare students who ultimately will become professionals in areas that include agricultural sciences, food and nutritional sciences, biological and biomedical sciences, chemical and biochemical sciences, human and veterinary medicine and other health-related fields, environmental sciences, environmental policy and natural resource management, and rural development at local, regional, and international levels. 聽Undergraduate and graduate students from the College will be positioned to enter the job market, enroll in professional or graduate programs, or engage in research, education or outreach at major research universities or centers.

The College carries out its activities through the related themes of teaching, research, and service. 聽 The programs of the College are designed to achieve the following objectives:

1. to provide courses to students in other colleges whose professions will require technical knowledge of basic or applied biological or chemical sciences;
2. to provide science courses for non-science majors, an overriding goal of which is to contribute to an increase among the nation鈥檚 citizenry in scientific literacy, interest in science, and commitment to dealing with scientific issues as they interface with political, moral, social, and economic arenas;
3. to support the use of instructional strategies that are student-centered, inquiry-based, and technologically appropriate;
4. to participate in interdisciplinary and discipline-based research in the basic and applied sciences and in instructional research, particularly as an integral part of student development;
5. to complement internal research and education opportunities by substantial involvement with private industry, federal agencies, and other universities;
6. to involve faculty and students in demonstration and outreach projects that help to improve communities, human health, and the quality of life for individuals and families.
7. to provide training to students from other countries and to maintain beneficial and educational partnerships with institutions abroad.