Fall Highlights
The Fall 2024 semester was another busy and exciting one for the Department. We hosted our 2nd Annual Pumpkin Painting Contest (with the Environmental Economics and Management Club winning their second first-place title), a Diwali celebration, and attended many other events.
Check out snapshots of our events this semester:
Matthew Fern (B.S.E.S. EEM '27) and Autumn Starbird (B.S.E.S. EEM '24) stand behind the Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics table at the Ag. Dawg Kickoff
Students in the Environmental Economics and Management Club seen handling a snake at the Botanical Gardens during a club trip
Students at the Fall 2024 CAES Career Fair talk with a representative from AgSouth, a Farm Credit company in an effort to discuss potential career aspects and meet with employers
Students at the CAES Career Fair meet with representatives from companies for careers
Students in the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences meet with employers from a landscaping company to discuss potential careers at the Career Fair
Authentic cuisine being served at the AAEC Annual Diwali Celebration
Graduate students within the Department getting food at the Diwali Celebration
Decorative table set up for the Diwali Celebration for Graduate Students in the Department
Cailey Letson (EEM '24, MS Environmental Economics '26 Double Dawg) and Autumn Starbird (EEM '24) display a sign of the Department's Majors at Harvest from the Hill
Dr. Ben Campbell (Professor and Extension Coordinator), Dr. Colson (Professor and Interim Department Head), and Dr. Bailey (Assistant Dean for Academic and Faculty Affairs) talking at the annual Harvest from the Hill event
Students from Eta Sigma Delta, a hospitality management honor society paint their pumpkins
Members of the Agricultural and Applied Economics Graduate Student Association paint pumpkins at the Second Annual Pumpkin Painting Contest
A Rangoli created by graduate students within the Department at the annual Diwali celebration
Members of EEM Club seen posing with a Tromboncino Squash grown at the Botanical Garden and gifted to them