Experience CALS 2023
March 31, 2023

Celebrate Virginia Tech’s sesquicentennial with the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and Virginia Cooperative Extension, whose roots run deep as the foundation of the university’s land-grant model!

This event will show our gratitude to our supporters and welcome all of our alumni and friends to experience firsthand the driving force of impact and innovation that is CALS and VCE.
 
Cost is $10 to attend and includes a $5 gift to the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Annual Fund.
 

HOKIE TRACK

Hokie Tracks has reached capacity. Please select from our other two engaging tracks.
  

SESSION 1 

Brian Wiersema, Pilot Plant Manager, Food Science & Technology  

Tour of the Food Science & Technology Pilot Plant and Brewhouse  

  

SESSION 2 

Dr. Matt Holt, Professor and Head, Agricultural and Applied Economics  

Data Science for the Public Good  

 

SESSION 3  

Dr. Adele Addington, Lab Manager and Dr. Josh Drake, Assistant Professor, Human Nutrition, Foods and Exercise  

Impact of diet and exercise on metabolism  

 

LAND GRANT TRACK

  

SESSION 1 

Dr. Kim Niewolny, Associate Professor and Director, Center for Food Systems and Community Transformation, Agricultural, Leadership, and Community Education  

Roundtable Discussion with the VT Center for Food Systems and Community Transformation. 

  

SESSION 2 

Dr. Clement Vinauger, Assistant Professor, Biochemistry  

Neural and molecular basis of mosquito behavior  

  

SESSION 3 

Dr. Rory Maguire, Professor and Extension Specialist; Dr. Angela Possinger, Assistant Professor; and Dr. Daniel Sandor, Collegiate Assistant Professor - Turfgrass Science  

School of Plant and Environmental Sciences  

Soil Health and 50 Years of Turfgrass Research at Virginia Tech 

  

UT PROSIM TRACK

  

SESSION 1 

Dr. Rick Rudd, Professor and Community Viability Chair, Director, Workforce Education and Development, Center for International Research Education and Development  

Agricultural, Leadership, and Community Education  

Leadership and Social Change Residential Community  

  

SESSION 2 

Dr. Joshua Drake, Assistant Professor, Human Nutrition, Foods, and Exercise  

Looking outside the brain to delay Alzheimer's  

  

SESSION 3 

Rachel Kohl, Assistant Director and Senior Instructor, Agricultural Technology Program  

Livestock Reproduction

 

For a complete listing of track descriptions, visit https://cals.vt.edu/alumni/experiencecals.

 

If you are an individual with a disability and desire an accommodation, please contact Tara Nepper at 540-231-5532 or email tnepper@vt.edu during regular business hours at least 10 business days prior to the event.

Please be prepared to show your confirmation email at check-in. This will be your ticket into the event. Please arrive with everyone in your party.