About CAES
Quick Facts
Mission — Making Life Better
To seek, verify and apply knowledge to enhance agriculture, the environment and communities.
Founded
1859, by Board of Trustees. First college at the university to accept women (1918). The study of agriculture and the environment has been an important part of the university since the earliest years. The university’s founder, Abraham Baldwin, envisioned a college garden capable of supplying the food needs of the students and community.
Location
Three main campuses in Athens, Griffin and Tifton plus research and education centers in Attapulgus, Camilla, Eatonton, Savannah, Blairsville, Calhoun, and Plains, Georgia. County Extension offices in 157 counties and five 4-H Centers in Hampton, Jekyll Island, Eatonton, Tybee Island, and Dahlonega.
Size
17,664 acres — 835 buildings in 24 counties
Work Force
Faculty - 681; Staff - 903; Total Employees: 1,584
FY07 Financial Summary
$169.0 million (51% from State of Georgia)
Instruction | Research | Extension | |
State | 12.6* | 40.5 | 33.6 |
Federal | - | 4.7 | 12.5 |
County | - | - | 20.1 |
Sales | - | 4.4 | 11.0 |
Sponsored | 0.5 | 23.7 | 3.6 |
Other | - | 1.6 | 0.2 |
*in millions of dollars
Administration
J.
Scott Angle, Dean and Director
Joe
Broder, Associate Dean - Academics
Bob Shulstad, Associate Dean - Research
Beverly Sparks, Associate Dean - Extension
Gerald
Arkin, Assistant Dean - Griffin Campus
Joe West, Assistant Dean - Tifton Campus
Departments
- Agricultural and Applied Economics
- Agricultural Leadership, Education and Communication
- Animal and Dairy Science
- Biological and Agricultural Engineering
- Crop and Soil Sciences
- Entomology
- Food Science and Technology
- Horticulture
- Plant Pathology
- Poultry Science
Student Enrollments (Fall Semester 2007)
Undergraduate - 1451; Graduate - 365; Total: 1816
From Georgia - 79%; International - 9%
Female - 49%; African-American - 4%; All minority - 12%
Total Alumni: 14,500+
Student Scholastic Achievement
2007 Freshmen
281 students; Average SAT score - 1216; Average GPA - 3.82
95%+ in-state freshmen on HOPE Scholarships
Honors Program
49 students, including 16 freshmen; Freshman SAT score - 1362
Academic Offerings
- Bachelors of Science
- Agriculture (16 majors)
- Agricultural Engineering
- Applied Biotechnology
- Biological Engineering
- Biological Science
- Certificate Programs (12)
- Environmental Sciences (5 majors)
- Masters of Science (20 fields)
- Ph.D. (11 fields)
Student Activities and Enrichment
- Service Learning
- Congressional Internships
- Young Scholars
- 30 Student Clubs and Organizations
- Academic Counseling
Studies Abroad in:
- Brazil
- Brussels
- Costa Rica
- England
- France
- Ireland
- Japan
- Kenya
- Mexico
- Morocco
- Netherlands
- Scotland
Centers
- Agribusiness and Economic Development
- Food Safety
- Soybean Improvement
Laboratories and Initiatives
- Agricultural and Environmental Services
- Atmospheric Physics
- Bio-conversion Research and Education
- Food Innovation and Commercialization
- Fruit and Vegetable Processing and Product Development
- National Environmentally Sound Production Agriculture
- Urban Agriculture
More Information
- Academic Programs
- Research
- Extension
- College Advancement
- Global Programs
- Diversity
- Environmental Sciences
Contact Information
Dean and Director
101 Conner Hall, Athens, GA 30602-7501
706/542-3924, 706/542-0803, caesdean@uga.edu
www.caes.uga.edu