CALS Giving Opportunities

Establish a Student Center in Agricultural Hall

The college is establishing a new student center in our historic Ag Hall. The original agricultural library, located below the large classroom in Ag Hall, has been changed and adapted over the years and now needs renovations to make it a functional, modern space for students. You can help give students a welcoming and supportive space they need by making a donation in support of the project.

VandenBosch Student Experience Fund

The purpose of this fund is to support out-of-classroom experiences for undergraduate and graduate students in the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences. The college seeks to provide broad access to a variety of experiential learning opportunities, from research apprenticeships to hands-on internships to field study programs around the globe.

CALS QuickStart

The summer CALS QuickStart program provides incoming freshman with a how-to guide for college before the fall semester begins. Through an online course and an on-campus “boot camp,” first-year students earn two credits, meet professors and advisors, plan for their major, and explore future careers. In 2018, the first year of QuickStart, over one hundred students completed the program. They reported feeling more connected to the university and the college and better prepared to take on their first semester. Your support will provide scholarships for students to take part in this unique program.

Agricultural Research Station Enhancement Fund

CALS operates 12 agricultural research stations across Wisconsin where our faculty, researchers, staff and students are searching for solutions to complex problems. This fund helps support these living laboratories that serve Wisconsin’s agricultural sector and the practices tested at the stations, which are deployed by farms here in Wisconsin and around the globe to improve their farming practices.