Department of
Agricultural Leadership, Education, and Communications
8 Degree Programs
Our degree programs lead to professional careers. Graduates are uniquely equipped for leadership, education, communication and training roles in the broad field of agricultural sciences and human performance.
8 Unique Minors and Certificates
These unique programs include a variety of hands-on learning opportunities such as magazine and podcast production, student teaching, graduate certificates with international or extension focuses, or a leadership fellows program unlike any other.
1100+ Enrolled Students
Our students are training to be the next generation of communicators, educators, leaders and professionals in the food, agriculture, natural resource and human sciences.
Investing in student success
“ALEC is an inclusive and supportive program that works hard to meet my needs. I get questions answered quickly with extensive and helpful responses. They remind me of upcoming tasks and events which I greatly appreciate. I really feel like ALEC is in it for the students.”
Kristi Schonefeld, Master of Agriculture in agricultural development student
Agricultural Leadership, Education & Communications News
Murphy inducted into Chancellor’s Academy of Teacher Educators
Timothy Murphy, Ph.D., professor in the Department of Agricultural Leadership, Education and Communications, has been inducted into the Chancellor’s Academy of Teacher Educators of The Texas A&M University System. The academy honors faculty who make noteworthy and exemplary impacts to quality, innovation and continuous improvement in teacher preparation.
Texas A&M Distinguished Alumnus Awards honor Shafer and Youngkin
Leroy “Shafe” Shafer ’67 and Bill Youngkin ’69, J.D., both graduates of the Texas A&M College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Department of Agricultural Leadership, Education and Communications, ALEC, are among 11 former students recognized with the Distinguished Alumnus Award by The Association of Former Students.
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