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Department of
Agricultural Leadership, Education, and Communications
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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.
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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.
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800+ 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.
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Investing in student success
There are endless opportunities in the program and the diversity of the faculty and their knowledge is rare! I also love the relationships built with faculty and other peers.
Emily Catalan, M.S. Student
Agricultural Leadership, Education & Communications News
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AgriLife Extension leadership program announces new cohort
he Gov. Dolph Briscoe Jr. Texas Agricultural Lifetime Leadership program, TALL, offered through Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service, has announced its 19th class of cohorts. The 24 participants chosen for this latest class represent a variety of professions including farmers, ranchers, politicians, government employees, bankers and agribusiness professionals, as well as those who work in agricultural corporations, horticultural industries, insurance and media. Participants come from all geographic regions of Texas.
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Switching majors leads to agricultural leadership and development
Getting to college with preconceived notions of what you want to study or where you are headed doesn’t mean you have to stick to that plan. A recent graduate, Presley Wirebaugh ’24, shows how taking chances can lead to the right path. Wirebaugh started her academic journey as an animal science major, but she recently completed that journey in the Texas A&M College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Department of Agricultural Leadership, Education and Communications.
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