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The Agricultural Technology Program offers a concentrated academic experience for individuals pursuing an associate degree in preparation for careers in the agricultural and green industries. Students can specialize in either Applied Agricultural Management or Landscape and Turf Management.
Career-oriented describes the curriculum of this associate's degree program. Courses are designed and developed to give students the knowledge and hands-on experience needed to pursue a career in animal agriculture, crop production, landscape and turf management, or agricultural business management. Intensive career training is at the heart of the program. A student learns the “how to” of a particular occupation while learning how to begin and progress in a career.
The Agricultural Technology Program takes traditional topics and adds hands-on labs. Students are able to go outside the classroom to install a landscape they designed, conduct soil tests and plant tissue analyses, calibrate sprayers, artificially inseminate cattle, or analyze a business enterprise. This experience enhances the classroom assignments and provides a more interesting learning environment.
Contact Information
Agricultural Technology Program Brenda French
Admissions Coordinator
1420 Litton-Reaves Hall (0334)
(540) 231-7649
[email protected]
Agricultural Technology Faculty and Advisors
Pavli Mykerezi
Specialization: Agricultural Education
1430 Litton-Reaves Hall (0334)
E-mail: [email protected]
Sam Doak
Specialization: Turfgrass Management
1440 Litton-Reaves Hall (0334)
(540) 250-6903
E-mail: [email protected]
Rachel Hensley
Specialization: Animal Agriculture
1320 Litton-Reaves Hall (0334)
(540) 231-9663
E-mail: [email protected]
Joe Guthrie
Specialization: Agribusiness
1410 Litton-Reaves Hall (0334)
(540) 231-3395
E-mail: [email protected]
Tom Martin
Specialization: Landscape and Turf
Litton-Reaves Hall (0334)
(540) 231-4304
E-mail: [email protected]
Morgan Paulette
Graduate Assistant
Litton-Reaves Hall (1440)
E-mail: [email protected]
To develop the human resources to fulfill technical and management level needs in a rapidly changing and diverse agricultural industry.
Applied education in Landscape & Turf Management and Applied Agricultural Management (Crops, Livestock, Agribusiness).
Internships in various aspects of agriculture and the green industry.
