Partners in Diversity

CANR’s diversity programs have had a positive track record of attracting high caliber students that have gone on to professional success. Our office has an ongoing effort to seek community and industry partners in our initiatives. Short explanations of some of our current programs are listed below. Contact us to further inquire about these programs.

ANR Diversity Speaker Series
We invite representatives from the agriculture and natural resource industry to speak to students, faculty, and staff about relevant topics in Agriculture & Natural Resources or organizational related issues. Past speakers have included organizational representatives, environmentalists, educational leaders and politicians. A committee of students and faculty organize the speaker’s visit and agenda, thus creating an opportunity for student leadership development. The series hosts approximately one speaker per month during the academic year (August – May).

Mentoring Program
The Office of Diversity and Pluralism seeks mentors to work with graduate or undergraduate students. Mentors will be paired with motivated scholars and establish regular communication throughout the school year. Mentoring programs establish a connection between motivated students and professionals in agriculture and natural resources. It helps students better understand expectations of professional careers. The organization representative also gets a chance to interact with some of the brightest students in CANR.

Essay and Public Speaking Contests
Sponsorship opportunities are available for essay, public speaking and research presentation competitions to develop professional writing, speaking and presenting skills among multicultural students. Contests are conducted on the college level. Participants are also encouraged to compete at national conferences or other organizations and activities.

Internships
Each year several bright students seek professional internship opportunities with food, agriculture and natural resources (FANR) corporations, agencies and organizations. We are seeking corporate partners to provide competitive internship opportunities for qualified multicultural students in the FANR related fields.