CALS Annual Fund Needs You
The College of Agriculture and Life Sciences relies greatly upon the generosity of alumni and friends.  Gifts of all sizes are important to providing significant program and budget support.  Dean Kathryn Boor is directing Annual Fund donors to support the college's highest academic priorities including; unmet undergraduate scholarship need, start-up costs for newly hired faculty and internships for undergraduates.  Your gift at this critical time will provide essential support for our students, faculty and academic programs. Give now!

 Job Camp
Prepare Communication majors for the job market with a boot camp for selected incoming seniors.  Alumni and faculty join forces to create a comprehensive weekend of interactive activities, workshops and inspirational and informative talks on how to prepare for a job search.  Let's prepare the most professional and organized fellow Cornellians as possible!
$20,000 (Communication)

 Internships: The Next Step
Funding for undergraduate experiential learning helps students explore their interests in a career field and gives them a chance to develop skills that can provide a competitive edge in a full-time job search.
$4,000 minimum (per student)

 Collaborative Work in Progress
Create a customizable common space for Communication students to work collaboratively on academic projects and assignments.
$10,000 (Communication)

 Honors Research Students
Support Communication honors students and their research by providing each student with a laptop.  This is a great opportunity to support our best and brightest students.
$1000 per computer (Communication)

 Keep Our Campus Beautiful
Fund the purchase of plants used by horticulture students to beautify campus and allow them to gain valuable hand-on experience.
$2,000 (Horticulture)

 Recruiting the Best and the Brightest
Fund a travel display for CALS Admissions that will be used by alumni and staff when they attend recruitment events.
$3,000 (CALS Admissions)

 Student Flower Power
Support two undergraduates during the summer to maintain the gardens that were installed by horticulture and landscape architecture classes.
$2,500 per student (Horticulture)

 Help Our Students to Help Others
Provide support to summer interns engaging communities in the development of useful tools related to entrepreneurship, land use, housing and goal setting.
$6,000 (Community and Regional Development Institute)

 Forestry and Wildlife Internships
Support an Arnot Forest Student Internship for the summer of 2011. Give an undergraduate the opportunity to conduct research at Cornell's acclaimed Arnot Forest.
$3,600 per student (Natural Resources)

 Advancing the Use of Biomass Fuel
Help reduce Cornell's carbon footprint and support graduate research.   

• Plant an acre of shrub willow that can be harvested every three years to provide carbon-neutral biomass fuel $1,000 per acre.
• Sponsor the purchase of a drying oven to dry willow biomass from yield trials before weighing and chemical analysis $19,000.
• Help finance the purchase of a willow harvester $65,000. (Horticultural)
  

 Food for Thought
The New York Youth Institute is a forum for high school students to develop their interests in global food security, sustainable agriculture and environmental policies and practices.  The Institute is affiliate with the World Food Prize's Global Youth Institute.   Support a one-day program at Cornell for New York high school students and teachers, as well as, transportation to the Global Youth Institute in Iowa for select students and teachers. The annual need for the Institute is $9,000. (New York Youth Institute)

 Tools of the Trade
Provide computers for our graduate student commons areas.  Give our graduate students access to quality technology.
$1,500 per computer (Communication)

 Support Student Growth and Development
Provide the opportunity for educational and professional engagement.  Send an undergraduate student to a relevant, professional workshop or conference.
$750 per student (Communication)