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What is ALEC?
ALEC promotes food, environmental and social sustainability through experiential education. We are committed to changing lives through Georgia's land-grant mission with a curriculum in leadership, education and communication theory and practice.
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Study abroad with ALEC
ALEC offers two fantastic study abroad opportunities to our students. Learn more about the Food Insecurity Service-learning Project program in Scotland and the Culture-centered Communication program in Romania.
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Members of the 2018-2019 class of the University of Georgia's UGA Extension Academy for Professional Excellence work on a group project during one of the leadership institutes in 2018. CAES News
Members of the 2018-2019 class of the University of Georgia's UGA Extension Academy for Professional Excellence work on a group project during one of the leadership institutes in 2018.
UGA Cooperative Extension announces members of 2019-2020 Extension Academy
As students head back to school this autumn, University of Georgia Cooperative Extension agents and specialists will be heading back to class as well. Seventeen agents and specialists have been selected for the 2019-2020 UGA Extension Academy for Professional Excellence, an internal leadership development program.
Brent Marable, assistant director of the UGA Innovation Gateway office, has been elected as president of the UGA College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Alumni Association Board of Directors for the 2019-2020 term. CAES News
Brent Marable, assistant director of the UGA Innovation Gateway office, has been elected as president of the UGA College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Alumni Association Board of Directors for the 2019-2020 term.
Brent Marable selected as 2019 president of the UGA College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Alumni Board
Brent Marable, assistant director of the University of Georgia Innovation Gateway office, has been elected as president of the UGA College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Alumni Association Board of Directors for the 2019-2020 term.
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Upcoming Events

Welcome back party for faculty, staff, and students sponsored by the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Alumni Association.  
Aug 20
5:30PM - 7:30PM UGA-Tifton Ag Dawg Kickoff Black Shank Pavilion, Tifton, GA
The J. Phil Campbell Sr. Research and Education Center will host the Northeast Georgia Cotton and Soybean Field Day on Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2019.
Aug 21
8:30AM - 1:00PM Northeast Georgia Cotton and Soybean Field Day J. Phil Campbell Sr. Research and Education Center, Watkinsville, GA
The Great Georgia Pollinator Census is a historical initiative where Georgians will record the numbers and types of pollinators that populate our state during late summer. You do not have to be an entomologist to be part of this important project! The census was designed for individuals, families, garden clubs, school groups, friends – ALL Georgians to participate.
Aug 23
08/23 8:00AM - 08/24 11:59PM The Great Georgia Pollinator Census Statewide, GA
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