http://loki.ur.utk.edu/campus/ag.html (World Wide Web Directory, ~04/1995)
Agriculture
The UT Institute of Agriculture, headquartered in Knoxville, traces its history to 1869 when the University was designated Tennessee's federal land-grant institution. The Institute has four divisions.
*The Tennessee Agricultural Experiment Station, established by the UT Board of Trustees in 1882, was one of the first five stations in the U. S. It conducts research to support the agricultural and forestry industries and promotes an improved quality of life for consumers. Basic and applied research is conducted on the Knoxville and Martin campuses and at 11 branch stations throughout Tennessee.
*The Agricultural Extension Service provides research-based educational programs on agriculture, community resource development, and home economics to Tennesseans. About 530 specialists and agents in all 95 counties make more than 5 million personal contacts annually. The Extension youth development organization, the 4-H Club, is one of the most widely recognized in the country.
*The College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources has 16 undergraduate programs/options and 16 graduate programs. Degrees are offered in agriculture (agricultural education, agricultural economics and business, animal science, food science and technology, entomology and plant pathology, and plant and soil science), agricultural engineering, forestry, ornamental horticulture and landscape design, and wildlife and fisheries science. The college also offers an animal science/pre-veterinary medicine option and an environmental science and natural resources concentration. Most of the 120 teaching faculty conduct research through their joint appointments with the Agricultural Experiment Station.
*The College of Veterinary Medicine offers a professional curriculum leading to the Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree and graduate studies leading to the master's and Ph.D. Residency and internship programs provide additional post-doctoral education. The college's Center of Excellence in Livestock Diseases and Human Health is designated by the state as an accomplished center. The veterinary hospital annually treats more than 32,000 clinical and ambulatory cases.
Dr. D.M. Gossett is vice president for agriculture.