Teeing Up For a Good Cause: CALS Alumni and Friends Golf Tournament

The Third Annual CALS Alumni and Friends Golf Tournament will be held April 22, 2005 at the Orange County National Golf Center in Winter Garden, FL. Your participating in the event will benefit deserving students through CALS Alumni and Friends Scholarship Fund.  For more information visit www.cals.ufl.edu/alumni/golf2005.htm.

Alumni Award Nominations Due April 1
The CALS Alumni and Friends organization needs your help in identifying deserving alumni and friends for the Alumni and Friends Award of Distinction and the Horizon Award. Both awards recognize contributions to the agriculture, natural resource and life science industries. Applications are available online and must be submitted by April 1, 2005.

Alumni Trip To San Francisco and Northern California

The College of Agricultural and Life Sciences and the University of Florida Alumni Association are pleased to invite alumni and friends to participate in a Gator Getaway to San Francisco and Northern California.

This unique trip will include visits to San Francisco’s most popular sites, and also many of California’s natural wonders like Big Sur and Yosemite National Park. The trip will also highlight California’s rich agricultural landscape,including visits to Napa Valley and the San Joaquin Valley, which is home to more than 300 agricultural commodities. We hope that you embrace this opportunity to share this experience with other UF alumni and friends. Trip Brochure

Alumni Spring Weekend: April 8th and 9th
The UF Alumni Association will host an Alumni Spring Weekend on April 8 & 9, 2005 in conjunction with the Orange and Blue Game. For information about the weekend please visit the UF Alumni Association.

CALS Events During Alumni Spring Weekend

FRE Alumni Events
The Food and Resource Economics Department welcomes its alumni and friends back to campus on April 8 for an alumni reception and the FRE-NAMA Golf Tournament. For more information please contact Paul Willis, FRE Department, at (352) 392-1848 ext. 302.

Gator Encounter: CALS Prospective Student Event April 9th
Do you know students interested in attending UF's College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, School of Forest Resources and Conservation or School of Natural Resource and Environment? If so, encourage them to participate in Gator Encounter, the college's open house for prospective students and their families. Participants will learn about more than 20 departments, admission standards, financial aid and student organizations. event registration

CALS Leadership Awarded Presented to Wingate
Elizabeth Paige Wingate, a senior from Milton, FL was presented with the CALS Alumni and Friends Leadership Award at the college’s convocation on December 1, 2004.Paige is majoring in Food and Resource Economics and is an outstanding student who strives to enhance her educational experience through extracurricular activities and service to others. more
Wingate pictured with Dr.
Jimmy G. Cheek, Senior V.P.
of Agriculture and Natural
Resources

Upcoming CALS Alumni Events
April 21: Central Florida Alumni and Friends Reception-Apopka
April 22: CALS Alumni and Friends Golf Tournament- Winter Garden
May 6: CALS Alumni Event - Pensacola
May 17: CALS Alumni Event - Tampa

Updates will be posted at www.cals.ufl.edu/alumni.