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College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Join us to create healthy food, people, and communities.

The College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS) is the heart of Virginia Tech’s land-grant mission. Through our teaching, research, and outreach, we work to build a better future for Virginia and communities around the world.

Every day, our faculty, staff, and students are working to solve real-world, complex challenges facing agriculture, economies, human and animal health, and the environment – and preparing the next generations of problem solvers.

We can’t do this vital work without your help.

With your Giving Day donation, you can support the area of CALS that’s closest to your heart. Your gifts make a difference – whether its sponsoring scholarships, experiential learning, and internship opportunities for students; helping CALS researchers make scientific breakthroughs; or enabling Virginia Cooperative Extension and our Agricultural Research and Extension Centers to bring programs and innovations to local communities. 

The impact of your gift, no matter the size, elevates the work we do that makes a difference in the well-being of our students, fellow Virginians, and people around the world.

Thank you for your help to make Giving Day a success.

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Rank State Gifts
1 VA 614
2 NC 29
3 MD 27
Leaderboard
CALS Beat-Your-Best Leaderboard
The Top-4 academic units within CALS that exceed their previous years' records by the greatest percentage will receive bonus funds generously provided by Winston Samuels ’81, ’83 and Marilyn Samuels ’82.
Rank Prize Area % +/- Goal
1 $2,000 Agricultural, Leadership, and Community Education Annual Fund +58.62% 46
goal: 29
2 $1,500 Building Dreams: Jason Raynor Legacy Fund for HNFE +25.93% 68
goal: 54
3 $1,000 BSE Student Enrichment Fund +21.05% 23
goal: 19
4 $500 Biochem Giving Day fund +11.76% 38
goal: 34
5 School of Animal Sciences Annual Fund +7.41% 58
goal: 54
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$5,000
Alpha Gamma Rho (AGR) Anniversary Student Support Challenge
In honor of the 50th Anniversary, once 50 gifts have been made to the AGR Alumni Board Student Support Fund, a generous donation of $5,000 from the AGR Alumni Board will be unlocked.
50 / 50 Donors
Completed
$10,000
Biological Systems Engineering Student Enrichment Challenge
When 15 donors make a gift to the BSE Student Enrichment Fund, it will unlock a generous gift of $10,000 from Rusty Unterzuber ‘72 and Doris Unterzuber.
15 / 15 Donors
Completed
$1,000
Building Dreams: Jason Raynor Legacy Fund Challenge for HNFE
Once 50 donors have made a gift to the Building Dreams: Jason Raynor Legacy Fund for the Department of Human Nutrition, Foods, and Exercise, a generous gift of $1,000 will be unlocked from the Raynor Family and Stella Volpe M.S.Ed. '87, Ph.D. '91.
50 / 50 Donors
Completed
$2,000
COINS Challenge
Addie Douglas (Guthrie) '17, will generously donate $2,000 to the Commodity Investing by Students (COINS) organization once 50 unique donors have contributed to the fund.
50 / 50 Donors
Completed
$5,000
Minorities in Agriculture Natural Resources and Related Sciences (MANRRS) Challenge
Once 10 donors have made gifts to the Minorities in Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Related Sciences (MANRRS) Fund, Maxx Performance will make a generous gift of $5,000.
10 / 10 Donors
Completed
$5,000
School of Animal Sciences Challenge
Once 50 unique donors have given to the School of Animal Sciences Annual Fund, it will unlock a generous gift of $5,000 from Winston Samuels ‘81 ‘83 and Marilyn Samuels ‘82.
50 / 50 Donors
Completed
Leaderboard
Current Undergraduate Challenge
The current undergraduate class with the most donors will receive bonus funds to the area of their choice as voted on via the respective class years' Instagram accounts: @vtclassof25, @vtclassof26, @vt_classof27, or @vtclassof2028
What is your preferred class year?
Rank Answer Donors
1 2025 1,125
2 2026 1,107
3 2027 900
4 2028 758
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Corps of Cadets Decades Challenge
The Top-3 Corps of Cadets alumni decades with the most donors will receive additional funds towards their decade's scholarship. 1st place will receive $1,000, 2nd place will receive $750, and 3rd place will receive $500.
Choose Your Class Decade
Rank Answer Donors
1 2020-2029 642
2 1970-1979 105
3 1980-1989 81
4 1960-1969 72
5 1990-1999 61
6 2000-2009 50
7 2010-2019 43
8 1940-1949 2
9 1950-1959 2
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