
Gracie Orrico graduates this May with a bachelor’s degree in construction science and management from the Herbert College of Agriculture! After graduation, she is moving to Charleston, South Carolina, to work as a project engineer at Choate Construction.

Livvy Lightholder graduates this spring with a bachelor’s degree in animal science. After graduation, she plans to continue her education at the UT College of Veterinary Medicine!

Collegiate Farm Bureau, 4-H, and FFA officers and members recently attended the 2026 American Farm Bureau Federation’s Young Farmers and Ranchers Leadership Conference in Portland, Oregon.

Senior wildlife and fisheries science student Scott Pharr joined Ducks Unlimited in Washington, DC, to advocate for North American Wetlands Conservation in early March.

This year, the Herbert College of Agriculture boasts three undergraduate students serving in different leadership capacities for AFA.

The University of Tennessee’s Forage Bowl Team proudly represented the Herbert College of Agriculture at the 2026 American Forage and Grassland Council’s Forage Bowl Competition.

From January 30 to February 1, three agricultural leadership, education, and communications students participated in Model USDA, an immersive program that provides students with problem-based learning experiences in law and public policy.

Facundo Lussich Rachetti earns his PhD in plant, soil, and environmental sciences with a concentration in environmental and soil sciences.

Callie Robinson graduates this fall with a bachelor’s degree in agricultural leadership, education, and communications and minors in international agriculture and agricultural leadership.

Food science doctoral student Kriza Calumba won the University of Tennessee’s 2025 Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) competition from among seventeen graduate student finalists.