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Discover Community Communications and Leadership Development
Contacts | Degree Requirements (UK Registrar web site)|
Department of Community and Leadership Development
Someone
needs to make the case for agriculture in the 21st century
—
and that person could be you. As a communicator, or as an active community
leader you have the opportunity to shape
the future of agriculture when you major
in Community Communications and Leadership Development.
It’s
a mouthful of a program name, but it opens a world of opportunities. This interdisciplinary
major has two options and countless opportunities for you. If you have strong
communications and interpersonal skills, if you enjoy teaching and sharing
your knowledge with others, if you want to make a difference by changing the
social, political, and economic environment of your community or organization,
then this is your major.
Options
- Agricultural Communications — Forget
the jokes about talking to cows. What ag communicators really do is tell
the story of agriculture—in words and images, in print and broadcast
media, at county fair displays and on the World Wide Web.
This major is for students who blend a talent for journalism, communications, or public relations with an interest in agriculture. If you want to have the skills of an agriculturist and the competency of a professional communicator, if you want to work with commodity groups or specialized agricultural media or in a rural location, then sign on the dotted line.
- Public Service and Leadership—You want to make sure the rural lifestyle doesn’t disappear from the landscape. You want to help tomorrow’s communities, organizations, businesses, and social service agencies face the challenges of this new century. So choose a major that will help you understand the forces of change and give you the organizational and interpersonal skills to lead these groups.
You can chart your own path to success in this interdisciplinary program designed to provide you with a broad understanding of social, political, and economic processes affecting rural communities and the agricultural industry.
Your College Courses
The two options share a common core of
courses that provide a foundation in the science of agriculture as well as
the skills and concepts of the social sciences and communications..
From there you will focus on your specific area of emphasis: agricultural communications or public service and leadership.
Each option offers you choices. Working closely with your faculty advisor, you will shape your undergraduate degree program to match your interests and career goals.
Your
Future
Employers today want to hire graduates who are lifelong learners, with strong
communications and interpersonal skills. You’ll join other successful
graduates as county Extension agents, sales representatives, and public affairs
specialists. You’ll find a future in business and industry,
education, government, or with a voluntary association. Or you’ll continue
with your education in graduate or professional school, secure in the knowledge
and skills you learned in the UK College of Agriculture.
Internships - Experience the world of work and show employers that you can put your classroom skills to work on the job. Together with your advisor, you will select an internship opportunity that will allow you to explore your future career.
Agricultural Communicators of Tomorrow (ACT) - Here’s your chance to use your communications skills in the real world as you network with agricultural communicators across the state and with students in other chapters around the region.
Public Service and Leadership Society (PSL Society) - Students discover career opportunities in public service as they share ideas and internship experiences. Members can work with Extension specialists and nonprofit organizations, and explore career contacts.
Learn new ways of thinking about contemporary rural life and the agricultural industry.
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Majoring in Public
Service and Leadership enables me to choose from a broad range of classes,
from political science to sociology to all phases of agriculture. This
major will prepare me to pursue a career in a variety of fields. The
College of Agriculture is staffed by friendly, caring people—
just like back home. Lee Wilson Public Service and Leadership |
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Agricultural
Communications gave me the knowledge and skills in both fields—agriculture
as well as communications—that are important in my present job.
It’s a unique combination that I couldn’t have found anywhere
else at UK. And I was helped by teachers who took a genuine interest
in my progress and education. In fact, we’re still in touch. Kathy
Reding |
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Public Service and Leadership was the perfect option for me. Thanks to the program’s flexibility I served as an aide to Governor Paul Patton while completing my degree. And the skills I learned at UK are helping my plans to enter public and community service more directly fall into place. Adam
Edelen |
Learn to tell the story of agriculture, in words and images, in print and on the Web.
Discover Your Future
Contact:
Director of
Undergraduate Studies
Community Communications and Leadership Development
Department
of Community and
Leadership Development
500 W.P. Garrigus
Building
College of Agriculture
University of Kentucky
Lexington, Kentucky 40546-0215
Phone:
859-257-3471
E-mail:
clddug@uky.edu
The College of Agriculture is an equal opportunity organization.
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