Activities

Children & Parents at Farm Animal Day Farm Animal Days Farm Animal Days is an event sponsored by N.C. State University's Departments of Animal Science, Poultry Science, and Food Science, the Agricultural Research Service, NC Farm Bureau Federation, and the NCSU Animal and Poultry Science Clubs. Thousands of students, teachers, parents, and children attend the event at the Beef Educational Unit off of Lake Wheeler Road to see farm animals up close. Educational hand-outs, coloring books, and ice cream are distributed to all attendees. Horses, rabbits, cows, goats, pigs, chickens and other farm animals are housed at the educational unit for three days in April. Animal and Poultry Science Club members, along with faculty and other volunteers, educate elementary aged children about animal agriculture. For many of these children, it is the first time that they have seen many of these farm animals.

Ag Awareness Week Booth Ag Awareness Week The Animal Science Club is always a sponsor of Alpha Zeta's Ag Awareness Week. For three days, agriculture organizations set up booths on the Brickyard and help educate the students of NCSU about agriculture. Club members distribute educational pamphlets about the livestock industry and promote the club by answering any questions at the Animal Science Club booth

Scholarship Endowment Since 2004, members of the NCSU Animal Science Club have worked diligently to set aside money for the establishment of an endowment to support future students with interests in livestock and the livestock industry. Student efforts to expose the general public to livestock and livestock products at the NC State Fair have helped to make the endowment possible. The ANS Club has given three to five $500 scholarships to deserving members for many years but now has a vehicle for providing those scholarships indefinitely. Go Karts at Fall Social Socials Held annually at the end of the fall semester,the Fall Social offers Club members a chance to unwind from their studies. This fall, our social began with a chili and baked potato supper prepared by Dale Miller and a night filled with Putt-Putt, Go-Karts, and Laser Tag at Adventure Landing. Similar to the Fall Social, the Spring Social concludes the Club's activities for the semester. Last spring's event was held at the Longbranch Saloon in Raleigh where attendees enjoyed an evening of dancing and socializing with friends Student Faculty Mixer The Animal Science departmental mixer is an annual event sponsored by the NCSU Animal Science Club and offers an opportunity for incoming freshman to meet and visit with many of the faculty in the department. It also offers a chance for returning students to meet and socialize with new freshmen, as well as other returning students. Get-to-know you games, designed to spur interaction between individuals, are enjoyed by all attending and dramatically increase the level of interaction between students and faculty. CALS Club Fair The College of Agriculture and Life Sciences offers a Club Fair for new freshmen each year in order to expose incoming students to student organizations in the college. Four of our members, along with two advisors, helped man the booth this year to recruit new students into our club. We utilize a display board with photographs of members involved in club activities from previous events. Quadrathalon The Quadrathalon offers current undergraduate students an opportunity to compete locally in a test of knowledge and skills associated with all facets of the livestock industry. Each team is comprised of four members who are tested on the following industries: beef, dairy, swine, horse, small ruminant, meat science and poultry. The winning team at each college or university has the opportunity to compete in ASAS regional events.