Acting dean (since July 2001): Robin Morgan

Mission statement:

To improve the quality of life for Delaware and the global community through superior research, extension and education programs in agricultural and related disciplines.

Departments:

• Animal and Food Sciences
• Bioresources Engineering
• Entomology and Applied Ecology
• Food and Resource Economics
• Plant and Soil Sciences

Student enrollment (full-time and part-time, as of fall 2000):

702 undergraduate

137 graduate

Full-time faculty (as of fall 2000):

71

Significant events and accomplishments:

• Numerous new facilities were constructed, including the Allen Laboratory, a state-of-the-art biocontainment facility for poultry disease research; Lasher Laboratory, a poultry diagnostic lab and headquarters for the Research and Education Center in Georgetown; Livestock Teaching Pavilion on the Newark Farm; and Pesticide Research Facility at the Research and Education Center; and the Charles and Eleanor Paradee Center in Dover.
  
  
• The Center for Agricultural Biotechnology was created.
  
  
• New curricula were developed in natural resource management, wildlife conservation, environmental soil science and bioresources engineering technology.
  
  
• The animal and food sciences Ph.D. program was expanded to include food sciences; a Ph.D. program in entomology was created.
  
  
• Longwood Graduate Program was ranked No. 2 among graduate programs.
  
  
• Extension and outreach efforts expanded, including the Children, Youth and Families at Risk; Nutrient Management; and Food Safety programs.
  
  
• Two faculty members serve as presidents of national professional societies: Don Sparks, Soil Science Society of America, and Bill Saylor, Poultry Science Society.