Alumni & Friends
Medicine meets mentorship
UD pre-veterinary medicine alumna
extends knowledge through UD student mentorship
Conserving Delaware’s Wildlife
UD alumnus leads wildlife conservation
and management for the state
Representing rural America
Distinguished alumnus Roger Glendenning
reflects on 36 years with the USDA
Farm-to-glass brewery
Father and son alumni David and Aaron Hopkins continue their family’s agricultural legacy
Cultivating a legacy
Our community is strong. Our relationships sustain us. Alumni, friends, families and students of the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources work together to create a lasting legacy and fulfill our land-grant mission of teaching, research and extension.
Alumni have gone on to become successful growers, agribusiness leaders, scientists and policy makers. They've conducted pioneering research that has shaped our food and our planet.
Supporters have provided the resources to get them there. With new state-of-the-art laboratories and facilities on the horizon, your gift today will impact student success for decades to come.
Be a part of our story.
Alumni in the news
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‘Kick up some fun’ with UD at the fair
July 17, 2025 | Article by Katie Peikes , Photos by Jackie Czachorowskihis year will be Klaira Wing’s first year participating in a competition at the Delaware State Fair. She’s ready to “kick up some fun,” the theme of this year’s event. “I’m excited to see my friends,” said the 6-year-old Cloverbud, a pre-4-Her from Seaford, Delaware. “I’ve been working on crafts, sewing, drawing and singing.” -
Ag in the Family
July 15, 2025 | Written by Molly SchaferDouble Dels Gregg and Stephanie (Cannon) Knutsen met 26 years ago as undergraduates at the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources. The Knutsens run G&S Dairy, one of Delaware’s few remaining dairy farms. Attending the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources is now a family tradition. The Knutsens’ eldest daughter, Bethany, a member of UD’s award-winning Soils Judging Team, graduates in December. -
UD alumna Jessica Berkeridge provides veterinary care and second chances
June 17, 2025 | Written by Molly SchaferNative Delawarean and alumna Jessica Berkeridge is a veterinarian and the owner of Summit Bridge Veterinary Hospital in Bear, Delaware. A Blue Hen with a big heart, Berkeridge spent 18 months rehabilitating Cheyla, a severely wounded pit bull, while she attended veterinary school. The experience led Berkeridge to open Cheyla’s Rescue Foundation, a 100 percent volunteer-run, no-kill animal shelter.
The Office of Development and Alumni Relations (DAR) engages donors, alumni, friends, parents, faculty, staff and students in a lifelong relationship and fosters a tradition of philanthropy to strengthen the University of Delaware's legacy as one of the great public institutions of higher education in America.