Alumni & Friends


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
  • University of Delaware alumna Monica Sterk works as a regional medical director for Veterinary Emergency Group’s 20 hospitals in the northeast region.

    Medicine meets mentorship

    June 06, 2025 | Written by Nya Wynn
    University of Delaware alumna Monica Sterk knew she was destined to become a veterinarian. But after graduating from UD in 2013 with a degree in pre-veterinary medicine, she had no idea where her veterinarian journey would take her. General practice? Mixed-animal vet working with large and small animals? But after being hired as an emergency room veterinarian at a 24-hour hospital, her world turned upside down.
  • Conserving Delaware’s Wildlife

    May 08, 2025 | Written by Molly Schafer Photos courtesy of the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC) and Joe Rogerson
    Joe Rogerson couldn’t wait to start his graduate studies at the University of Delaware. The wildlife ecology alumnus skipped his college graduation to jump-start his graduate fieldwork. In 2005, Rogerson was the first UD student to earn an M.S. in wildlife ecology. He said his time at UD helped crystallize his career path in conservation.
  • Representing rural America

    May 02, 2025 | Written by: Molly Schafer Photos courtesy of Roger Glendenning
    Roger Glendenning, distinguished alumnus from the University of Delaware College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, served rural America for 36 years at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). Earlier last month, Glendenning retired from his position as Chief Operating Officer (COO) of the USDA’s Agency of Rural Development.

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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.

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