ALT Two NC State students taking a selfie on a phone in front of the giant pumpkins at the N.C. State Fair.

ALT A red quarter scale tractor at the N.C. State Fair up close with a Wolfpack sticker.

ALT An NC State student milking a cow at the Milk Booth at the N.C. State Fair.

ALT A cup of Howling Cow ice cream with a cone on top on a red gingham table.

ALT CALS alumnus Worth Williams in a checkered shirt with arms crossed inside a bright lab filled with shelves of small plant samples.

ALT Crowded indoor career fair with attendees engaging at various company booths and informational displays.

ALT Three women talk to a smiling man at a USDA booth inside a conference room.

ALT Attendees engage with representatives at various booths during a busy indoor career fair event.

ALT Three men interact at a booth with baskets of fresh produce and informational materials in a large indoor event space.

ALT Eggs on a selecting and grading production line at a processing facility. (Edwin Tan/iStock)

ALT White Howling Cow ice cream truck with red wheels parked near a university campus building under a blue sky.

ALT Crowd of people lined up at a white food truck decorated with red ice cream illustrations at an outdoor event on a sunny day.

ALT Three people standing and smiling in front of a white and red food truck decorated with ice cream illustrations on a sunny day.

ALT Bundles of fresh asparagus tied with blue bands displayed alongside apples and other produce at a market stand. Text reads: "IR-4 Receives $10 Million USDA Award to Expand Specialty Crop Export Opportunities."

ALT First-year CALS students participating in the seminar course ALS 103: First Year Success in Agriculture and Life Sciences.

ALT Howl the humanoid robot dressed in white protective gear in a poultry facility with NC State researchers in white protective gear talking nearby.

ALT Horticultural Science Professor Massimo Iorizzo examines a blueberry in the lab. PHHI is located on the North Carolina Research Campus in Kannapolis, visible through the window.

ALT NC State Chancellor Kevin Howell and CALS Dean Garey Fox warmly greet and shake hands with three young women inside a bright building with large windows.

ALT Two women in red holding up NC State signs and Wolfies.

ALT Bob Patterson and a student smiling together at Wolfpack Harvest indoors.

ALT Crowd of people, including families and staff, gathered in a lobby of the Plant Sciences Building at Wolfpack Harvest.

ALT Group of adults and children standing outside a building holding a sign for the Peele Scholars Fund at NC State's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.

ALT Dean Garey Fox, David Peele and Chancellor Howell standing outdoors holding a large sign for the Peele Scholars Fund at NC State's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.

ALT Chancellor Howell in a suit speaks at a podium outdoors with a group of adults and children standing behind him near a building with large windows.

ALT NC State Chancellor Kevin Howell, CALS Dean Garey Fox, and David Peele and his family holding a sign announcing the creation of the Peele Scholars Fund at Wolfpack Harvest.

ALT Group of 2026 CALS Distinguished and Outstanding Alumni Award winners with CALS Dean Garey Fox on a staircase smiling and holding up Wolfies.

ALT Clyde Sorenson wearing a brown hat and glasses, leaning on a white net frame against a dark background.

ALT Howard Williams in glasses wearing a dark suit and blue tie, smiling with arms crossed against a glass building background.

ALT An NC State Power Sound of the South conductor conducting band members during a fall event with autumn trees in the background and the CALS Wolfpack Harvest logo displayed.

ALT A circular chart showing North Carolina agriculture's $117 billion economic impact divided into food, tobacco, forestry, fiber, green industry and pharmaceutical sectors.

ALT NC State CALS distinguished professor Rodolphe Barrangou (right) sits at a panelist table with NC State Chancellor Kevin Howell (center), NASA astronaut Christina Koch (second from left) and two leading NC State faculty members.

ALT NASA astronaut Christina Koch smiling in a blue NASA flight suit in front of a space-themed background.

ALT NC State CALS distinguished professor Rodolphe Barrangou (right) stands with NC State Chancellor Kevin Howell (center), NASA astronaut Christina Koch (third from left), two leading NC State faculty members and Student Body President Knox Trask (left) at a panelist discussion.

ALT NC State CALS distinguished professor Rodolphe Barrangou sits at a panel table talking with NASA astronaut Christina Koch, NC State Chancellor Kevin Howell and two leading NC State faculty members.