College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Who we are and what we do?

5 Grand Challenges Improving Our Health - From recreation and weight control to designing fruits and vegetables with more phytonutrients for cancer prevention to using the latest biotechnology advancements to search for new drugs, the College is dedicated to improving health. Feeding Our World - Growing populations, decreasing natural resources, and increasing environmental challenges present us with opportunities to find the most efficient and healthful ways to provide food for all, both domestically and globally. Growing Our Economy - Producing more, selling more, adding value, and increasing the safety and security of what we trade are all ways the College is growing our economy. Protecting Our Environment - The College is committed to environmental sustainability and restoring the health of our ecosystems. Enriching Our Youth - We prepare students to be leaders in solving the world’s problems.

Academic Stats Established in 1911 7733 Students Degree Programs 3rd largest student population 6417 Undergrad 1316 Graduate Degree Programs 31 undergrad majors 8 undergrad certs 9 grad certs 37 Master’s 24 Doctoral 10 Online Grad

14 Departments Agricultural Economics Agricultural Leadership, Education, & Communications Animal Science Biochemistry & Biophysics Biological & Agricultural Engineering Ecosystem Science and Management Entomology Horticultural Sciences Nutrition & Food Science Plant Pathology & Microbiology Poultry Science Recreation, Park & Tourism Sciences Soil and Crop Sciences Wildlife & Fisheries Sciences

Buildings 75 buildings on campus or in the Bryan/College Station area. Most buildings are on West Campus AGLS is the new Headquarters completed in 2011 Addition Completed 2017

The Gardens The latest edition to the AgriLife Complex are The Leach Teaching Gardens. Currently still under construction.

IT Reporting Structure Chief Information Officer College CISA TAMU IT Employee paid by College College Departments AgriLife CISO Agencies College IT managers report to department head most of the time Some College IT managers are also building managers/proctors and business coordinators

Who we Work with? TAMU IT Run most VM’s Email ADS/AGLS OAL/Provost IT provide services such as student printing, OAL workstations, IMS classrooms, CEPM Engineering, TVMDL, Forestry, and more AgriLife provides WordPress, ALP and SOPHOS

Devices & Staff More than 5000 total devices 4900 end-user devices 160 servers (virtual and physical) ~2000 Staff 21 full time IT personnel and many student workers

Biggest Needs/Issues Mac Management Tool Central Backup Solution File Storage Budget

Future Vision Collaboration within AgriLife at all levels Liaison for TAMU IT as we continue to use more of their shared services More automation across IT Partner with IT units outside AgriLife