The agricultural program at Richland Community College is pleased to announce a renewed transfer partnership opportunity for their students wishing to attend the University of Illinois College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences (ACES) to complete a four-year degree. This partnership, referred to as the transfer pathway program, was recently formalized at three community colleges in Illinois.

Anna Ball, ACES associate dean for academic programs, recently explained that the transfer pathway program encourages students to consider majors in food, agriculture and the environment, finance and economics, and family health and dynamics, as well as data and engineering at the University of Illinois. Through the program, ACES hopes to create more awareness about the ease of transferring to the land-grant university in Urbana-Champaign.

Jess Smithers, director of agricultural programs at Richland, hopes the program provides students peace of mind that their Richland coursework seamlessly transfers to ACES.  Students wishing to follow the transfer pathway program will be guided through the process which includes completing the prescribed course sequences at Richland Community College, meeting the stated GPA requirement, and submitting their application for a specific agricultural degree at the University of Illinois.

Richland Community College is dedicated to student success, and the transfer pathway program is just one more way we can help students achieve their career goals.

If you would like more information about the transfer pathway program, or any of the agriculture degrees offered at Richland Community College, contact Jess Smithers at 217-875-7211, ext. 6223, or Dave Shiley at 217-875-7211, ext.6408.

Visit us on the web at www.richland.edu/agriculture

The Richland Community College Agriculture program is comprised of an Associate in Arts (transfer degree) and Associate in Applied Science degrees in Agribusiness, Crop Science, and Horticulture.  Richland’s campus includes hundreds of acres of farmland, we are the host of the Farm Progress Show every other year, and we are located in the Agribusiness capital of the world, all which help enable the agriculture program to meet our mission of exposing, preparing, and connecting students to careers in Agriculture.