Stockbridge School of Agriculture
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Stockbridge School of Agriculture is a fully accredited, two–year agricultural school that is part of the University of Massachusetts, Amherst campus. It was founded as part of the Massachusetts Agricultural College (now University of Massachusetts, Amherst) in 1918. The following Associate of Science degrees are available at Stockbridge:
- Arboriculture and Community Forest Management
- Equine Industries
- Fruit and Vegetable Crops
- Horticulture (Four concentrations are offered; Floriculture Crop Production; General Horticulture; Management of Woody Plants; Retail Floral Design)
- Landscape Contracting
- Turfgrass Management
The school was named after Levi Stockbridge, the founder of Massachusetts Agricultural College. Stockbridge is considered a separate school within the University of Massachusetts system, but it is a unique institution because, while it uses many UMass facilities and professors, it also maintains its own faculty and facilities and holds its own classes (which are also available to UMass students). Stockbridge students can live in UMass dormitories, use the library, and eat at the dining commons.
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[edit] Athletics
Stockbridge has two National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) teams: basketball and golf. As a two–year school, its students are not allowed by the NCAA to play on varsity teams. Stockbridge teams compete against small four-year schools, preparatory schools, and community colleges. Stockbridge students may try out for the Intercollegiate Horse Show Association equestrian team and Intercollegiate Dressage Association team. These teams compete throughout the year with other colleges in the Northeast. Students may also take advantage of many noncompetitive recreational opportunities or participate in the University of Massachusetts' intramural program, one of the largest in the East.
[edit] Greek life
Alpha Tau Gamma is its fraternity
[edit] Notable alumni
- James Underwood Crockett, producer and host of the public television show The Victory Garden
[edit] Accreditation
Stockbridge is accredited through the New England Association of Schools and Colleges
