FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Students in the U of A's Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences can learn about opportunities to be involved in areas of interest at the college's annual Carnival of Clubs networking event.

The preview and social, hosted by the college's student ambassadors, will be from 5:30-7:30 p.m. Thursday on the Maudine Sanders Student Plaza and Garden and Hawkins Family Terrace at the south end of the AFLS Building.

A few of the clubs and registered student organizations expected to participate include the Ag Mech; Block and Bridle; Crop, Soil and Environmental Sciences; Poultry Science; Food Science; Hospitality and Restaurant Management; Student Sustainability; HORT; and Agricultural Business clubs.  

Other groups offering opportunities include Sigma Alpha (professional agricultural sorority for women), Collegiate FFA, Collegiate Farm Bureau, Meats Quiz Bowl, Agricultural Communicators of Tomorrow, Student Dietetic Association, Alpha Gamma Rho (social fraternity for men in agriculture), the Bumpers College International Programs Office, the Bumpers College Honors Student Board, Entomology Club, Apparel Studies Student Association, Turf Club, American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences, and the Pre-Vet Club.

A free barbeque meal is being served, and activities include chicken bowling, a bag toss, and quizzes and trivia with prizes awarded.

About the Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences: Bumpers College provides life-changing opportunities to position and prepare graduates who will be leaders in the businesses associated with foods, family, the environment, agriculture, sustainability and human quality of life; and who will be first-choice candidates of employers looking for leaders, innovators, policy makers and entrepreneurs. The college is named for Dale Bumpers, former Arkansas governor and longtime U.S. senator who made the state prominent in national and international agriculture.

About the University of Arkansas: The University of Arkansas provides an internationally competitive education for undergraduate and graduate students in more than 200 academic programs. The university contributes new knowledge, economic development, basic and applied research, and creative activity while also providing service to academic and professional disciplines. The Carnegie Foundation classifies the University of Arkansas among only 2 percent of universities in America that have the highest level of research activity. U.S. News & World Report ranks the University of Arkansas among its top American public research universities. Founded in 1871, the University of Arkansas comprises 10 colleges and schools and maintains a low student-to-faculty ratio that promotes personal attention and close mentoring.