We are UConn Nation
Our alumni are an essential part of the Plant Science and Landscape Architecture community, carrying UConn’s values of innovation, sustainability, and service into their professions and communities. Alumni achievements reflect the strength of our programs and serve as inspiration for our current students. PSLA is committed to staying connected by celebrating alumni successes, fostering collaboration, and building lifelong partnerships beyond graduation.
Featured Alumni
Curating Green Space in an Urban Jungle – CAHNR Alum Stephanie Lucas ’10, uses her training in plant science to enrich an iconic historic park in New York City
Growing Plants in ‘America’s Attic’
From new research to interior displays, CAHNR alum Carl Johnson ’19, ’21, helps keep the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History alive through horticulture
Applying a Landscape Architect’s ‘Design Eye’ at Every Scale
Jagger Javenes ’15, 18, “I knew I was looking for landscape architecture [and] knowing that UConn was going to provide me with a great education”
Inventor of Your Next Favorite Apple
What does it mean to be queen of the fruit breeding universe? In 2024, Susan Kotowski Brown ’78, created the SnapDragon apple cultivar
Get Involved
Interested in getting involved with CAHNR as an alum? CAHNR has many opportunities for alumni to volunteer, connect with and support students, and participate in other activities at the university.
Support the Department
By making a gift, you can help us support student success and innovation. You can direct your gift to an area that is most meaningful yo you.
More Resources
Gifts to the College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources Dean’s Fund provides support for the areas of greatest need within the college.
Through teaching, research, and outreach programs, the College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources serves Connecticut and the world. This is our moment to answer the most challenging questions of our time and to prepare the next generation of leaders.
Your investment in the CAHNR Dean’s Fund will help students experience outstanding classes and participate in important research and community outreach projects. It will provide for creative and effective faculty development.
The mission of the UConn Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources Alumni (UCAHNRA) Board is to create a lifelong and worldwide community of alumni through meaningful engagement in order to increase awareness, pride, participation, volunteer involvement, and philanthropic commitment to the college and the university.
It shall be the purpose of UCAHNRA to support the continued education of current students through the UCAHNRA Endowed Scholarship Fund; to encourage alumni to participate actively in the UConn community, attend events, volunteer, promote ways for alumni to stay connected, and contribute to the greatness of our university; and to foster the interests of UConn/CAHNR as a world standard of academic excellence by highlighting the achievements of alumni, students, faculty, and staff.
Every year the College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources and the College Alumni Board recognize the accomplishments of our distinguished alumni, faculty, staff and supporters.
Don’t miss this opportunity to highlight the great work you and your colleagues are doing in CAHNR!
Academic Programs’ goal is to help students identify an appropriate major and realize their educational aspirations. While the University of Connecticut is a relatively large institution, we pride ourselves on the small college “feel” that we facilitate by making students our number one priority.
List of scholarships and awards for the College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources and Ratcliffe Hicks School of Agriculture.
Contact Our Alumni Relations Officer
Erin McMahon ’16
Associate Director of Alumni Relations
Phone: 860-576-0251
Email: emcmahon@foundation.uconn.edu