UC ANR Human Resources

Agriculture & Natural Resources

General Guide to Understand ANR

UC Cooperative Extension (UCCE)
• County Offices & County Cooperation
• County Director
• Advisors (non-senate academics)
• Staff

Research Extension Centers (RECs)
• Nine (9) field stations throughout CA
• Rec Director
• Advisors/Specialists
• Staff

Statewide Programs (Smith-Lever Act)
• 4-H, Master Gardeners, IPM, Nutrition
• Initiative Lead or Program Director
• Advisors (non-senate academics)
• Community Education Specialists
• Within UCCE Office in the Counties

Agriculture Experiment Station (AES)
• Colleges/Divisions within UCB, UCD, UCR,
UCM, UCSC
• Separately administered by campuses
• Campus Deans
• CE Specialists (Academic Researchers)
• Campus Staff

  • University of California consists of 10 Campuses, 5 Health Systems, a National Laboratory and Agriculture and Natural Resources.
  • University of California—Agricultural, Mining, and Mechanical Arts College"— is a Land-Grant University established by the Morrill Act of 1862. (1868 via Organic Act established our UC System)
  • The Hatch-Act established the AES in 1887.
  • Smith-Lever Act funds UCCE and Statewide Programs through NIFA (USDA) 1914.
  • The California Constitution Title IX section 9 authorizes The Regents to receive and use the funds listed above.
  • A Campus has a Chancellor, ANR has a Vice-President and the Labs have a Director.
  • ANR’s Vice-President reports directly to the UC President

Created by Montano and Sanchez 11/12/24