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Pat Bagley - Dean of Agricultural and Human Sciences

Pat Bagley is the first dean to serve the College of Agricultural and Human Sciences formed from the merging of TTU’s Schools of Agriculture, Human Ecology and Nursing. Most recently a professor and department head of the Department of Agricultural Sciences at Texas A&M University-Commerce, Bagley holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in animal science from Louisiana State University and a doctorate from Virginia Tech. He returned to LSU after earning his doctorate and became a tenured professor. He then spent 10 years at Mississippi State University as a professor, researcher and head of the North Mississippi Research and Extension Center. After moving to Sam Houston State University, he taught full-time, with release time for research efforts. In 2002, he accepted his position at Texas A&M-Commerce. There he worked on a long-range plan for the farm operation, a grant targeting minority students in international agriculture, and a program in animal assisted therapies. Bagley also led the university’s first international education program to Mexico. Bagley’s extensive research interests include work with by-products as nutrition for cattle or for use as fertilizer and original work on the stockpiling of tall fescue as winter forage. A frequently published author on the topic of forage, Bagley served as editor and contributing author to the book, Animals and Society. Bagley has held leadership roles at international, national, regional, state and local levels. He has served as chairperson of the International Committee on Uniformity of Terminology for Grazing Land and Grazing Animals, as well as past president of the American Forage and Grassland Council.

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