Biology majors in the Thomas Jefferson Scholars Program are unsure about their future due to changes to the undergraduate program.`

The N.C. State biology program is being moved from the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences to the College of Sciences.

The Thomas Jefferson Scholars Program provides money to students pursuing a dual degree between any College of Agricultural and Life Sciences program and any College of Humanities and Social Sciences program.

Members of the Thomas Jefferson Scholars Program sent a letter to the University asking to admit future College of Sciences students into the program. The University replied telling members to calm down, according to a source who wishes to remain anonymous.

Dana Moeller, fundraising chair for the Jefferson Scholars, said the program will no longer accept biology students.

Under the current structure, approximately half of the programs members major in biology.

Next year, biology students will not be allowed into the program since it will fall under College of Sciences instead of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.

Students who are moving into College of Sciences and are already in the program will be grandfathered into the program and will not lose their status as Thomas Jefferson Scholars, Moeller said.

Thomas Jefferson Scholars Service Co-chair Kaitlyn Rogers said if this had been implemented earlier, she herself would not have been able to join the program.

Im disappointed [because] about half of our members would not be included in the programand we couldnt work something out between COS and CALS, Rogers, a senior in biology and Spanish, said. Now we are just trying to make the best of the situation.

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