HBCUs Open Up Educational Pipeline to Cuba
Jul 2, 2016 17:13:06 GMT -5
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Post by aggierattler on Jul 2, 2016 17:13:06 GMT -5
IMHO, we should be involved in this before "the majority" universities get a real foothold there in Cuba.
Exchange programs at HBCUs
HBCUs open up educational pipeline to Cuba
Educational, cultural exchange efforts show potential for Central State, other schools
By Gregory Clay | @gregory_clay
June 28, 2016
CUBA – JANUARY 26: University of Havana, founded in 1728, El Vedado, Havana, Cuba. Photo by DeAgostini/Getty Images
When President Barack Obama blazed a trail to initiate the normalization of relations between the United States and Cuba after a 50-plus-year hiatus, the narrative focused on the potential bonanza for tourism and trade.
But education is also part of the new script — or at least Central State University in Ohio is the historically black college or university (HBCU) that hopes so.
“The University of Havana has been looking for colleges with agricultural programs to partner with,” Central State president Cynthia Jackson-Hammond told The Undefeated. Jackson-Hammond, the first female president at Central State, believes her school fits that description.
She was part of an HBCU delegation that visited Cuba in late May. The group was led by popular radio personality Tom Joyner and his son, Thomas Joyner Jr., the president and chief executive officer of the Dallas-based Tom Joyner Foundation.
The delegation’s other members were: John Rudley, outgoing president at Texas Southern University; Raymond Burse, outgoing president at Kentucky State University; Tashni-Ann Dubroy, president of Shaw University in Raleigh, North Carolina; Lester Newman Jr., president of Jarvis Christian University in Hawkins, Texas; and Michael O. Adams, director of the master’s of public administration program at Texas Southern. Texas state Sen. Royce West, a board member with the Tom Joyner Foundation, was also part of the group.
“The University of Havana has a strong agricultural interest, that’s why I went,” Jackson-Hammond explained. “It’s a chance to learn the values of the people; it’s a chance to learn about their culture. It’s really a learning experience. It wasn’t a vacation; we went to open a pipeline.”
Because subtropical Cuba has only two clearly defined seasons, Jackson-Hammond believes Central State’s innovative water-resource management program can be a key component in forming an educational alliance with the University of Havana to explore methods to improve crop irrigation and harvesting, as well as upgrade drinking water...
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From The Undefeated: theundefeated.com/features/hbcus-open-up-educational-pipeline-to-cuba/
Exchange programs at HBCUs
HBCUs open up educational pipeline to Cuba
Educational, cultural exchange efforts show potential for Central State, other schools
By Gregory Clay | @gregory_clay
June 28, 2016
CUBA – JANUARY 26: University of Havana, founded in 1728, El Vedado, Havana, Cuba. Photo by DeAgostini/Getty Images
When President Barack Obama blazed a trail to initiate the normalization of relations between the United States and Cuba after a 50-plus-year hiatus, the narrative focused on the potential bonanza for tourism and trade.
But education is also part of the new script — or at least Central State University in Ohio is the historically black college or university (HBCU) that hopes so.
“The University of Havana has been looking for colleges with agricultural programs to partner with,” Central State president Cynthia Jackson-Hammond told The Undefeated. Jackson-Hammond, the first female president at Central State, believes her school fits that description.
She was part of an HBCU delegation that visited Cuba in late May. The group was led by popular radio personality Tom Joyner and his son, Thomas Joyner Jr., the president and chief executive officer of the Dallas-based Tom Joyner Foundation.
The delegation’s other members were: John Rudley, outgoing president at Texas Southern University; Raymond Burse, outgoing president at Kentucky State University; Tashni-Ann Dubroy, president of Shaw University in Raleigh, North Carolina; Lester Newman Jr., president of Jarvis Christian University in Hawkins, Texas; and Michael O. Adams, director of the master’s of public administration program at Texas Southern. Texas state Sen. Royce West, a board member with the Tom Joyner Foundation, was also part of the group.
“The University of Havana has a strong agricultural interest, that’s why I went,” Jackson-Hammond explained. “It’s a chance to learn the values of the people; it’s a chance to learn about their culture. It’s really a learning experience. It wasn’t a vacation; we went to open a pipeline.”
Because subtropical Cuba has only two clearly defined seasons, Jackson-Hammond believes Central State’s innovative water-resource management program can be a key component in forming an educational alliance with the University of Havana to explore methods to improve crop irrigation and harvesting, as well as upgrade drinking water...
(Click on the link below to read the rest of this article.)
From The Undefeated: theundefeated.com/features/hbcus-open-up-educational-pipeline-to-cuba/
