N.C. A&T RECEIVES $18.1M TO LEAD MAJOR PART OF USDA NEXTGEN
Jun 21, 2023 10:45:15 GMT -5
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Post by aggie2039 on Jun 21, 2023 10:45:15 GMT -5
EAST GREENSBORO, N.C. (June 21, 2023) – North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University will lead a major project to build and sustain students’ interest and participation in agriculture as part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s new initiative, “From Learning to Leading: Cultivating the Next Generation of Diverse Food and Agriculture Professionals (NEXTGEN).”
N.C. A&T’s project – SAPLINGS (System Approach to Promote Learning and Innovation for the Next GenerationS) – is designed to grow the number of underrepresented minority students in the food, agriculture, natural resources and human sciences. It will involve faculty and staff from each department of the College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences (CAES) and specialists with Cooperative Extension at N.C. A&T.
For the five-year, $18.1 million project, CAES will partner with six other 1890s universities, national organizations, USDA, private companies and fellow land-grant partner North Carolina State University to engage K-12 students, their parents and their teachers. College students will be engaged, too, and receive funding toward stipends, tuition, internships and mentoring to enhance their success and readiness to enter the workforce. The project is funded through USDA’s National Institute for Food and Agriculture.
Such organizations as 4-H, Farm Foundation, SAS, USDA, John Deere and Microsoft will partner with universities, including N.C. State, Virginia State, Tuskegee University, University of Maryland Eastern Shore, Florida A&M, the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff and Fort Valley State, to deliver innovative curricula centering around experiential learning and outreach under A&T’s lead.
www.ncat.edu/news/2023/06/saplings-usda-nextgen-grant.php
N.C. A&T’s project – SAPLINGS (System Approach to Promote Learning and Innovation for the Next GenerationS) – is designed to grow the number of underrepresented minority students in the food, agriculture, natural resources and human sciences. It will involve faculty and staff from each department of the College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences (CAES) and specialists with Cooperative Extension at N.C. A&T.
For the five-year, $18.1 million project, CAES will partner with six other 1890s universities, national organizations, USDA, private companies and fellow land-grant partner North Carolina State University to engage K-12 students, their parents and their teachers. College students will be engaged, too, and receive funding toward stipends, tuition, internships and mentoring to enhance their success and readiness to enter the workforce. The project is funded through USDA’s National Institute for Food and Agriculture.
Such organizations as 4-H, Farm Foundation, SAS, USDA, John Deere and Microsoft will partner with universities, including N.C. State, Virginia State, Tuskegee University, University of Maryland Eastern Shore, Florida A&M, the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff and Fort Valley State, to deliver innovative curricula centering around experiential learning and outreach under A&T’s lead.
www.ncat.edu/news/2023/06/saplings-usda-nextgen-grant.php
