SU College of Ag Set to Hold Fashion Design & Apparel Entrepreneurship Summer Camp
The Fashion and Business Laboratory (FAB Lab) in the SU College of Agricultural, Human and Environmental Sciences (CAHES) will host its 2024 Youth Leadership Program LEVEL UP summer camp for youth ages 12-18.
This year, the camp will hold two levels. The first level will be for beginning sewists and will be held from July 8-12. The second level will open to intermediate to advanced sewists from July 29 – Aug 2. Both camps will operate from 9 a.m. – 3 in the FAB Lab inside Pinkie Thrift Hall.
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2024 Quilt Design Summer Camp Set for Youth Ages 14-17
The Southern University College of Agricultural, Human and Environmental Sciences (CAHES) Fashion Merchandising, Design and Textiles Program will hold its 2024 Quilt Design Summer Camp from June 17 – June 28, 2024.
The camp will operate from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. (Monday – Friday) for students aged 14 – 17 years old in Pinkie Thrift Hall on the campus of Southern University.
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SU Ag Center Set to host 19th Annual Business Development and Procurement Conference
The Southern University Ag Center will host its 19th Annual Connecting Businesses to Contracts: From Local to Global Business Development and Procurement Conference on April 11, 2024. The conference, which is themed, “Back on the Bluff,” will be held at the Southern University Smith-Brown Student Union and the Valdry Center for Philanthropy on Southern University’s campus. It will provide an opportunity for small business communities to network with each other, larger companies, and government agencies aimed at growing their businesses.
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Louisiana Agriculture Hall of Distinction has Three Inductees in 2024 Class
Three individuals who have made contributions to advancing agriculture in Louisiana are the newest inductees into the Louisiana Agriculture Hall of Distinction. One inductee, former North Louisiana Congressman and Physician Dr. Ralph Abraham served the largest agricultural district in the nation.
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Southern University Hosting 81st Annual Livestock Show
Thursday morning, Southern University kicked off its 81st annual livestock show, and nearly 100 kids from across the state are participating while more than 130 animals are being showcased.
Dr. Harold Mellieon is the department chair for the college of agriculture. He says this year the school was able to help some kids compete.
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Southern University To Host 81st Annual Livestock & Poultry Show
The Southern University Ag Center will host the 81st Annual Livestock and Poultry Show this upcoming weekend, where local students will compete for a grand champion title.
The show will feature expos, a giving day, a luncheon, an auction, and of course the show itself.
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SU Ag Center’s Small Farmer Academy set to host Spring Courses
The Southern University Ag Center's Small Farmer Academy will host spring courses beginning in February at the Maurice A. Edmond Multipurpose Building, 14600 Scenic Hwy, Baton Rouge, LA.
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Dr. Sanjay Batra named Southern University’s Outstanding Researcher
Dr. Sanjay Batra, BASF Endowed Professor and Chair of the Department of Environmental Toxicology in the SU College of Ag, received the Fall 2023 Outstanding Researcher Award from the Southern University Baton Rouge campus.
The award was presented on Dec. 14 by the Southern University Office of Sponsored Programs.
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SU Ag Center Set to Host its 2024 Boots and Bling Affair
The Southern University Ag Center will host its 2nd Boots and Bling Affair on Saturday, February 17, 2024, from 7 p.m. – 12 a.m. in the F.G. Clark Activity Center on Southern University’s campus.
Funds raised from the Boots and Bling Affair will be used to provide scholarship awards and necessary equipment for SU Ag Center’s youth Livestock Show exhibitors.
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Southern University Ag Center signs MOU with St. Kitts and Nevis Ministry of Education
The Southern University Agricultural Research and Extension Center (Southern University Ag Center or SU Ag Center) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Saint Kitts and Nevis Ministry of Education.
The signing of the MOU by Orlando F. McMeans, Ph.D., Chancellor-Dean of the Southern University Ag Center and the College of Agricultural, Human and Environmental Sciences, was held on December 27, 2023, hosted by Dame Marcella Liburd at the Government House in Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis.
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Dr. Charity Schaffer Named Parish Chair of St. Helena Parish
Dr. Charity Schaffer, Southern University Agricultural Research and Extension Center Assistant Area Extension Agent for Youth Development and 4-H in St. Helena and Tangipahoa Parishes, has been appointed the Parish Chair for St. Helena Parish.
As the Parish Chair, Dr. Schaffer plans to partner with the LSU AgCenter to ensure that all parish groups are being served effectively and to work alongside fellow local extension agents to develop strategies and affirmative steps for assuring open access to programs and services that will meet the needs of underrepresented groups within St. Helena Parish.
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Southern University Teaching Faculty Selected to Participate in Mississippi River Delta Transition Initiative Consortium
Southern University College of Agricultural, Human and Environmental Sciences assistant research professors Drs. Jacqueline McComb and Crystal Vance have been selected and awarded $499,969 as a part of the $22 million multi-member consortium effort led by Tulane University and Louisiana State University to seek ways to save the Lower Mississippi River Delta.
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EPA Announces Nearly $800K to Southern University for Pollution Prevention Project
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced that the Southern University Ag Center received a nearly $800,000 pollution prevention grant. Nationwide, 24 recipients were awarded $16 million in grants through the historic Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, part of the Biden-Harris Administration’s Investing in America agenda. Southern University’s grant will fund a project to reduce water pollution from industrial facilities.
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The SU Ag Center and the NMSDC Acres Program have Announced a Partnership
The Southern University Agricultural Research and Extension Center (SU Ag Center or Southern University Ag Center) and the National Minority Supplier Development Council (NMSDC) are partnering to enhance NMSDC’s Acres: Cultivating Equity in Black Agriculture program.
As part of the partnership, the Southern University Ag Center will provide instructors and course material for the Acres 12-week learning curriculum focused on growing program participants’ capacity to take on major national contracts with NMSDC corporate members.
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SU Ag Center Set to Host 2nd Annual Vino on the Bluff Scholarship Wine Tasting Fundraiser
The Southern University Ag Center and the College of Agricultural, Human and Environmental Sciences (CAHES) will host the 2nd Annual Vino on the Bluff Wine Tasting Fundraiser at 5 p.m. on Oct. 13, 2023 at the Southern University Cultural and Heritage Center, G. Leon Netterville Dr., on the Southern University campus.
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