In commemoration of the Louisiana Medical Marijuana program’s fifth anniversary, the Southern University Ag Center, Ilera Holistic Healthcare, and the Southern University System Foundation have partnered to host a charity benefit honoring former Governor Kathleen Blanco, Senator Fred Mills, and Representative Ted James. The event will be held from 7 p.m. – 10 p.m. on October 5, 2023, at The Old Governor's Mansion.
Read MoreThe Southern University College of Agricultural, Family and Consumer Sciences has been renamed as the College of Agricultural, Human and Environmental Sciences. The name change was approved by the Southern University Board of Supervisors on August 18, 2023 during the board’s regularly scheduled meeting.
The name change comes after more than three years of evaluations, academic program assessments, rebranding, revamping curriculums, and acquiring the Environmental Toxicology Ph.D. program from the College of Sciences and Engineering.
Read MoreThe Southern University Ag Center and College of Ag have partnered with SU Athletics to host an Ag Game on Sept. 16 against Alabama A&M University in A.W. Mumford Stadium. The campus has planned a week of events for the community and agriculture students leading up to the game.
Read MoreThe Southern University College of Agricultural, Human and Environmental Sciences, formally known as the College of Agricultural, Family and Consumer Sciences, held a student convocation on August 31, 2023 in the auditorium of T.T. Allain Hall.
The standing-room-only crowd of Agricultural students was welcomed by Saturn Douglas, Director of Recruitment and Retention, and Dr. Renita Marshall, Vice Chancellor for Academics and Student Support-Associate Dean, shared updates from the College.
Read MoreJacqueline Dixon, Executive Assistant to the Chancellor-Dean for the Southern University Agricultural Research and Extension Center/College of Agricultural, College of Consumer Sciences, received the Southern University System’s Above and Beyond Award during the Southern University System Board of Supervisors meeting on August 18, 2023.
Read MoreGov. John Bel Edwards says more work is needed to close the gap in funding between the state’s two land-grant universities.
Across the nation, there is a huge gap between funding for historically Black and historically white land-grant universities within the same state, a report from the left-leaning think tank The Century Foundation finds.
Read MoreCalifornia native Floyd D. Harris III knows that perseverance and hard work pay off. A recent graduate of Southern University, an 1890 land-grant university in Louisiana, Harris applied several times to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)/1890 National Scholars Program.
Read MoreThe East Baton Rouge Parish offices of the LSU AgCenter and Southern Ag Center are sponsoring a back-to-school Youth AgBash at Burden Museum & Gardens on Sept. 22.
This urban extension event is designed to expose inner city students to programs and careers in agriculture.
Read MoreKatara Williams, Ph.D., Vice Chancellor for Institutional Advancement and External Relations at the Southern University Ag Center, was nominated into the annual Academic Leadership Institute (ALI) residential program.
The residential program offers an intensive, on-site learning and networking opportunity for rising leaders committed to issues of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), including faculty of color, as they advance their careers within higher education.
Read MoreThe U.S. Department of Agriculture announced $33 million in funding to 19 Historically Black Colleges and Universities designated as land-grant institutions to support research and education projects.
The funding through USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture will support 82 projects in sustainable farming practices such as reducing use of plastics, enhancing nutritional value in vegetables and addressing shortages in sunflower seed oil.
Read MoreFormer Southern University Agricultural Research and Extension Center Chancellor, Leodrey Williams, Ed.D., has been officially named Chancellor Emeritus of the Ag Center. The status was bestowed upon Dr. Williams on July 21, 2023 during the Southern University System’s Board of Supervisors meeting.
Read MoreThe Southern University Ag Center in conjunction with the LSU AgCenter, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), the Morehouse Black Farmers and Landowners Association, Inc., and the National Black Growers Council.
Read MoreThe Southern University Ag Center will hold its annual St. Helena Ag Day on July 24, 2023 at the Fifth Ward Recreation Center, 31676 LA 16, in Amite City, LA 70422.
The Ag Day is being held in conjunction with the Sustainable Agriculture Research & Education Program (SARE), MUSE 3 Farm, the St. Helena Cattle Company, and the LSU Ag Center.
Read MoreIn a rapidly changing world, 4-H teens are the next generation of leaders that will solve systemic challenges in global food production, sustainability, and equity. Here in East Baton Rouge and East Feliciana Parishes, a team of local teens are hard at work after being awarded $2,000 to address a community issue after attending the Ignite by 4-H Summit hosted by the National 4-H Council.
Read MoreThe Southern University Ag Center, in conjunction with the LSU AgCenter, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), the Morehouse Black Farmers and Landowners Association, Inc., and the National Black Growers Council, will hold its Annual Morehouse Farm Field Day on July 21, 2023.
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