USDA funding to help energy efficiency, small farms and small businesses
USDA Rural Development recently announced a series of grants to fuel employment and small business opportunities that will be going primarily to 1890 Land-Grant Institutions, and $100,000 of that...
View ArticleSAES a player in $9 million USAID project
Through its SAES conduits, A&T is part of a consortium of 13 universities and non profits that has landed a $9 million grant from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to...
View ArticleThought for food half the Wednesdays in November
Thought for food half the Wednesdays in November On Wednesday, Nov. 3, Dr. Victor Nwosu, a research scientist at Mars Inc., will be leading the third installment in the Food Sciences Program's fall...
View ArticleSteer visitors the SAES way on University Day
The Office of Undergraduate Admissions is coordinating the annual University Day Academic Expo on Saturday, Nov. 6. University Day is a campus-wide open house — with the A&T-Florida A&M...
View ArticleAg. Workers’ annual gathering in Tuskegee set for early December
Tuskegee University’s 68th Annual Professional Agricultural Workers Conference (PAWC) is scheduled for Dec. 5-7. Although the registration fee for students attending the conference is $125 regardless...
View ArticleReps from Kentucky Extension coming to campus
Representatives from the Kentucky Cooperative Extension Service will be on campus Oct. 25 and 26 to talk with SAES students about internships and employment opportunities. The Kentucky Extension...
View ArticleAlliance Day will showcase student research at Coliseum Events Center
Registration is now under way for the Ninth Annual North Carolina Alliance to Create Opportunity Through Education Alliance Day (NC OPT-ED) at the Greensboro Coliseum Complex Special Events Center on...
View Articleon the move on SAES Web page
The October issue of the SAES newsletter on the move has been entrusted to the U.S. Postal Service, and will be showing up in mailboxes in the next few days. For those who can't wait on snail-mail, a...
View ArticleGolden opportunities
Last summer, the Golden LEAF Foundation dropped an annual funding cycle in favor of an Open Grants Program that accepts proposals year around. The priorities currently listed on the Open Grants Program...
View ArticleOrganic inclinations could fund agricultural educations
Annie’s Homegrown, a company that has carved out a niche by specializing in the growth in consumer demands for organic and healthier foods, has announced $75,000 in scholarship funds to students...
View Article4-H plant sale ends last Wednesday in October
Guilford County Extension will not accept orders for its 2010 Fall 4-H Plant Sale after Oct. 27. Orders must be pre-paid, and then picked up at the Guilford County Extension Center on Nov. 4 between...
View Article2010 CFSA conference coming to Triad in early December
Registration has gotten under way for the Carolina Farm Stewardship Association’s annual sustainable agriculture conference Dec. 3-5 in Winston-Salem. County Extension agents interested in attending...
View ArticleURLs for the golden years [link]
The Teachers' and State Employees' Retirement System website brings together all the forms and policies for retired employees who need to make changes in their benefits; employees on the brink of...
View ArticleFellowships for faculty interested in shaping public policy
Although located at N.C. State University, the Institute for Emerging Issues (IEI) was established to review proposals from faculty at all 17 institutions in the University of North Carolina System, as...
View ArticleGreen Team Challenge open until Halloween
The 4-H National Youth Science Day experiment coordinated by Dr. Claudette Smith of The Cooperative Extension Program was re-enacted at more than 450 gatherings in 276 counties across the United States...
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