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Education Outreach Program

 
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Educational Outreach

Current Programs

      • USDA/1890 National Scholars Program offers 4-year scholarships to U.S. Citizens who are seeking a bachelor’s degree in agriculture or related science at one of the 1890 Land Grant Institutions. 
      • Public Service Leaders Scholars Program provides combined scholarship and internship opportunity designed to promote public service, and to create access to higher education for undergraduate and graduate students.
      • Federal Asian Pacific American Council (FAPAC) is a 501 (c) (3) organized to serve as an interagency association within the federal and District of Columbia Governments, providing a focus for over 30 ethnically distinct groups originating from Asian and Pacific regions. 
      • Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) provides resources, opportunities and advocacy to public Historically Black Colleges and Universities, students and alumni to develop and prepare a new generation of leaders.
      • Ag-Discovery is an outreach program to help students learn about careers in animal science, veterinary medicine, agribusiness and plant pathology. This 2 week program allows participants in ages 12-17 to live on a college campus and learn about Agricultural science from university professors, practicing veterinarians and professionals working for the U.S. Government. Students chosen to participate in Ag-Discovery will gain experience through hands-on labs, workshops, field trips and other group and team building activities.

 Future/Upcoming Programs

      • Florida A&M University Technology Program trains future specialists to assist veterinary, medical and epidemiologists in the surveillance, diagnoses and preventive medicine measures necessary to control diseases. 
      • Florida A&M University National Goat Conference is a national effort collaborated among the 1890 and 1862 land grant institutions and U.S. goat industry.
      • Professional Agricultural Workers Conference (PAWC) is a forum committed to a world that values and promotes equal opportunity, equitable access to information and technology for sustainable development of communities and natural resources and sponsored by Tuskegee University.
      • Hispanic Leader in Agriculture and the Environment (HLAE) is a fellowship program to provide Federal financial assistance to Texas AgriLife Research to sponsor a Ph.D. graduate student.
      • USDA Terra Preta Fellowship Program offers faculty and staff from 1994 Tribal Colleges and Universities the opportunity to work collaboratively with USDA to gain insight and understanding of the federal government.
      • USDA/1994 Tribal Scholars Program is to designed to help USDA managers attract talented and diverse students to USDA. It combines scholarship with an internship to fill critical positions with an agency.
      • Federation of Southern Cooperative/Land Assistance Fund is a non-profit 501 (c) (3) community based organization responsible for programs such as land retention, cooperative development, marketing, outreach, technical assistance, research, and training primarily for Socially Disadvantage farmers and Ranchers.

 

Last Modified: February 9, 2012

FY 2009 Civil Rights Performance Report