Initiatives with 1890 institutions Diversity Home Diversity Enhancement Faculty Diversity Committee Faculty Evaluation Faculty Diversity Award Faculty Diversity Committee Office of Minority Programs Summer Research Internship MANRRS Office of Diversity Programs Summer Research Internship Graduate Assistantships Faculty Exchange Visits 1890 institutions 1994 Tribal Colleges

Summer Research Internship Program Applications for the summer research program are sent to all 1890 Land-Grant Institutions for the Internship Program in November, applications are due in February and selections are announced in April. Internship applications are available through the Office of Minority Programs. In 2005, the interns from 1890 Land-Grant universities were: In 2005, the interns from 1890 Land-Grant universities were: Alrica Joe, Southern University Dana Johnson, Southern University Erika McCallister, Southern University Jumanne Newton, Lincoln University Jaslynn Slack, Southern Universitiy Omar Chilous, Alabama A & M Emmanuel Criner, Alabama A & M Dana Hill-House, Southern University Maria Joseph, Kentucky State University Christina Monford, Florida A & M University Endya Lemon, Fort Valley State University Nicole Rembert, Florida A & M University Shedra Rakestraw, Alabama A & M University Graduate Research Assistantship Departments in the College of Agriculture apply to the Iowa Agricultural and Home Economics Experiment Station for matching assistantships for minority graduate students. Up to 14 assistantships are extended at any one time.In 2005-2006 several graduate students with this or other assistantships came to ISU from 1890 Land-Grant institutions, including: Melissa Cheatham, Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering, University of Maryland Eastern Shore Jacquelyn Jackson, Interdepartmental Genetics, Tuskegee University Aaron Jeffries, Agronomy, Alabama A & M University Dedrick Davis, Agronomy, Alabama A & M Universitiy Lawrence Cobb, Agronomy, Tuskegee Lynetta Cleveland, Natural Resources Ecology and Management, Alabama A &M Armetra Jackson, Animal Science, University of Arkansas, Pine Bluff Carasella Nance, Agronomy, Alabama A & M University Faculty Research Exchange Visits Outcomes of previous Faculty Research Exchange visits include recruitment of graduate students, submitted proposals and funded joint grants. ISU faculty exchanges have taken place between 1890 Land-Grant Institutions and Iowa State University. Participating were: Zackary N. Senwo, Alabama A & M, visited Ali Tabatabai and others in the Department of Agronomy at ISU to analyze soil samples, learned new lab procedures and completed a joint proposal to submit. Andrew Manu, Department of Agronomy at ISU, visited Rory Fraser and others of the Plant and Soil Science Departments at Alabama A & M regarding international projects, present and potential graduate students and to present a seminar on soils, soil fertility and management for the Master Gardener’s Program. This visit resulted in recruitment of graduate students to ISU and ISU and Alabama A & M students participating in a soil science and ecology study abroad to Ghana. Leonard Williams, Alabama A & M, worked at ISU with Aubrey Mendonca, Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, on environmental stress-adaptation and virulence of food borne pathogenic bacteria. Makuba Lihono of the University of Arkansas Pine Bluff worked at ISU with Aubrey Mendonca, Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, to prepare a joint proposal and learn new laboratory techniques. The visit resulted in Lihono teaching new laboratory techniques to his students at UAPB and a student from UAPB participated in the ISU summer internship program. Special Activities Partnership with agribusiness to advance diversity began in 1998. Faculty from the 1890 universities explored opportunities for their students and faculty with Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc. Pioneer personnel learned about the academic and internship programs at the universities. Both Pioneer and ISU have internship programs for minority students. The College of Agriculture at ISU and personnel from Pioneer Hi-Bred will participate in the Association of Research Directors Symposium in Atlanta in April, 2003. 1890 Institutions The 1890 Land-Grant Institutions were created as a result of the Second Morrill Act of 1890, expanding the 1862 system of land-grant universities to include historically black institutions. Although Tuskegee University is not a land-grant institution, it traditionally has been associated with the black land-grant institutions. Alabama A&M University, Normal, Alabama University of Arkansas, Pine Bluff; Arkansas Delaware State University; Dover, Delaware Florida A&M University; Tallahassee, Florida Fort Valley State University, Fort Valley, Georgia Kentucky State University; Frankfort, Kentucky Southern University and A&M College, Baton Rouge, Louisana University of Maryland - Eastern Shore, Princess Anne, Maryland Alcorn State University, Lorman, Mississippi Lincoln University, Jefferson City, Missouri Langston University, Langston, Oklahoma South Carolina State University, Orangeburg, South Carolina Tennessee State University, Nashville, Tennessee PrairieView A&M University, Prairie View, Texas Virginia State University, Petersburg, Virginia West Virginia University, Institute, West Virginia Tuskegee University, Tuskegee, Alabama