Initiatives with 1890 institutions

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