Partner Impacts

Every day the MEA Center/Center for Student Success and Workforce Development impacts and strengthens the pipeline to agricultural careers by increasing student success and workforce development. Here are some of the ways the center is working in the 1890s community, the agricultural community and beyond.

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How the SSWD Center Made a Difference in this Student’s Life

Shermaine Critchlow The center’s spring symposium propelled Shermaine Critchlow into a doctoral program at an HBCU.  Nearly a decade ago, Shermaine Critchlow held a bachelor’s degree in international relations while working as a senior lab technician at a South American university.  Today, Critchlow is a doctoral student at Tuskegee University, thanks to her work with […]

SSWD Center and Farm Credit Scholarship Awardees

Fifteen undergraduate 1890s land-grant university students from around the nation are the first recipients of the inaugural 1890 Center of Excellence for Student Success and Workforce […] Read More

SSWD grant project provides education, training and internship opportunities for UMES students

A grant project funded by the USDA 1890 Center for Excellence in Student Success and Workforce development enabled University of Maryland Eastern Shore and Central […] Read More

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NC farmers aim to make agriculture accessible for all communities

Photo by Dylan Thiessen | The Daily Tar HeelBrielle Wright, co-owner of The Farmers B.A.G., photographed on Monday, Jan. 16, 2023. Although people of color make up […] Read More

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Internships and outreach improve recruitment, soft skills for agriculture students

“Langston University and Alcorn State University collaborated to foster student workplace potential among high school and undergraduate students” Internships, open houses and a lot of […] Read More

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Mentorship program, seminar course help train next generation of food scientists

Food Nutritional Science students prepare their interview skills in an exercise coordinated by Mondelez Foods An effort to influence and train a new generation of […] Read More

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A classroom oasis: Houston high school students learn about agriculture, food security and weather variations in a controlled environment

Students in the Agritecture program at Booker T. Washington High School in Houston harvest greens that they grew at the school.  Photo’s provided by Booker […] Read More

Building pipelines to careers in food, nutrition at Alcorn State

Black students continue to be underrepresented in graduate programs and careers related to food, nutrition, community health and human sciences. Alcorn State University intends to […] Read More