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Laredo Community College (LCC), Southwest Texas Junior College (SWTJC), and Texas State University Department of Agriculture have been awarded a grant from the United States Department of Agriculture in the amount of $400,000 for a period of three years. The proposal is entitled: Increasing Multicultural Diversity in Agriculture: Education and Partnerships. It will create a solid path for Hispanic and other underrepresented students to complete degrees in agriculture science and business to qualify for jobs with USDA.
The objectives include creating and implementing a Joint Admissions Plan so that students interested in agriculture science degrees at LCC and SWTJC can be admitted dually receiving services and information. The grant will enable LCC and SWTJC students to enroll in teleconferenced courses offered by the Department of Agriculture at Texas State University. Additionally, the project will allow parents to get information about successful transfer to Texas State University for students wishing to follow a degree in agriculture science or agribusiness by accompanying their son or daughter on an informational tour of the university. It will bring students together from all three institutions to create instructional and social situations to foment better understanding and success.
For more information contact: Nora R. Garza, Ph.D. at nrgarza@laredo.edu or (956) 721-5337 or Doug Morrish, Ph.D. at dm43@txstate.edu or (512) 245-3321.
On January 30, 2008 representatives from LCC and Texas State met with Perry Moore, Texas State Provost, to sign the documents for the grant.
Left to right: Fred Solis, Aditi Angirasa, Nora Left to right: Perry Moore, Reed Richardson,
Garza, Doug Morrish, and Greg Pollard and Fred Solis
Fred Solis is the Vice President of Instruction for Laredo Community College and Nora Garza, Ph.D. is the Vice President for Resource Development at Laredo Community College. Reed Richardson, Ph.D. is the Texas State Department of Agriculture Chair and Aditi Angirasa, Ph.D., Doug Morrish, Ph.D., and Greg Pollard, Ph.D. are all professors in the Texas State Agriculture Department.
For more information click here.
The objectives include creating and implementing a Joint Admissions Plan so that students interested in agriculture science degrees at LCC and SWTJC can be admitted dually receiving services and information. The grant will enable LCC and SWTJC students to enroll in teleconferenced courses offered by the Department of Agriculture at Texas State University. Additionally, the project will allow parents to get information about successful transfer to Texas State University for students wishing to follow a degree in agriculture science or agribusiness by accompanying their son or daughter on an informational tour of the university. It will bring students together from all three institutions to create instructional and social situations to foment better understanding and success.
For more information contact: Nora R. Garza, Ph.D. at nrgarza@laredo.edu or (956) 721-5337 or Doug Morrish, Ph.D. at dm43@txstate.edu or (512) 245-3321.
On January 30, 2008 representatives from LCC and Texas State met with Perry Moore, Texas State Provost, to sign the documents for the grant.
Left to right: Fred Solis, Aditi Angirasa, Nora Left to right: Perry Moore, Reed Richardson,
Garza, Doug Morrish, and Greg Pollard and Fred Solis
Fred Solis is the Vice President of Instruction for Laredo Community College and Nora Garza, Ph.D. is the Vice President for Resource Development at Laredo Community College. Reed Richardson, Ph.D. is the Texas State Department of Agriculture Chair and Aditi Angirasa, Ph.D., Doug Morrish, Ph.D., and Greg Pollard, Ph.D. are all professors in the Texas State Agriculture Department.
For more information click here.