DECEMBER 2021 | ISSUE NO. 3
THE LAND-GRANT LEDGER INSIDE THIS ISSUE Dean's Message Women in Agriculture Workshop Winter Canola Research Drives Industry and Institution Outstanding Student Internationally Recognized College of Agriculture Hosts Graduate Student Summit Future Ag Leaders - AFA participants
Dean's Message Dear Stakeholders and supporters of TSU’s Land-Grant Programs, We congratulate our undergraduate and graduate students who successfully completed their academic requirements to graduate on November 20th! We are thankful that the Fall semester ended before we begin to worry about Omicron, the newer mutation of COVID-19. We were able to send 12 students to the Agriculture Future of America Leaders Conference, a prestigious leadership program for college students majoring in agricultural fields. These students were selected on a competitive basis and we have continuously sponsored the highest number of students among the 1890 institutions to this program. We are one step closer to finalizing our Ph.D program in Agricultural Sciences approved by the Tennessee Higher Education Commission, after successfully completing the external review and obtaining the final approval from the TSU Board of Trustees. Our research and extension faculty have developed grant proposals for two centers of excellence in partnership with other 1890 institutions. To encourage and support women entrepreneurs, we have successfully sponsored a national conference for Women in Agriculture. Chandra Reddy, Dean Director of Research and Administrator of Extension