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September 2021 News and Notes

September 27, 2021

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Dingha research highlighted in Southern SARE newsletter

Beatrice Dingha, Ph.D.

The research of Beatrice Dingha, Ph.D., was featured in an article in July’s digital newsletter of the Southern Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education program. In her research, Dingha found that intercropping cowpea plants with vegetable crops can increase yields up to 50%.

CAES alumna Johnson featured in podcast

CAES alumna and former Environmental Defense Fund intern Maya Johnson was featured in EDF’s podcast, Degrees, which covers all aspects of green careers. As a green jobseeker, Johnson gave a real-time coaching session in the episode Five key questions to turbocharge your job hunt.

Jaiswal featured in Women in Design video

The Center of Excellence in Product Design and Advanced Manufacturing at N.C. A&T featured fashion merchandising faculty member Geetika Jaiswal, Ph.D. in their Women in Design and Advanced Manufacturing Academy. Jaiswal, of the Department of Family and Consumer Sciences, was chosen to be profiled for her work in research, education and outreach. Jaiswal was also the recipient of the seed grant from CEPDAM in 2021.

Jaiswal featured in Women in Design video

The N.C. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services made a short video to document the summer internship program with N.C. A&T, featuring alumnae Taylor Peele and Leah Freeman.

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N.C. A&T’s Free Lactation Clinic Moves into The Resurgent

N.C. A&T’s Free Lactation Clinic Moves into The Resurgent

After having her son, Brayden, at Moses Cone Hospital in Greensboro, North Carolina, last April, Traona King found she had trouble breastfeeding him.
CAES students celebrate graduate degrees

CAES students celebrate graduate degrees

Thirty students in the College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences left the Steven Tanger Center with master’s degrees during Friday’s N.C. A&T graduate school commencement.
Innovative Practices Lead to Small Farmer of the Year Award

Innovative Practices Lead to Small Farmer of the Year Award

At the age of 40, Mike Jones finally had enough resources to buy land in Franklin County and pursue his dream of owning his own farm. He came from a farming background, but the family lost its farm in the 1950s and since then, family members had worked as sharecroppers and tenant farmers. Fifteen years ago, he bought a 73-acre abandoned tobacco farm and turned it into a successful agricultural operation called MAE Farm. Today, he is the 2021 N.C. Small Farmer of the Year, a recognition awarded annually by Cooperative Extension at North Carolina A&T State University as part of Small Farms Week.
N.C. A&T-Led Student Success and Workforce Development Center Holds 2026 Symposium

N.C. A&T-Led Student Success and Workforce Development Center Holds 2026 Symposium

The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff’s School of Agriculture, Fisheries and Human Sciences (SAFHS) hosted the 2026 1890 Center of Excellence Student Success and Workforce Development Symposium from May 17-20.
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