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News and Notes – May 2025

May 29, 2025

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Extending a Hand Across the State

A group of 18 people, dressed in business casual attire, stand outdoors on grass and a sidewalk, smiling at the camera on a sunny day with trees and buildings in the background.

Twenty N.C. A&T Cooperative Extension interns received their assignments and spread out across the state to learn, teach and help Extension’s county offices in both the Family & Consumer Sciences and Agriculture and Natural Resources areas for six weeks. 2025 Extension interns are, left to right (front), Daniel Harmon, Anna Aikman, Autumn Davis, Amina Smallwood, Reykiyah Bobbitt, Jaileea Knight, Tuqura Lennon, Addison Bonner, Deion Phillips, Jordan Forbis, Camryn Ross, Arcanae Clark, Caitlin Saunders, Gabriella Haddock, and Louis Adams. Not shown: Darla Boyd, Samantha Laws and Zoe Locust.

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