Representatives from universities in the 1890s system gathered both in person and virtually at the University Farm Pavilion for the system’s first MEA Center Symposium, held this month to discuss “A Vision for the Future of Higher Education in Agriculture.”

The U.S. Department of Agriculture‘s only twice-appointed leader, Sec. Thomas Vilsack, came to North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University and the University Farm on Wednesday, Feb. 8 to discuss the major investment USDA is making in climate-smart agriculture – and then, to get a first-hand look at those practices in action.

The newest scholarship offered by College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences honors an N.C. A&T graduate who has worked with farms and farmers for more than half a century.