Dean Ahmedna named to Business N.C.’s Power List
Mohamed Ahmedna, Ph.D.
Mohamed Ahmedna, dean of the College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, has been named to Business N.C. magazine’s Power List in the agricultural area. The magazine lists N.C.’s most influential leaders in such categories as agriculture, economic development, life sciences, health care, media and communication, transportation and more.
This issue marks the first time an Aggie agriculturalist has appeared in the feature.
Aggie student featured on Indianapolis newscast
Agribusiness and food industry management major Jayden Turner was featured on Indianapolis TV station WRTV for helping to arrange a community dinner to address food insecurity.
Turner has been an intern at Hatch for Hunger, a nonprofit that works to deliver fresh protein to food-insecure areas.
Watch the broadcast here:
Fashion professor shares “What HBCUs Need” at fashion summit
Devona Dixon
Devona Dixon, Ph.D. , had a “fireside chat” with moderator D’Shonda Brown as part of a summit organized by Harlem’s Fashion Row. Here’s the story:
https://fashionista.com/2023/06/hbcus-fashion-industry-needs-professor-summit
Dean discusses SAPLINGS grant on WFMY
Mohamed Ahmedna, Ph.D.
Dean Ahmedna appeared on WFMY News 2, educating viewers about SAPLINGS, the CAES’s $18.1 million project to build, and sustain, students’ interest and participation in agriculture as part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s new initiative, “From Learning to Leading: Cultivating the Next Generation of Diverse Food and Agriculture Professionals (NEXTGEN.)”
The project, fittingly called SAPLINGS (System Approach to Promote Learning and Innovation for the Next GenerationS), is designed to grow the number of underrepresented minority students in the food, agriculture, natural resources and human sciences. It will involve faculty and staff from each department of the College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences and specialists with Cooperative Extension at N.C. A&T.
