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News and Notes – May 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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Founded in 1891 in Greensboro, North Carolina, N.C. A&T is the nation’s largest historically Black university and a premier 1890 land-grant doctoral research institution. Home to more than 14,000 students, A&T is nationally recognized as the top public HBCU in the country and the number one producer of Black graduates in engineering and agriculture. With over $2.4 billion in annual economic impact, the university combines rigorous academics, pioneering research, and a vibrant campus culture to prepare the next generation of global leaders. 

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