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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. Association of Minority Veterinarians Honors Tracy Hanner

N.C. Association of Minority Veterinarians Honors Tracy Hanner

During his nearly 40-year career, longtime faculty member Tracy Hanner, DVM, has been a teacher, mentor, department chair and researcher. But first and foremost, he is a veterinarian, and as a vet, he has influenced the profession profoundly as a catalyst for inclusion.
Path to recovery: Onnr Grogan looks to the future with determination, excitement

Path to recovery: Onnr Grogan looks to the future with determination, excitement

Onnr Grogan doesn’t remember much about her fall semester. The period from mid-September to late October is lost to her entirely. When her memories pick up in November, they are not of an Aggie Homecoming, her classes, her friends or even her Undergraduate Research Scholar Program project. Instead, she remembers learning to stand and walk from a wheelchair, to shower by herself and to form the numbers 1-6.
Second annual Ag Day celebrates CAES with food, games, animals and music

Second annual Ag Day celebrates CAES with food, games, animals and music

Food, face painting, games and farm animals were on display at Truist Stadium during this year’s second annual Agriculture and Environmental Sciences Day.
Kamal Bell  ‘14, ’15 Named Loeb Fellow by the Harvard Graduate School of Design

Kamal Bell  ‘14, ’15 Named Loeb Fellow by the Harvard Graduate School of Design

Kamal Bell, a two-time graduate of the College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, is the first Aggie to be named a Loeb Fellow by the Harvard Graduate School of Design.
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