The inaugural A&T State University Honors Lecture Series will include a program on Cooperative Extension and the University's land-grant mission on Monday, Oct. 5 at 4 p.m. in the Godfrey Multipurpose Room at Coltrane Hall. Two specialists with The Cooperative Extension Program at A&T have put together a presentation they've entitled "Planting Seeds, Developing Potential - Solutions for Growth with Cooperative Extension Specialists." Dr. Montreka Dansby, Cooperative Extension's nutrition specialist, and Dr. Joshua Idassi, Extension's natural resources specialist, have prepared an overview of current Extension outreach efforts focusing on sustaining agriculture, protecting the environment, maintaining viable communities, and developing strong, healthy and safe families.
There will also be an Honors Series program on Wednesday, Oct. 7 at noon in Room 258 at Bluford Library 258, Guilford College's Max Carter will share stories of the Religious Society of Friends (Quaker) involvement in Guilford County's Underground Railroad and the history of Friends' responses to race before and after the Civil War. Carter is the director of the Friends Center and Guilford's Campus Ministry coordinator.
All installments in the Honors Lecture Series are open, without charge, to University faculty and staff, as well as students.
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