Open DEI WG meeting on Oct. 16 on "Establishing Relationships with the 1890’s Land Grant Community"

Establishing Relationships with the 1890’s Land Grant Community

Session Abstract

The 1890 land-grant institutions are historically black universities established under the Second Morrill Act of 1890. The 1890’s institutions provide significant contributions in research; and provide access to college, graduate programs and professional schools for African American, low income, and first-generation students. One of the goals of the AgBioData community is to diversify both the species represented in our data repositories and to increase participation by underrepresented communities in our community.

On October 16, we welcome presentations and discussion with Drs. Alton Thompson and Louis Whitesides representatives of the 1890’s land grant research community and Dr. Pat Millner, Agricultural Research Service. The discussions will focus on methods to establish successful relationships with the 1890 land grant community.

The 1890 land-grant system consists of the following 19 universities: Alabama A&M, Alcorn State
University, Central State University, Delaware State University, Florida A&M University, Fort Valley State
University, Kentucky State University, Langston University, Lincoln University, North Carolina A&T State
University, Prairie View A&M University, South Carolina State University, Southern University,
Tennessee State University, Tuskegee University, University of Arkansas Pine Bluff, University of
Maryland Eastern Shore, Virginia State University and West Virginia State University.