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DASNR and The Land Grant Mission. Morrill Land Grant Act of 1862 . A system to provide funds to establish, support and maintain at least one college in each state to teach agriculture, mechanical arts and military sciences.
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Morrill Land Grant Act of 1862 • A system to provide funds to establish, support and maintain at least one college in each state to teach agriculture, mechanical arts and military sciences. • “Liberal and practical education of the industrial classes in the several pursuits and professions of life.” Teaching Justin S. Morrill
Provided federal funding for state experiment stations Purpose was to conduct research to improve production agriculture Hatch Act of 1887 Research William Henry Hatch
Smith-Lever Act of 1914 • Established Cooperative Extension Service • Purpose was to provide and extension of the land grant college to local communities • Placed “agents” of the university in local counties Extension
Legislation Forming the Land GrantsThree Missions • TEACHING – MORRILL ACT • CASNR - COLLEGE • RESEARCH – HATCH ACT • OAES – EXPERIMENT STATION • EXTENSION – SMITH/LEVER ACT • OCES – COOPERATIVE EXTENSION
Provided funding for agricultural and mechanical colleges for black citizens in Southern states Same basic provisions as 1862 act Morrill Act of 1890
1890 Land Grants Delaware State U M Eastern Shore Virginia State Kentucky State Lincoln NC A&T Tenn State Langston UA Pine Bluff SC State Ala A&M Alcorn Ft. Valley State Tuskegee Prairie View A&M Florida A&M Southern
What are the Land Grants of the Big XII? The Athletic Logo – Registered Brand of OAES
Oklahoma A&M 1894
Old Central 1894
Oklahoma State University • An 1862 institution • multi-campus system • 9 different colleges • Can you name the campuses? • What are the nine colleges?
ORGANIZATION • STATE LEGISLATURE • OK HIGHER REGENTS – Chancellor Glen Johnson • OK A&M REGENTS – Chairman Tucker Link • PRESIDENT – President Burns Hargis • V.P., DEAN & DIRECTOR • AGENCIES AND COLLEGE • DEPARTMENTS
Nine Academic Departments • Agricultural Economics • Agricultural Education, Communications and Leadership • Animal Science • Biochemistry and Molecular Biology • Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering • Entomology and Plant Pathology • Horticulture and Landscape Architecture • Natural Resource Ecology and Management • Plant and Soil Sciences
Other DASNR Programs • Family and Consumer Sciences • 4-H Youth Development • Food and Agricultural Products Center • Field and Research Services Units • Water Research and Extension Center • NIMFFAB • Institute for Agricultural Biosciences • Biobased Products and Energy Center
Questions to Ponder • What does it mean to have a degree from a LGU? • What is expected of people who work at LGUs? • Who do land grant colleges serve? • Who do experiment stations serve? • The public? Private entities? • What is Extension’s role? • Are outreach and Extension the same thing?