College of Agriculture and Human Sciences

Mission

CAHS - the primary advocate in the state of Texas for underserved student populations and limited resource clientele with a dedication to foster academic excellence, increase health and wellbeing and enhance economic opportunities through research, education and service in agriculture and the human sciences.

Strategic Plan

Vision 1 – Student Magnet The CAHS will lead and facilitate initiatives that establish PVAMU as a student magnet. Vision 2 – Gateway to Opportunity The CAHS will lead and facilitate initiatives that establish PVAMU as the leading gateway to opportunities in the field of agriculture and human sciences.

Strategic Plan

Vision 3 – Infrastructure that Sets CAHS Apart (The One College Concept) The CAHS will be the proactive visionary unit to build and maintain an organizational infrastructure that sets PVAMU apart, nationally and globally. Vision 4 – Service the community with programs that position CAHS for state funding match and alternative funding sources The CAHS will deliver quality-programming initiatives that enhance PVAMU as one of the top land-grant institutions in the nation for research, academics, and extension.

Felecia M. Nave Provost and Senior Vice President for

Academic Affairs

Alton B. Johnson Dean & Director of Land-Grant Programs

Monica Brown Administrative Assistant

Annette Bowdre Administrative Assistant III

Claudine Gee Director of Fiscal

Operations

LaRachelle Smith Director of

Communication, Marketing & Information

Technology

Kwaku Addo Associate Director

& Department Head

Ali Fares Associate Director (Interim)

Cooperative Agricultural Research Center

Carolyn Williams Associate Administrator Cooperative Extension

Program

Laura Carson Assistant Director for

Compliance, Undergraduate Research & Student Success

Gail Long Assistant Director of Staff

Development & Special Projects

Horace Hodge USDA Liaison Program

Neal Baines Administrative Officer

Adela Jackson Administrative

Assistant II

Julia Stone Research Specialist

Caroline Akujuobi

Program Coordinator

Academics

Felecia M. Nave Provost and Senior Vice President for

Academic Affairs

Alton B. Johnson Dean & Director of Land-Grant Programs

Yolanda Jones Administrative

Assistant I

Kelley Redmon-Williams

Coordinator of Student Recruitment & Community

Outreach

Kwaku Addo Associate Director & Department Head

Sharon McWhinney Professor, Program

Coordinator Dietetics Internship Program

Vacant Program Coordinator,

Human Nutrition & Food

Graduate Programs

Student Retention

Student Organizations

Undergraduate Programs

Richard McWhorter Human Science

Graduate Program Coordinator

Degrees Offered

BS in Dietetics Registered Dietitian Health and Wellness Food Service Management

MS in Human Sciences Dietetic Internship

Degrees Offered

BS in Agriculture Animal and Food Sciences Agricultural Economics Plant and Soil Sciences

DEMOGRAPHICS Entity Number Faculty Members 18 Tenure and Non-tenure Faculty 9+9 Student Population Agriculture 190 Animal and Food Sciences Agricultural Economics Plant and Soil Sciences Nutrition 76 Dietetics Food Service Management Health and Wellness

Department of Agriculture, Nutrition and Human Ecology

Video

Cooperative Extension Program

COUNTY LOCATIONS

Cooperative Extension Programs

Mission: “To respond to the needs of diverse Texans through economic

opportunity and innovation; agriculture sustainability; family health and well-being; and youth entrepreneur and leadership.”

Limited Resource Communities - Extension Activities

Community & Economic Development

- Businesses In Development (B.I.D.) Program

- Home Ownership Seminars

- Foreclosure Prevention Workshops

- Small Business Technical Assistance

- Energy Audit Program

- Emergency Management Summit (2015)

-ReadyCommunity Thirty-eight families were approved for home ownership/rehabilitation totaling $2.5 million through CED

Energy Audit Program

CED staff conducted a 40 hour 3 week program to successfully conduct Energy Audit Class Participants from Jefferson, Harris and surrounding counties.

- 30 course participants

- 22 Passed exams

- 22 received National BPI Certification

- 2 individuals received contracts $100,000+

- 1 individual has increased income x3

Agriculture & Natural Resources - Sustainable Strawberry Production - Parasite Management - Micro Loans - 2014 Farm Bill - Sustainable Livestock Production - Small Acreage Horticulture Crop Production - Financial and Risk Management - Grafted Sweet Potato Research

Agriculture & Natural Resources (cont’d)

- Micro Loan Program: 60 loan applications submitted by producers with 75% totaling $7,759,650.

- AgNR unit received $928,000 in external funds to train producers in areas related to the new Farm Bill.

- A partnership with the CAHS and NRCS resulted in 12 high tunnel greenhouses for producers to grow heirloom vegetables and strawberries.

Family and Consumer Sciences - Childhood Obesity - “Real World” Financial Management - Grandparents Parenting Again - Parenting Education - Financial Literacy Power Camp - Child Care Conference

EFNEP - Food Resource Management - Nutrition Practices - Food Safety Practices - Food Preparation - 24-hour Food Recall Activity - Nutritious Snacks for Children - Understanding Food Labels

4-H & Youth Development - STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering,

Agriculture and Math) - Robotics - Childhood Obesity - Leadership and Life Skills - School Gardening Projects

4-H Robotics Competition - Secured $1,038,999 from external funding

sources to support youth development initiatives. - Trained 500 teen healthy living ambassadors. - Ambassadors reached 30,000 youth and

families. - Data revealed 77% improvement in participants’

overall health status.

Cooperative Agriculture Research

Alton B. Johnson Dean, College of Agriculture and

Human Sciences

Cooperative Agricultural Research Center

Ali Fares

Plant System Godson O. Osuji

Social Systems & Allied Research

Natural Resources & Environmental System

Eric Risch

Food Systems Deland J. Myers

Animal Systems/IGRC

Gary R. Newton

Aruna Weerasooriya Ming Gao

Peter Ampim

Alfred Parks Yongsung Jung

Richard Griffin Ripendra Awal

Ram Ray Peter Ampim

Annette James

Adela Mora-Gutierrez Rahmat Attaie

Louis Nuti Shaye Lewis

William Foxworth Flavio Riberio

DEMOGRAPHICS

Entity Number Research Scientists 22 Research Specialists 6 Research Technicians 3 Post Docs 3 Student Workers 25

CARC Activities

Seminar Series Research Interest of Scientist Student Involvement

SUPPORT UNITS

Felecia M. Nave Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic

Affairs

Alton B. Johnson Dean & Director of Land-Grant Programs

Vacant Human Resource

Generalist

Vacant Property Officer

Claudine Gee Director of Fiscal Operations

Diane Turner Staff Accountant

Ryan Harris Reconciliation

Specialist

Craig Warner Staff Assistant

Ophelia Theodore Reconciliation

Specialist

Elaine Shafer Staff Accountant

Felecia M. Nave Provost and Senior Vice President for

Academic Affairs

Alton B. Johnson Dean & Director of Land-Grant Programs

Ibuomi Abibo Web Content

Specialist

LaRachelle Smith Director of Marketing, Communications &

Information Technology

Ashwani Srivastava

Program Specialist -IT

Michael Thomas Graphic Designer

LaBeaula Times Resource

Development Analyst

Maurice Perkins Media and

Publications Coordinator

PVAMU History Video