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| L-r: Mellion-Patin, Williams, Leonard, Mason, Namwamba |
Baton Rouge, La - The
Southern University Ag Center received two guests this morning from Washington,
DC, Dr. Joe Leonard, Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, and Mr. David King,
Deputy Director, Office of Adjudication, U.S. Department of Agriculture.
SU
System President, Ronald Mason; Chancellor Leodrey Williams; Grace Namwamba,
Interim Dean, College of Agricultural, Family and Consumer Sciences; and a host
of SU Ag Center employees offered the duo a warm welcome. The one-day visit
will involve meetings with faculty, staff, and small farmers.
Also
present to welcome the guests were John K. Pierre, Vice Chancellor and Law
Professor, SU Law Center; Allison Johnson, USDA Liaison; Byron Williams, Executive
Consul to the System President; and Raymond Lockett, Professor and retired Chair
of History Department at SU Baton Rouge.
Dr.
Leonard is scheduled to visit several small farms in Louisiana. He will be
directed on the tour by Dr. Dawn Mellion-Patin, Specialist-Agriculture.
For further
detail, contact Dawn Mellion-Patin at 225-771-3532.
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Contact:
Bridget
Udoh
(225)
771-5714
bridget_udoh@suagcenter.com
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