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| Sally Ross, standing on the right, poses for a photo with her mentor, SU Ag Center Research Scientist Janana Snowden, outside the Southern University Ag Center. |
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Ag Center’s Urban Forestry program produces a shining star
Baton Rouge, La. – Baton Rouge native, Sally Ross,
always knew it was her destiny to attend Southern University A&M College.
That destiny was taken a step further when she was
offered a scholarship and open arms into the Urban Forestry program.
“It was a field that I was most interested in,” Ross
said.
As a senior and in August 2015, Ross was selected to
be a 2015 HBCU All-Star Scholar by the White House Initiative for Historically Black
Colleges and Universities (HBCUs).
Ross was ranked 83rd out of 450 students
that applied for the selection. Becoming an 18% of university students that
won the award.
“I am very honored to be the 2015 HBCU All-Star for Southern
University,” Ross said. “As the HBCU All-Star, I will be able to showcase the
advantages of an HBCU education, represent the interests of HBCU students and
achieve dreams in the public and educational realm.”
Before her accolades, Ross was a student at Glen Oaks
High School in the Upward Bound Program when she met a woman of inspiration,
Janana Snowden, Ph.D. of the Southern University Agricultural Research and
Extension Center, in which widened Ross’s expectations.
“She was someone young and pursuing
something amazing and I was attached to her. I really admire and respect her,”
Ross said.
In the program, Ross lived on the
campus throughout the summer and latched onto Snowden; and since then, Ross has
matriculated inside the university and has become an adult.
“Southern taught me how to be an
adult and an adult that wants to make a change in the world,” she added. “But I
wish I could show the Agricultural Center the work I have done outside of
campus.”
Ross has worked as an intern for the Oak
Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee for three consecutive summers since
2013. While there, she has worked in the field of Forestry Management.
After graduating in December, Ross
wants to pursue a Master’s degree in Public Administration with a concentration in Public
Policy at Southern University.
Ross said she doesn’t have a dream
job because she didn’t want to minimalize her options as a hard worker.
This semester Ross said that it’s her
time to shine.
(Article written by Felix Cunningham III, SU Ag Center
Intern.)
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