Dr. Orlando F. McMeans, the Vice President for Research and Public Service at West Virginia State University has been named the Chancellor of the SU Ag Center and Dean of the College of Agricultural, Family and Consumer Sciences.
Baton Rouge, La. – The Southern University
Board of Supervisor named Dr. Orlando F. McMeans as the Chancellor of the
Southern University Ag Center and the Dean of the College of Agricultural,
Family and Consumer Sciences during its monthly board meeting on July 19.
“I am extremely honored and beyond humbled
to have an opportunity to serve as an integral part of the Southern University
System, the world’s only HBCU system, as both Chancellor of the Agricultural
Research and Extension Center and Dean of the College of Agricultural, Family
and Consumer Sciences,” said McMeans.
He went on to express his appreciation and
gratitude to Southern University System President-Chancellor Ray L. Belton, the
Southern University Board of Supervisors and the SU Ag Center Chancellor-Dean Search Committee
for their belief and confidence in his ability to lead and inspire future
generations of students in the College of Agricultural, Family and Consumer
Sciences.
“I look forward with great enthusiasm to
meeting those who work diligently to advance the Southern University
Agricultural Research and Extension Center, as well as the talented students,
outstanding faculty, dedicated staff, proud alumni, loyal friends and generous
supporters of the College of Agricultural, Family and Consumer Sciences,” he
added.
McMeans currently services as Vice
President for Research and Public Service at West Virginia State University
(WVSU), the Executive Director of the WVSU Research and Development Corporation
and Dean and Director of the WVSU Gus R. Douglass Land-Grant Institute. He is
also a full tenured Research Professor of Biology. He has been employed with
WVSU, which was then called West Virginia State College, since November 1998.
He currently serves in leadership roles
within the Association of Public Land-Grant Universities (APLU) and other
national associations. He serves as a member of the board of directors for the
APLU; chair of the Board on Agriculture, Research, Extension and Teaching; and
Steering Committee Co-Chair of the Association of 1890 Research Directors 2019
Biennial Research Symposium. McMeans has served on the West Virginia Science
and Research Council since 2011 and has held leadership positions or a
membership in the following organizations: Minorities in Agriculture, Natural
Resources, and Related Sciences (past national president); USDA/1890 Executive Team (past chair);
Association of 1890 Extension Administrators (member), 1890 Deans Council
(member), and the American Society for Horticultural Sciences (member).
His start date is currently pending.
The Southern University System established
the Agricultural Research and Extension Center as its fifth campus in 2001. The
Southern University Board of Supervisors voted to merge the Southern University
College of Agriculture with the Ag Center on July 1, 2016.
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