Baton Rouge, La.
– The SU Ag Center held a closing ceremony for the first class of its Cultivating
Leadership Innovation by Motivating Agricultural Talents through Education (CLIMATE)
program on June 28 in T.T. Allain Hall.
Sixteen high
school juniors participated in the two-year summer program designed to provide
supplemental instruction in assisting participants in qualifying for the Taylor
Opportunity Program for Students (TOPS) award.
During the first
year of the program, students spent four weeks on the Southern University Baton
Rouge campus attending English, Math, Sciences, and Leadership Development
classes, preparing for the ACT test, and participating in field trips.
In the second
year of the program, the participants will further gain pre-collegiate work
experience by working a paid internship with either a state or local government
agencies or community organization for eight weeks. Each internship will be in
the participant’s home town or a neighboring parish.
For additional
information about the CLIMATE Program, contact Zanetta Augustine at
225-771-2591 or Dr. Dawn Mellion-Patin at 225-771-3532.
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