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| Dr. Renita Marshall has been appointed the Vice-Chancellor for Academic and Student Services at the Southern University Ag Center/ Associate Dean of the Southern University College of Agricultural, Family and Consumer Sciences. |
Baton Rouge, La. – Renita W.
Marshall, DVM, has been appointed the Vice-Chancellor for Academic and Student
Services at the Southern University Ag Center/ Associate Dean of the Southern
University College of Agricultural, Family and Consumer Sciences.
Dr. Marshall was appointed to the
position during the Southern University Board of Supervisors' meeting on
October 18, 2019.
Since 2017 Dr. Marshall has held
the positions of Director of the Southern University Institute for One Health
One Medicine, Department Chair of Agricultural Sciences and Professor of Animal
Science. She has also served as the
Veterinarian for the Southern University Ag Center since 2012.
In her role as a professor of
animal science, she served as the faculty advisor for both the Department of
Animal Science’s Pre-Veterinary Club and Southern University’s Chapter of
Minorities in Agriculture, Natural Resources and Related Sciences (MANRRS). She
was also a co-coordinator of the Southern University College of Sciences and
Agriculture’s Beginning Agricultural Youth Opportunities Unlimited (BAYOU)
Program.
Prior to teaching at the college,
Renita was employed with the Southern University Ag Center for more than a
decade. During that time, she held the titles of Interim Associate Research
Director and Livestock Programs Director.
Dr. Marshall has received several
certifications which include a Pharmacy Certification from the Louisiana Board
of Pharmacy. She is also a United States Department of Justice Drug Enforcement
Agency Controlled Substance Certified Veterinarian, and a United States
Department of Agriculture Category II Accredited Veterinarian.
She has secured $7.5 million in grant
funds to expand teaching, research and extension programs at Southern
University and has written several scholarly articles on small ruminants,
swine, cattle, water resources, animal reproduction, and minority-owned small
farm operations.
Renita is a member of numerous
community and professional organizations. She is a member of the Baton Rouge
Zoo’s Advisory Board, Southern University’s representative for the Mayor’s
Office of Homeland Security and Emergency (MOHSEP) Animal Disaster/Evacuation and
a member of the Next Generation Global Health Security Network.
Dr. Marshall earned a Bachelor of
Science in Animal Science from Southern University, a Master of Science in
Biomedical Sciences from the University of Missouri – Columbia and a Doctorate in
Veterinary Medicine from Tuskegee University’s School of Veterinary Medicine.
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