The program introduces youth to the career
opportunities available in the field of agriculture.
Baton Rouge, La. – Southern
University’s College of Agricultural,
Family and Consumer Sciences is now accepting applications for its summer Beginning
Agricultural Youth Opportunities Unlimited (BAYOU) Program.
The three-week program will be
held June 7 – 26, 2020 and will provide high school seniors and incoming
college freshmen with an opportunity to gain first-hand knowledge about career
opportunities in Agriculture, Family and Consumer Sciences, Business or the
natural sciences.
The students will live in the
dormitories on the Southern University Baton Rouge campus during the program and
are permitted to go home on the weekends.
To qualify, students must have a
minimum grade point average of 2.5 and have completed 11th grade. Graduating high
school seniors must have either an ACT (SAT equivalent) composite score of 20 or
above, or a 2.5 GPA, or rank in the top 50% of their high school graduation
class and require no more than one remedial course.
To obtain an application visit https://bit.ly/2RmLdQo. The application
deadline is April 1, 2020.
Questions and concerns about the
BAYOU Program can be directed to Jacqueline Dixon at 225-771-4310 or via email
at jacqueline_dixon@subr.edu.
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