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DASNR and The Land Grant Mission

DASNR and The Land Grant Mission. Morrill Land Grant Act of 1862 . A system to provide funds to establish, support and maintain at least one college in each state to teach agriculture, mechanical arts and military sciences.

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DASNR and The Land Grant Mission

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  1. DASNRandThe Land Grant Mission

  2. Morrill Land Grant Act of 1862 • A system to provide funds to establish, support and maintain at least one college in each state to teach agriculture, mechanical arts and military sciences. • “Liberal and practical education of the industrial classes in the several pursuits and professions of life.” Teaching Justin S. Morrill

  3. Provided federal funding for state experiment stations Purpose was to conduct research to improve production agriculture Hatch Act of 1887 Research William Henry Hatch

  4. Smith-Lever Act of 1914 • Established Cooperative Extension Service • Purpose was to provide and extension of the land grant college to local communities • Placed “agents” of the university in local counties Extension

  5. Legislation Forming the Land GrantsThree Missions • TEACHING – MORRILL ACT • CASNR - COLLEGE • RESEARCH – HATCH ACT • OAES – EXPERIMENT STATION • EXTENSION – SMITH/LEVER ACT • OCES – COOPERATIVE EXTENSION

  6. Provided funding for agricultural and mechanical colleges for black citizens in Southern states Same basic provisions as 1862 act Morrill Act of 1890

  7. 1890 Land Grants Delaware State U M Eastern Shore Virginia State Kentucky State Lincoln NC A&T Tenn State Langston UA Pine Bluff SC State Ala A&M Alcorn Ft. Valley State Tuskegee Prairie View A&M Florida A&M Southern

  8. What are the Land Grants of the Big XII? The Athletic Logo – Registered Brand of OAES

  9. OSU Seals

  10. Oklahoma Agricultural &Mechanical College 1890

  11. Oklahoma A&M 1894

  12. Old Central 1894

  13. Oklahoma State University • An 1862 institution • multi-campus system • 9 different colleges • Can you name the campuses? • What are the nine colleges?

  14. DASNR listed at bottom of okstate.edu

  15. ORGANIZATION • STATE LEGISLATURE • OK HIGHER REGENTS – Chancellor Glen Johnson • OK A&M REGENTS – Chairman Tucker Link • PRESIDENT – President Burns Hargis • V.P., DEAN & DIRECTOR • AGENCIES AND COLLEGE • DEPARTMENTS

  16. Nine Academic Departments • Agricultural Economics • Agricultural Education, Communications and Leadership • Animal Science • Biochemistry and Molecular Biology • Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering • Entomology and Plant Pathology • Horticulture and Landscape Architecture • Natural Resource Ecology and Management • Plant and Soil Sciences

  17. Other DASNR Programs • Family and Consumer Sciences • 4-H Youth Development • Food and Agricultural Products Center • Field and Research Services Units • Water Research and Extension Center • NIMFFAB • Institute for Agricultural Biosciences • Biobased Products and Energy Center

  18. Questions to Ponder • What does it mean to have a degree from a LGU? • What is expected of people who work at LGUs? • Who do land grant colleges serve? • Who do experiment stations serve? • The public? Private entities? • What is Extension’s role? • Are outreach and Extension the same thing?

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