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Pre College Summer Programs

Summer Programs for High School Students
College bound? A pre-college summer program in the School of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences (SAES) at N.C. A&T can help you find direction. Participation in a summer program can help you plan your future, prepare for college life, and give you memories and friends to last a lifetime.
The SAES offers three free residential summer programs for high school students, some of which offer stipends.

• Research Apprenticeship Program (RAP) – Students spend a month between mid- June and mid-July learning research methods from top scientists in the SAES. Apprentices also complete an independent research project. A stipend and free room and board are provided. 
  
  Applications may be downloaded early each year here.
  
  To learn more, visit the RAP facebook page here: https://www.facebook.com/SAESRapProgram

• Institute for Future Agricultural Leaders (IFAL), co-sponsored by the North Carolina Farm Bureau, is a week-long program in June to build leadership potential in rising seniors who are interested in agriscience professions. Room and board are free. Information about applications is available at http://www.ncfb.org/programs/ifal/ifal.cfm
  
  
• Agribusiness Institute – This free, eight-day, non-residential summer program is for rising juniors and seniors in high school, who have completed Algebra I. The program will be held 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. Mon.- Thurs., July 8 – 11 & July 15 – 18. Lunches are provided. During the program, students will get exposure to agribusiness industries, including supply chain management in food product development. Applicants should have a strong interest in business, science, technology and/or mathematics. Application deadline is Friday, April 26, 2013. Instructions can be found here. For more information about the program, please contact:  Kenrett Y. Jefferson-Moore, 154-A Carver Hall, 1601 E. Market St., Greensboro, NC  27411, 336-285-4829. kenrett@ag.ncat.edu.
  
  The Agribusiness Institute is sponsored by Syngenta and delivered in partnership with the STEM Early College at N.C. A&T and the Department of Agribusiness, Applied Economics and Agriscience Education. 

What is an “agriscience profession?”
Let’s forget cows and plows for a moment. When it comes to professional careers in agriculture, farming is just one. A degree from the “Ag” school at A&T will prepare you for a rewarding career in the myriad agriscience fields that serve the food and fiber industries. These include:

• biological engineering
• agribusiness & economics
• fashion & apparel
• biotechnology
• veterinary sciences
• education & teaching
• horticulture
• landscape architecture
• child development
• sociology
• consumer sciences
• food-product development
• nutrition
• government & public policy and many more.

So whether you see your future in a big city or a small town; in a corporate office or in the great outdoors, the School of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences at A&T has a profession for you.

Please call one of the numbers above, or the Office of the Dean at 336-334-7979 and say you  are interested in a pre-college summer program in the School of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences at N.C. A&T.