GREENSBORO - The Environmental Science Club of North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University has been chosen as one of the 18 campus organizations to become a Strategies for Ecology Education, Development and Sustainability (SEEDS) Campus Ecology Chapter.

The SEEDS program began in 1996 as a collaborative effort between the United Negro College Fund (UNCF), Ecological Society of America (ESA) and the Institute for Ecosystem Studies (IES).

The president of the SEEDS Chapter at N.C. A&T is Lauren McGee, a freshman earth and environmental science mathematics major. McGee wrote the proposal according to SEEDS chapter advisor, Dr. Godfrey A. Uzochukwu, director of A&T’s Waste Management Institute. The benefits of being a SEEDS chapter include travel funds, field trips, research fellowships, and faculty development funds. The University has an opportunity to receive more than $20,000 per year for ecological activities.