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Southern University Law Center and SU Ag Center/College of Ag to receive $300,000 check from the Propel Center
The Southern University Ag Center, College of Agricultural, Family and Consumer Sciences (CAFCS) and the Southern University Law Center will receive a $300,000 grant from the Propel Center during a check presentation at 9 a.m. on January 26, in the Tony and Paula Clayton Immersive Studio at the Southern University Law Center.
The proposal titled, Enhancement of Students’ Design Hands-on Experiences through Computer Technological Support for the Quilt Laboratory in the Apparel Merchandising and Textiles (AMTX) Program, was one of five Historically Black Colleges and Universities selected to receive an impact grant in Agri-tech.
“The Propel grant award reflects the innovation and collaboration between the Southern University Ag Center and the Southern University Law Center,” said John K. Pierre, chancellor of Southern University Law Center.
“On behalf of Propel, we are honored to present a check for $300,000 to support the textile and quilting industry division. This is the type of research that we at Propel want to support. The Law Center is deserving and put together and positive and aggressive Proposal. This collaboration represents the foundation, division and mission of propel in its collaborative efforts for HBCU’s around the country,” said Dr. Charles Gibbs, president of Propel.
The grant will upgrade the Quilt Laboratory in the Department of Family and Consumer Sciences Apparel Merchandising and Textiles program by integrating state-of-the-art technologies for quilting to improve the design of quilt patterns through the use of Apple’s hardware toolkit. The project also aims to provide students with practical quilting experiences pertinent to business, design, and industrial applications including experience with home furnishing products.
“The Apple toolkit will complement the educational procedures that foster new cutting-edge computing techniques in the AMTX curriculums,” said Dr. Jung-Im Seo, Southern University Associate Professor/ Program Leader of AMTX and Project Director of the grant. “The new fashion-design skills gained from using Apple products will encourage AMTX students to start their own small businesses in their Louisiana hometowns, online, or elsewhere,” she added.
The SU Ag Center and the CAFCS have partnered with the Southern University Law Center on this project. Drs. Seo, Samii Kennedy Benson, Assistant Professor of AMTX, and Renita Marshall, SU Ag Center Vice Chancellor for Academics and Student Support/Associate Dean of CAFCS (both co-project directors on the grant) will work along with Chelsea Grant, a Southern University Law Center student interested in fashion law.
The Propel Center is a first-of-its-kind innovation and learning hub for the entire HBCU community that leverages technology to advance education equity and transform the nation’s talent pipeline and workforce. Through its funding partners Apple and Southern Company, the Law Center has developed a robust virtual learning platform with on-campus activations at partner institutions, and a physical campus set to be constructed in Georgia’s Atlanta University Center in the Spring of 2023. To learn more, visit propelcenter.org.
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The mission and tradition of the Law Center is to provide access and opportunity to a diverse group of students from underrepresented racial, ethnic, and socio-economic groups to obtain a high-quality legal education with training in both civil and common law. Additionally, our mission is to train a cadre of lawyers equipped with the skills necessary for the practice of law and for positions of leadership in society.
About Southern University Agricultural Research & Extension Center
The Southern University Agricultural Research & Extension Center is a statewide campus of the Southern University System and provides equal opportunities in programs and employment. Southern University and A & M College, Louisiana parish governing bodies, Louisiana State University, and United States Department of Agriculture cooperating.
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