Extension

Nov 17, 2023

More PEAS Please!

Virginia Stage and Jocelyn Dixon recently led a kick-off workshop providing professional development to preschool teachers and staff for the More PEAS Please! program.

Juntos staff and students hold up a large sign for the organization on campus

Aug 8, 2023

Juntos Awarded $7.8 Million Grant to Improve STEM Programming

The grant will fund a five-year project to create a STEM Agriculture Pathways model and Juntos National Consortium as well as increase Latinx representation in postsecondary education.

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Jul 12, 2023

NC State Receives Funding to Improve Nutrition and Physical Activity

Virginia C. Stage and Basheerah Enahora, Assistant Professors and Extension Specialists with the AHS Department received $768,000 from the CDC for the first year in the five-year High Obesity Program (HOP).

Volunteers and community participants take part in an Extension gardening demonstration inside of a greenhouse

May 26, 2023

Our State Shines Spotlight on Extension Programs Statewide

Our State, North Carolina’s award-winning monthly magazine, highlights Extension’s statewide impact in its May 2023 issue.

May 22, 2023

Grant Paves Pathways to Indigenous Student Success

A grant is helping two CALS faculty members explore ways to better support tribal students and their overall success in higher education.

Aerial view of CALS Research Station facilities

May 3, 2023

NC Cooperative Extension Host FCS Institutes

NC Cooperative Extension recently held the Family and Consumer Science (FCS) Spring Institutes at NC State.

4-H Empowering Youth and Families Program Staff Group Photo

May 1, 2023

An Extension 4-H Program Helps Prevent Opioid Misuse

Learn more about Niki Maness, our very first EYFP Program Assistant who is continuing the work of EYFP as a Family and Consumer Sciences agent.

Mar 29, 2023

AHS Presents at National EFNEP Conference

AHS EFNEP staff members presented two posters at the National EFNEP Conference.

Feb 3, 2023

AHS Faculty Publish Study on Cooperative Extension Culture

The Department of Agriculture and Human Sciences faculty members, Drs. Jackie Bruce, Jay Jayaratne, and Katie McKee, along with colleagues from NC State’s Population Health and Pathobiology department and NC Cooperative…

Jan 30, 2023

Extension Education Minor Provides a Pathway to Career Success

Come learn about NC State University’s Extension Education minor, which has grown to a record-setting 29 students, increasing from just 2 students in 2018.