Agenda
Tuesday June 12
| 7:30 - 8:30 a.m. | REGISTRATION AND CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST |
| 8:30 - 8:45 a.m. | WELCOME J. Bruce Rafert, Provost, NDSU |
| 8:45 - 9:30 a.m. | A REPORT TO SENATOR MORRILL: THE LAND-GRANT UNIVERSITY AFTER 150 YEARS Tom Isern, University Distinguished Professor, History, Philosophy and Religious Studies, NDSU |
| 9:30- 10 a.m. | BREAK |
| 10 - 10:30 a.m. | THE FUTURE OF LAND-GRANT UNIVERSITIES: AMERICA POISED TO REINVENT ITSELF AGAIN Dean L. Bresciani, President, NDSU |
| 10:30 - 11 a.m. | A 1994 LAND-GRANT PERSPECTIVE David M. Gipp, President, United Tribes Technical College |
| 11 a.m.- noon | THE MORRILL ACT: PROUD LEGACY, ENDURING FUTURE Waded Cruzado, President, Montana State University |
| noon- 1 p.m. | LUNCH |
Afternoon sessions emceed by Doug Goehring, North Dakota Agriculture Commissioner.
| 1:45- 2:15 p.m. | USDA: 150 YEARS OLD AND BUILDING FOR THE FUTURE Ed Schafer, former N.D. Governor and U.S. Secretary of Agriculture |
| 2:15 - 3 p.m. | THE SCIENCE OF SEIZING OPPORTUNITIES AND RISING TO CHALLENGES: OUR NEXT 100 YEARS Sonny Ramaswamy, Director, National Institute of Food and Agriculture, USDA |
| 3- 3:15 p.m. | BREAK |
| 3:15- 3:45 p.m. | USDA AND LAND-GRANT UNIVERSITIES: PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE PARTNERSHIP Rebecca Blue, Deputy Under Secretary, Marketing and Regulatory Programs, USDA |
| 3:45- 5 p.m. | LAND-GRANT REINVENTION: AN AG RESEARCH AND EXTENSION PERSPECTIVE Douglas Steele, Vice President for External Relations and Director of Extension, Montana State University Arlen Leholm, Executive Director, North Central Region Association of Agricultural Experiment Stations, Madison, Wis. Ken Grafton, Vice President, Dean and Director for Agricultural Affairs, NDSU |
| 5 -7 p.m. | SOCIAL Atrium, NDSU Alumni Center 6 p.m., THE MORRILL ACT: DRAWN TO HISTORY Steve Stark, Historical Illustrator, Fargo, N.D. |
Wednesday June 13
| 7:30 - 8:30 a.m. | BREAKFAST |
| 8:30 - 11:30 a.m. | GUIDED TOURS - MAIN CAMPUS FACILITIES |
| 11:30 a.m. | ADJOURN |
