Congressional Fact Finding Tour

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Congressional Fact Finding Tour
Dr. Michael J. Tate Vice President Office of
Equity and Diversity Pullman, WA August 9, 2006
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Birth of Land-Grant Higher Education Institutions
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Jonathan Baldwin Turner

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Senator Justin MorrillVermont

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Abraham Lincoln President of the United States

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Morrill Act

• Enacted July 2, 1862
• 30,000 acres for each Senator and
  Representative
• Original mission was to teach agriculture,
• military tactics, mechanic arts, classical
• studiesfor the working classes

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Congressman William Henry Hatch Missouri

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Hatch Act

• Enacted March 2, 1887
• Created Experiment Stations
• In Washington State, Agricultural Research Center
  
• to aid in acquiring and diffusing practical
  information, and to promote scientific
  investigations and experiments in agricultureand
  related areas

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George Washington Carver

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Morrill Act of 1890

• Created colleges to serve African
  Americans
• Enacted more funding for 1862 colleges

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Senator Hoke SmithGeorgia
Congressman Asbury F. LeverSouth Carolina
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Smith-Lever Act

• Enacted July 1, 1914
• Created Cooperative Extension Service
• Application of research-based knowledge

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Morrill Act of 1994

• Improving Americas Schools Act
• Act enrolled 29 Native American Institutions
  as Land-Grant

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Land-Grant System

• Morrill Acts1862, 1890, 1994
• Hatch Act of 1887
• Smith-Lever Act of 1914

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Elected to Washingtons first
legislature.Introduced bill to establish the
institution now known as Washington State
University.1890
William Owen Bush
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Washington State University

• Opened its doors to students on January 13,
  1892
• Agricultural College, Experiment Station and
  School of Science of the state of Washington

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Where the children of the industrial class
would pursue collegiate work that is advanced
scientific and technical work and a liberal
education. President Enoch Bryan, 1895
The Peoples University
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Land-Grant MissionWhat Does it Mean to You?

• You have an opportunity to contribute as a
• professional, and make a difference in the
• lives of others.
• Excellence in Teaching to the Undergraduate
  and Graduate Experience
• Excellence in Research and Discovery
• Excellence in Engagement and Application

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URLs

• College of Agricultural, Human, and Natural
  Resource Sciences (CAHNRS) http//www.cahe.wsu.e
  du/
• Extension http//ext.wsu.edu/
• Information Department
  http//caheinfo.wsu.edu/

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URLs

• United States Department of Agriculture
• (USDA) http//www.usda.gov/
• The Cooperative State Research, Education and
  Extension Service (CSREES)
  http//www.reeusda.gov/
• National Association of State Universities and
  Land-Grant Colleges (NASULGC)
  http//www.nasulgc.org/

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History of Land-Grant System
Campbell, John R.., Reclaiming a Lost Heritage,
East LansingMichigan State University Press,
1998.
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1897
First Graduating Class
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1901
Washington State College Faculty Members
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Jessie Senora Sims WalkerPharmacyHometown
Tacoma, WA1913
First WSU African American Graduate
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• Coached Cougars to 1917 Rose Bowl Victory
• Part Sioux Indian

William Lone Star Dietz
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Winfred A. JordanPlace of Practice
Philadelphia, PA1920
First African American Graduate in Veterinary
Medicine
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1920s
Filipino Student Club
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1920s
Chinese Student Club
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1930s
Richard Sakai

• Business major at WSC before Japanese Americans
  relocated due to World War II
• WSC President E.O. Holland openly welcomed
  Japanese Americans before tensions grew on the
  Palouse
• Board of Regents set quota of 30 Japanese
  Americans from 1942-1945

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• Gladys Jennings
• First African American to receive
• masters degree at WSU, 1948
• Food Science and Human Nutrition
• Charles U. Smith
• First African American to receive
• a Ph.D. at WSU, 1950
• Sociology

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Samuel Kamaka

• Left Hawaii for WSU in 1947
• 1950 graduate in entomology
• Became CEO of world-famous ukulele manufacturer
  called Kamaka Hawaii, Inc.

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William Julius Wilson

• One of a handful of African Americans to attend
  WSU in the 1960s to earn Ph.D.s in sociology.
• World-renowned author on the under-privileged and
  public policy, professor at Harvard University.
• Has received eight honorary doctorates, named one
  of Time Magazines top 25 most influential
  people, and received WSU Regents Distinguished
  Alumnus Award.

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La Primera Decada

• First large group of Chicanos arrived in 1967 to
  participate in new High School Equivalency
  Program (HEP).
• Two years later, five HEP graduates enrolled at
  WSU.
• As more Chicano/Latinos came to WSU, instructor
  Roberto Segura led efforts to establish a Chicano
  Studies Program in 1970.

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1970
Campus Racism and Sexism Workshops
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John Slaughter Albert Yates
1979-1980
1981-1990
WSU Provosts and Academic Vice Presidents
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Location of Presentation

• Web site
• http//www.diversity.wsu.edu/
• Go to the Communication link
• Email
• diversity_at_wsu.edu