The purpose of this program is to focus on issues such as
employment, promotion, training, and career enhancement affecting Black
employees and applicants in NRCS.
Nephi Cole, Black Emphasis Program Manager
Southern Wyoming Watershed Coordinator
517 E 19th Street
Cheyenne, WY 82001
Phone: 307-632-5716326-5657
Email: nephi.cole@wy.usda.gov
USDA/1890 National
Scholars Program
The USDA/1890 National Scholars Program offers 36 or more scholarships to
U.S. citizens who are seeking a bachelor's degree at one of the seventeen
1890 Historically Black Land-Grant Institutions and Tuskegee University to
study agriculture, food, or natural resource sciences and related majors.
The program helps to strengthen the partnership between USDA and the 1890
institutions; helps to increase the number of students studying agriculture
and related disciplines; and offers career opportunities at USDA.
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