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After receiving his doctorate in sociology from the University of Wisconsin–Madison, he spent 18 years on the faculty of the University of Minnesota (1973–1991), including five years as Director of the Minnesota Center for Social Research and ten years with the Minnesota Extension Service.
The College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences (CFANS) is one of seventeen colleges and professional schools at the University of Minnesota.The College offers 14 majors, 3 pre-major and pre-professional majors and 26 freestanding minors for undergraduate students and a variety of graduate study options that include master's, doctoral and joint degree programs.
In 1968, Erickson was appointed to the Minnesota Education Council by Governor Harold LeVander, serving for several years.In 1981, he was awarded the University of Minnesota Extension Service's Dean and Director's Distinguished Friend of Extension Award for "superior contributions as a legislative leader in helping others understand the need for strong agricultural support."
[21] [22] In 2015, she won the Distinguished Service Award from the Minnesota AgriGrowth Council. [23] In 2016, she won the Siehl Prize for Excellence in Agriculture (category: Knowledge) for her many contributions to understanding bee biology and threats to bee health [ 24 ] and a Women of Discovery Award from Wings Worldquest, honoring her ...
Back to the Farm. Back to the Farm was a two-year production (1913–1915) written by College of Agriculture student Merline H. Shumway and directed by Estelle Cook, English Instructor at the Agricultural School [2] [3] to create awareness of the university's new Agricultural Extension Program [4] in the rural communities of Minnesota. [5]
Additionally, she served as a 4-H youth development agent with the University of Minnesota Extension Service in Cottonwood County, where she has been involved since her youth. [ 2 ] Political career
Since 2005, the Extension system has collaborated in developing eXtension.org (pronounced "e-extension"). eXtension is an Internet-based learning platform where Extension professionals and citizens nationwide and beyond have 24/7 access to unbiased, research-based, peer-reviewed information from land-grant universities on a wide range of topics.
The University of Minnesota was founded in Minneapolis in 1851 as a college preparatory school, seven years prior to Minnesota's statehood. [12] It struggled in its early years and relied on donations to stay open from donors, including South Carolina Governor William Aiken Jr. [21] [22]