AAMU USFS

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AAMU USFS

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AAMU STRENGTHS

• ONLY HBCU/1890 MS/Ph.D. in PLANT/SOIL
  SCIENCE
• ONLY HBCU/1890 FORESTRY DEGREE
• FIRST HBCU/1890 CANDIDATE STATUS for SAF
  ACCREDITATION
• DESIGNATED as USDA CENTER of
• EXCELLENCE in FORESTRY

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Natural Resource MajorsAlabama AM
UniversityFall 1999
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AAMU-FS PROGRAM COMPONENTS

• SUMMER RESEARCH APPRENTICES
• SCHENCK JOB CORPS
• ENTERING FRESHMEN
• TRANSFER/UPPERCLASSMEN
• CEOP TEAM _at_ HUNTSVILLE

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Alabama AM UniversityRecruitment Initiative
Students by Ethnicity/genderFall 1999
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Alabama AM University Initiative Program
Graduates(Fall 92 Spring 2000)

• 194 Students Received Financial Assistance
• 88 Students Graduated From AAMU
• 51 Students Converted to USFS
• 35 Graduated in Forestry/Related Sciences
• 27 Currently Employed With USFS

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AAMU-USFS SUCCESSES!!

• FY 98 - 100 SCEP CONVERSIONS TO FTP
• SINCE 1990 - 51 CONVERSIONS IN FS
• FYs 98-99 - 50 on DEANS LIST
• FALL 99 - 4 STUDENTS ACHIEVE 4.0 GPA
• FEB 2000 AAMU STUDENTS IN FS TODAY

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AAMU PLACEMENTS-FY 2K(SCEPS/STEPS)REGIONS

• NORTHERN (R-1) 4
• SOUTHWESTERN (R-3) 1
• INTERMOUNTAIN (R-4) 1
• PACIFIC SW (R-5) 1
• PACIFIC NW (R-6) 6
• SOUTHERN (R-8) 8
• EASTERN (R-9) 0
• Total 21

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AAMU SUMMER PLACEMENTS-FY 2K(SCEPS/STEPS)STATION
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• NORTH CENTRAL 0
• FOREST PROD. LABS 0
• SOUTHERN RESEARCH 1
• NORTHEASTERN 0
• ROCKY/INTER MT 0
• PACIFIC NW/SW 0
• TOTAL 1

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INITIATIVE PROVISIONS

• AAMU FAMU STUDENTS AGENCY EMPLOYEES
• STUDENT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE UP TO 5,000 PER
  YEAR
• TUITION/ROOM/BOARD/MANDATORY FEES
• TRAVEL TO/FROM DUTY STATION

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INITIATIVE PROVISIONS

• TEMPORARY QUARTERS ALLOWANCE
• PAY ADVANCES
• AWARDS
• SERVICE OBLIGATION/ B.O.C

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INITIATIVE DOS DONTS

• RETURNING STEPS/SCEPS DONT PROMOTE - DO
  CONVERT
• DO NOT PAY THEM RETURN TRAVEL - EXCEPTION SCEPS
• DO NOT GIVE TRAVEL ADVANCE