Fort Valley State University (FVSU)

Fort Valley, Georgia

Curriculum:

Course Curriculum:  Is structured in a four years, “General Studies Degree” so that credits may be easily transferable from one US accredited institution to another.  Degree streams are also offered in areas of general concern and opportunity in many emerging nations such as agriculture and criminal justice.  The focus of the Enoch Olinga College of Intercultural Studies, Inc. program is:

 The FVSU College of Agriculture is committed to providing educational programs and services which address the needs of citizens and are designed to enrich their lives.  This commitment is actualized through Research, Extension and Resident Instruction.  Research and Cooperative Extension programs provide educational outreach and services provided by the College.  Together with the Instructional program the Agriculture College responds to the state, regional and world needs, thereby providing well trained personnel in many areas of need.

 The Agricultural Research Program has primarily dual focus:1) improving the ability of the agricultural sector in providing food and fiber in quantity and quality at a price that consumers can afford to pay, and 2) assessing those factors which enhance the environment and influence the levels of living of rural residents with special attention being given to limited resources residents, both farm and non-farm.

 One of the FVSU programs has a program specifically seeking to identify and develop educational programs for a diverse clientele which includes the rural disadvantaged, working homemakers, small family and part time farmers, community leaders, youth, small business persons and other members of the general public. 

 “In the wake of these conceptual changes, humanity entered an era in which interaction among physical sciences - physics, chemistry, and biology, along with the nascent science of ecology - opened breathtaking possibilities for the enhancement of life. The benefits in such vital areas of concern as agriculture and medicine became dramatically apparent as did those brought about by success in tapping new sources of energy.”

Reforestation: One of the underutilized programs that are offered at FVSU is reforestation. 

Over the years many Universities from all parts of the World have conducted extensive tests and field trials on the attributes of Paulownia for a wide range of applications. The most recent up take studies were conducted by North Carolina State University 1998 to 2000. The University of Kentucky and University of Maryland have published several papers on Paulownia’s exceptional characteristics for mine site reclamation and soil stabilization. Super Select Paulownia Elongata demonstrates outstanding performance for forestry, remediation of contaminated land, mine site reclamation, erosion control and is a target study species for the university reforestation program.

Medicinal Plants:  Indigenous knowledge and natural medicine is a science which is readily being eradicated and the knowledge lost by the incursion of an ever advancing civilization.  Cont'd...