Poultry science center will offer students hands-on learning opportunities across a broiler building, layer building, laboratories, classrooms and additional facilities.
Financial gift from Perdue Farms supports the construction of a poultry science center on the Pennsylvania-based Delaware Valley University's main campus.
USPOULTRY Foundation provides annual recruiting and retention funds to colleges and universities to attract or connect students to their poultry programs or the industry.
USPOULTRY Foundation awards student recruiting grants totaling $331,292 to six US universities with poultry science departments and 21 other institutions with industry-related programs.
The grant funds will be used to raise awareness of the significant expansion of the poultry industry in South Georgia and the correlating opportunities for well-prepared graduates.
The grant funds will be used to recruit students into Cleveland Community College’s new Applied Animal Science Technology associate in applied science degree program.