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Virginia State University welcomed home one of their own. Petersburg native Dr. Jewel Bronaugh made her first official appearance as USDA Deputy Secretary at a closed-session roundtable and public town hall meeting.
“VSU is the Commonwealth’s leader in supporting socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers through its agricultural research and Cooperative Extension programs,” said Dr. M. Ray McKinnie, VSU College of Agriculture Dean and 1890 administrator. “It was truly an honor for Deputy Secretary Bronaugh to recognize our work in this field and to choose VSU as the Virginia site to host the USDA’s Socially Disadvantaged Producer American Rescue Plan Roundtable and Town Hall.”