This recording is of Dr. Kelvin Grant's November 3 presentation: A Dream Deferred...A Journey from Rural to Corporate AmericaDr.
Grant is a Maize research scientist at DuPont Pioneer in Ithaca MI. He
serves as an industry representative on the board of the Michigan Corn
Growers Association. He also serves on the Board of Directors of the
Gratiot County Community Foundation; Michigan FFA Foundation; Gratiot
County Farm Bureau (President) and the Gratiot County United Way
(President). Dr. Grant grew up on a 1500 acre family farm in rural North
Carolina where he was inspired to go into agriculture by the farming
tradition of his Native‐American Tuscarosa family. Despite being
discouraged from going into science by those that said halfblack,
half‐indigenous people did not become successful scientists, Dr. Grant
graduated from the University of Maryland, and did his graduate work in
plant breeding and genetics at Cornell. He will speak about the cultural
shifts between the reservation, academia, and corporate America, and
how to navigate those differences throughout the course of a career.
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