Black Special Emphasis Program

Mission Statement: To provide focus on issues of employment, promotion, training, retention and career enhancement affecting Black NRCS employees and applicants in Michigan.

Black Special Emphasis Program Manager (SEPM): 

Freddie McNeil
Flint Area Office
1525 N. Elms Road

Flint, MI 48532

Phone: 810-230-8766 Ext. 119

USDA/1890 National Scholars Program: Each year the USDA provides 34 full, four-year scholarships to students attending any of the 17 historically Black 1890 Institutions. The Scholars Program is open to students completing their senior year of high school with an acceptable score on their college entrance exams (a minimum of 1000 on the SAT or 21 on the ACT).

Selected students must maintain a 3.0 grade point average or better and major in an agricultural, food, natural sciences or other allied discipline. Deadline for applications is January 15 of each year. This is a student employment program with non-competitive conversion eligibility.

1890 Scholars Program

National Organization of Professional Black NRCS Employees

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The Organization (NOPBNRCSE) Scholarship Program 2006 A Partnership between The Organization and The 1890 Land-Grant Institutions

Helpful documents for the development of KSA (knowledge, skills, and abilities) responses.

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Resources for developing KSA responses
KSA Handbook (developed by Department of Justice, Bureau of Prisons)
Know your KSAs (developed by NRCS California)

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