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Dunn Kearney

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Two key leaders in North Carolina agriculture Kearney served the USDA for 37 years in the
have been inducted into the Agricultural Hall federal farm housing and rural development
of Fame at North Carolina A&T, based on their programs, working at the local, state and
outstanding contributions to agriculture and national levels. He was also state director for
Student Center Wins Industry Awards their significant ties to the university. rural development and is the recipient of North
Carolina’s highest honor, the Order of the
James Carlton Kearney Sr. of Henderson, and Long Leaf Pine. He has spent 36 years in the
North Carolina A&T’s new Student The 150,000-square-foot Student Project planning began in 2015 when Samuel J. Dunn, Ph.D., of Whitsett, joined the profession.
Center recently won several Center is rated a LEED (Leadership students were surveyed about what 15 Hall of Famers whose activities and research
prestigious awards for its design, in Energy and Environmental Design) they wanted to see in a new student have elevated the College of Agriculture and Dunn, a chairman of the Department of Plant
construction and architecture Silver facility, using innovative center that would make N.C. A&T feel Environmental Sciences (CAES) as a leader in Science and Technology at A&T for more than
from the state’s prestigious trade solutions to support the environment more like home, said Andrew Perkins, agricultural research and outreach. 30 years, oversaw the department’s transition
organizations. and public health in many areas associate vice chancellor for facilities. from a technology-oriented program to a
including energy use and air quality. The ceremony, including dinner and the research-intensive one. He also developed
The North Carolina chapter of the LEED is the most widely used green “We’d heard that students would go unveiling of the new members’ portraits, master’s degrees for the department and laid
American Institute of Architects building rating system in the world. to other campuses because of their was April 5, in the N.C. A&T Student Center the foundation for the university’s accreditation
honored the Student Center, designed student centers, so we wanted to Ballroom. in both the biological engineering and
by Vines Architecture, with the 2019 It features areas for studying, small make sure ours had everything they landscape architecture programs. He has spent
Honor Award for Design; The N.C. and large group meetings, relaxation, needed or wanted,” he said. “It’s an honor for us to recognize these two 43 years in the profession.
Office of State Construction awarded dining options such as Einstein extremely worthy recipients,” said CAES Dean
the project a Certificate of Merit for Bros., Chick-fil-A and 1891 Cafe, Mohamed Ahmedna, Ph.D. “Their exemplary The Agricultural Hall of Fame showcase is
Project Implementation; and the student activity offices, gaming and work sets a high bar for those of us who follow. located in the lobby of B.C. Webb Hall on the
Association of General Contractors recreation areas, as well as the Barnes They are role models, for all they have done for university campus.
awarded Balfour Beatty, project & Noble campus bookstore and North Carolina agriculture and for N.C. A&T.”
contractor, a Certificate of Merit for Starbucks.
Excellence in Construction.

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