References: Association of Public and Land-grant Universities. (n.d). About APLU . Retrieved from: https://www.aplu.org/about- us/history-of-aplu/what-is-a-land-grant-university/
Land-Grant University FAQ. (2016). Retrieved from: https://www.aplu.org/about-us/history-of-aplu/what-is-a-land-grant- university/
The Library of Congress. (n.d). Primary Documents in American History: Morrill Act . Retrieved from: https://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/ourdocs/morrill.html
United States Department of Agriculture. (n.d). NIFA Land-Grant Colleges and Universities. Retrieved from: https://nifa.usda.gov/sites/default/files/resource/LGU-Map-03-18-19.pdf
Partnering with an 1862 Land-Grant
As explained by the Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities (APLU), the first Morrill Act of 1862 provided grants in the form of federal lands to each state. Officially titled “An Act Donating Public Lands to the Several States and Territories which may provide Colleges for the Benefit of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts,” the Morrill Act provided each state with 30,000 acres of federal land for each member in their Congressional delegation. The states used the proceeds from selling those federal lands to establish a public institution to fulfill the act’s provisions. The article “ Land Grab Universities ” provides another historical view of how land-grant institutions were created (Lee, 2020). In the state of Wisconsin, the 1862 land-grant institution is the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Within the land-grant family, a strong collaboration between the sister organizations is paramount to successful outreach and learning throughout Tribal communities. College of Menominee Nation (CMN) has formed a strong partnership with the local UW-Madison Extension office. In doing this, the college has been able to capitalize on the resources of the much larger and more established 1862 Land-grant university system in the state. In return, CMN is able to connect the Menominee community and surrounding Tribes with UW-Madison. This partnership was formalized in 2013 with a memorandum of agreement between CMN and the University of Wisconsin’s Division of Extension, providing office space for the Extension office on the CMN campus. In return, CMN would have access to statewide resources available to local county offices.
Files:
1862 Map (pdf)
UWEX Memorandum of Agreement (pdf)
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