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NCIS Establishes
Agricultural Risk Management
Internship Program
By Niaviana Gillis, Erikton Goodloe, and Paris Williams, NCIS Summer Interns
This summer, NCIS developed an Agricultural
Risk Management Internship Program to
introduce the basic components of the Federal
and Crop-Hail insurance programs to college students.
The internship also exposed them to the
varied types of careers available throughout the
industry. The program is specifically designed to
reach students who are studying an agriculture
discipline at a 1890 land grant university.
The internships, which were held virtually, began
in June and ran for 10 weeks. Three students
were selected for the first year of the program:
Erikton Goodloe, Niaviana Gillis, and Paris Williams.
Throughout the summer, the students met
with NCIS staff to learn about all aspects of crop
insurance.
" When I met with NCIS staff for the first time
to learn who we would be working with I was a
little nervous, " said Goodloe, a sophomore from
Illinois studying Agriculture Business at the University
of Arkansas-Pine Bluff. " I didn't know
what to expect or how the team would accept me.
The first meeting went by, and I felt that they cared
about me and wanted the best for me. "
Niaviana Gillis, a junior Biology major at Alabama
A&M University said she knew after the
first session it was going to be a great 10 weeks.
" They were so patient and really wanted us to understand
the information, " she said.
The first session the interns had with NCIS was
Crop Insurance 101. Staff provided an overview
of both the Federal and Crop-Hail insurance programs,
including information on the basic principles
of insurance, a discussion on the types of policies
available, loss adjustment procedures, steps in
the insurance cycle from the policyholder perspective,
and the NCIS agronomic research program.
" The 101 meeting introduced us to crop
Erikton Goodloe
Niaviana Gillis
Paris Williams
What is an 1890 University?
In 1862, the United States Congress passed the first Morrill Act which
provided for the establishment of a Land-Grant institution in each state to
educate citizens in the fields of agriculture, home economics, the mechanic arts,
and other useful professions. In the South, Blacks were not permitted to attend
these institutions established under the Morrill Act of 1862. To correct this
inequity the Second Morrill Act was passed in 1890, establishing 19 historically
black land-grant institutions. The 1890 land-grant system consists of the
following 19 universities: Alabama A&M, Alcorn State University, Central State
University, Delaware State University, Florida A&M University, Fort Valley State
University, Kentucky State University, Langston University, Lincoln University,
North Carolina A&T State University, Prairie View A&M University, South Carolina
State University, Southern University, Tennessee State University, Tuskegee
University, University of Arkansas Pine Bluff, University of Maryland Eastern
Shore, Virginia State University and West Virginia State University.
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