Observe deeply.
Imagine boldly.
Serve generously.
Carver saw no boundary between scientific inquiry, creativity, faith, and service. Neither do we.
CISC advances practical, earth-friendly innovation for small, historically underserved, beginning, women, and veteran farmers, ranchers, landowners, cooperatives, and communities.
Look closer
Listen to the land and the people who steward it.
Connect ideas
Bring science, culture, enterprise, and nature together.
Make it useful
Translate discovery into tools communities can apply now.
Learning rooted in land and community
Youth pathways into agriculture
Knowledge moving from field to table
Confidence, technology and leadershipKnowledge that
moves with you.
Free workshops, field demonstrations, short trainings, and expert-led learning experiences—organized through Tutor LMS and designed for real-world use.
Ideas, enterprise, and community—moving forward together.
Join entrepreneurs, educators, policymakers, and community leaders building opportunity and advancing Booker T. Washington’s enduring vision of cooperative progress.
Summer Experience & Extension Pathways
Find your place in the next generation of leaders.
Explore structured experiences connecting students and emerging professionals with agriculture, sustainability, research, Extension, and community impact. Current application cycles are closed.
SEI High School Graduates
Discover an early pathway into agriculture, science, leadership, and service.
SEI Undergraduates
Build professional skills through applied learning, mentorship, and community work.
Graduate Extension Interns & Fellows
Advance research and Extension practice through a community-centered professional experience.
Register for workshops and training.
Create one free learner account to reserve workshops, join training sessions, and keep your learning activity together in one place.
Stay close to
the work.
Let’s grow
something good.
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Meet JESUP.
JESUP is coming soon—bringing CISC events, workshops, training opportunities, and practical resources together in one mobile experience.