1. OSU’s Land-Grant Mission in the 21st Century Peg Herring, Extension and Experiment Station Communications

2. American Civil War, 1861-1865

3. Legislation enacted, May-July 1862 May 1862 – Homestead Act July 1862 – Pacific Railway Act July 1862 –Dept. of Agriculture July 1862 – Morrill Land Grant Act

4. “The education of a nation, instead of being confined to a few schools and universities for the instruction of a few, must become the national care and expense for the formation of the many.” John Adams “For a crusade against ignorance, establish and improve the law for educating the common people;... the tax that will be paid for this purpose is not more than the thousandth part of what will be paid... if we leave people in ignorance.” Thomas Jefferson

5. J.B. Turner Justin Morrill

8. Education – Research – Extension 1862 Morrill Act established a network of state- supported colleges to foster public education 1887 Hatch Act established a network of agricultural experiment stations to foster research at the land-grant colleges 1914 Smith-Lever Act established a network of extension services to foster community outreach at the land-grant colleges

11. Advancing Innovation through Teaching, Research and Extension Discover Understand Applied & Practical Research Socially significant problems Evidence-based Education ResearchExtension Teaching

12. OSU Campuses Researchforests AG Experiment Station County Extension The State is our Campus OSU Research and Extension Centers