100 Year Anniversary of Cooperative Extension

Did you know that cooperative agricultural extension service is over 100 years old? 2014 marks the 100th anniversary of the Smith-Lever Act, which formalized the Cooperative Extension Service, a state-by-state national network of educators who extend university-based knowledge to the public. The act, authored by Georgia senator Michael Hoke Smith and South Carolina Representative A. Frank Lever, recognized the "Clemson Model" (of Clemson University) which had been ongoing for several years. The Clemson Extension Service has a special Centennial website with information, historic publications, and photos of the development of this service in the university and in the state.