Delaware State University faculty and students pose for a photo with Agilent Technologies Inc. top executives. The students -- who all major in STEM-related disciplines -- are the recipients of full scholarships that were funded by a Agilent $1 million donation made last year. — *In this photo:* Delaware State University faculty and students pose for a photo with Agilent Technologies Inc. top executives. The students – who all major in STEM-related disciplines – are the recipients of full scholarships that were funded by a Agilent $1 million donation made last year.

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Agilient Technologies CEO & Executives visit DSU

Wednesday, June 7, 2023

Top executives from Agilent Technologies Inc. paid Delaware State University a June 5 visit to meet the students benefitting from the company’s finance support.

Agilent donated $1 million dollars last year that provided full scholarships to 21 students majoring in STEM academic disciplines. The company also provided new lab instrumentation to help the University expand educational opportunities and advance research in applied chemistry, biological sciences, food science, molecular and cellular neuroscience, and related disciplines. University President Tony Allen stands with Agilent's Greg MacKenney, CEO Mike McMullen, and Padraig McDonnell.

Agilent CEO Mike McMullen, Chief Commercial Officer Padraig McDonnell along with Greg MacKenney, Vice President and General Manager, met that morning with University President Tony Allen. Afterward the Agilent executives met with 18 of the scholarship recipient students, toured the Mishoe Science Center laboratory facilities that are equipped with the company’s donated instrumentation, and then broke bread with the student during a luncheon in the Martin Luther King Jr. Student Center.

Dr. Cherese Winstead Casson, Dean of the College of Agriculture, Science and Technology, said the significance of DSU’s relationship with Agilent started as a genuine and intentional partnership centered on the needs of our students.

“From day one, Agilent was laser focused on eliminating the financial barriers of our students to assure their success. In addition, Agilent wanted to be instrumental in DSU’s strategic initiative towards attaining R1 Carnegie Classification through their donation of cutting-edge instrumentation,” said Dr. Winstead Casson. “For these reasons and many more, DSU and Agilent are both equally excited of what’s to come.”