opportunities
CREAM (Co-operative for Real Education in
Agricultural Management)
Dressage Team
Equestrian Team
EQUUS
FARMS (Farm and Agricultural Resource Management
Stewards)
Horse Barn Co-op
Internships
Morgan Horse Farm
Miner Institute
Massey Veterinary School/UVM
Tufts/UVM
CREAM
CREAM, Co-operative for Real
Education in Agricultural Management, is a student run dairy herd.
Students perform all of the barn chores and manage the whole operation.
There are currently around 30 Holstein cows plus replacement heifers in
the herd, which is one of the highest producing and genetically
superior herds in Vermont. The cows are
all housed and milked in the CREAM barn. Around 15-16 students enter
the program for one year each year and gain 8 credits. Many have no
background in dairy or livestock at the start but soon acquire it!
CREAM
provides a superb learning experience.
Dressage
Team
The UVM Dressage Team is a club
sport that gives the opportunity for riders interested in dressage to
compete at the interscholastic level on the UVM team. The UVM Dressage
Team competed in the 2005 IDA Nationals, were the Spring 2005 and Fall
2004 Champions at Mount Holyoke College's Dressage Invitational, and
were the 2005 Northeast Region Reserve Champions! For contact
information please visit the student Government Association web site at
http://www.uvm.edu/~sgaclubs/club_detail.php?CID=31
or contact coach Bonnie
Timmerman at Fox Horn Farm at 802-425-5219.
Equestrian Team
The UVM Equestrian Team promotes an interest in
horsemanship
for all students. Through the Intercollegiate Horse Show Association
the opportunity to ride is available to every student at the
University. The Team/Club provides an opportunity to compete against
other colleges as well as ride weekly. The UVM Equestrian Team also
provides an excellent social opportunity, as students of different ages
and backgrounds meet to form a team.
EQUUS
EQUUS is a hands-on horse management course modeled after the very
successful student dairy management program CREAM. Students sign up for
two semesters (8 total credits) to perform horse barn
duties, keep records and help make financial and management decisions
associated with the horse boarding facility. EQUUS students are
assigned
Equine Studies school horses to care for and exercise, in addition to
performing daily horse chores. Equine Science Program homepage
Farm and
Agricultural Resource Management Stewards (F.A.R.M.S.) Program
Offered in cooperation with the Vermont Technical College, the Farm and
Agricultural Resource Management Stewards (F.A.R.M.S.) program enables
students to make a seamless transition from dairy farm management at
VTC to a second two years at the College of Agriculture and Life
Sciences at UVM.
Horse
Barn Co-op
The UVM Horse Barn is a cooperative barn for UVM students who wish to
bring their horse to college with them. Members are responsible
for taking complete care of their horses, are required to
do general barn chores, must sign up for horsewatch, and attend and
actively
participate in barn meetings. Members must also sign up for a 0.5
credit class studying practical aspects of equine management practices.
Internships
Not all learning can occur in classrooms or in a library. The
department is strongly committed to experiential learning. While some
experience can be achieved through programs like CREAM or EQUUS, more
specialized training is often more appropriate for some students. The
student sets up a learning experience with the help of an experienced
faculty member. This may be in the US or abroad and it may be during a
semester or for a break. Recent examples of internships include working
with the gorilla colony at the San Diego Zoo, rehabilitating injured
raptors in Alaska and working with the Morgan Horse Association in
Shelburne, Vermont. ASCI Internships
UVM
Morgan Horse Farm
"A Custodian of the Morgan Breed"
The Morgan was the first horse breed
developed in the United States. It
is the state animal of Vermont. The UVM Morgan Horse Farm is located in
Weybridge, Vermont and is part of the Department of Animal Sciences.
The farm breeds, shows and sells Morgan horses and is engaged in
education and research in equine reproduction. Many Equine Science
class are held at the farm, which also provides opportunities for
undergraduate research. Several horses bred at the farm have held
national or world titles including UVM Tennyson.
UVM Morgan Horse Farm homepage
Miner
Institute
The William H. Miner Agricultural Research
Institute is located in Chazy, New York and consists of 8,600 acres.
Work experience for Farm Management students on the Institute
dairy farm include milking, herd management chores, and a variety of
field work activities such as tillage, planting, and harvest. The
Summer Experience in Farm Management introduces students to the modern
farm as a business, which has as its objective the conversion of plants
into milk and meat. This program is available to agriculture and
life science students in their junior or senior years of study.
Massey
Veterinary School/UVM
The UVM Animal Science Dept.
and Massey University,
located in Palmerston North, New Zealand, have designed an agreement
to offer highly qualified students, in their junior or senior year, the
opportunity
to apply to Massey to gain acceptance to one of five guaranteed
admission
spots at Massey. This exciting program adds a new dimension to an
already
solid pre-vet program in the ASCI Department by giving students the
scope
of being involved in an international program while still maintaining
the
accreditation necessary to practice veterinary medicine in the U.S.
Tufts/UVM
Cummings School of
Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University, located in a beautiful New
England setting in North
Grafton, Massachusetts, offers a foot-in-the-door opportunity for UVM
students. Students in the spring of their sophomore year will be
able to apply directly
to Tufts, and, if accepted, will be guaranteed admission to Tufts
Veterinary
School after completing their B.S. degree at UVM. See
Tufts
Early Acceptance Program for more details.
Tufts is a student-centered school with an innovative flexible
curriculum offering both electives and selectives in addition to a
balanced core experience. They have developed five signature
programs that push the traditional boundaries of veterinary medicine:
International Veterinary Medicine, Wildlife Medicine, Equine
Sports Medicine, Veterinary Biotechnology, and Ethics and Values in
Veterinary Medicine.
(adapted from the Tufts
Veterinary School Web Homepage)
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