11/26/2022 0 Comments Pes equines![]() ![]() “As I moved through my college career, I enjoyed taking on leadership roles as well.” “A highlight of my years here was riding on the Golden Eagle Equestrian team and going to competitions,” Cox says. Life comes full circle as Cox is now one of the people making a difference in the lives of students. “I love this campus, I enjoyed being a student, and loved what I learned and how I was learning it,” she reflects. She particularly relishes interacting with students and giving tours along with her regular responsibilities. Her effervescent smile and personality make her a great ambassador for the equine program and the campus. Derek is currently working with the Polk County Sheriff’s office, and when a call came offering Cox the position as equine farm animal attendant, she accepted. She loved it.Īfter graduating in December 2015, she began her job hunt and planned an August wedding to her fiancé Derek, a U of M Crookston alumnus and 2014 criminal justice graduate. “Best of all, I came away with professors who were willing to write me recommendations because they really knew me,” she continues.ĭuring a second internship in summer 2015, she worked for the second largest horse breed association in the country-the American Paint Horse Association-but this time she was on the business/public relations side of the association. The small class size, getting to know and build relationships with my professors, and the hands-on learning I had with the animals was unparalleled. “I was persuaded in one conversation,” she says. She still wasn’t convinced, but a visit with a friend about her experience as a student at the U of M Crookston turned her around. Not originally interested in attending school so far from home, Cox came up with her 4-H club as a junior to a horse judging contest a day early for a campus tour with the group. ![]() Hence, she focused on agricultural business and used her passion for horses as a minor. “I am familiar with horse products and I could see myself on the sales side of the industry rather than working as a trainer, Cox says. Growing up with horses and an active participant in 4-H, open and breed shows, she wanted to major in equine science, but discovered after an internship that she was more interested in marketing and sales. And, that list is not even comprehensive, but she takes it in stride.Ĭox, an equine farm animal attendant, graduated in December 2015 with a degree in agricultural business with a minor in equine science. For Amberly (Pesall) Cox, barn manager at the University of Minnesota Crookston consists of assessing the health of the horses, noting changes in eating, behavior, and the like offering basic veterinary care determining if a situation is serious enough to require a veterinarian’s attention supervising work study students, hiring and managing the student work schedules ordering supplies and coordinating shipment delivery ensuring the tack is available and in proper condition and caring for the arena including dragging and watering. Edited by Jean- Marie Denoix, CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.She is the barn manager, or one might describe her as something of a horse whisperer extraordinaire. ![]()
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