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CanACT member Katharine Found selected for International award |
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Written by CanACT
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Friday, 14 September 2007 |
(Fort Worth, TX) – Katharine Found, of Courtice, ON and a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine student at the
Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph recently received the highly coveted International Stockmen’s Educational Foundation Travel Fellowship to the 2007 International Livestock Congress in Calgary, Alberta, October 2.
The travel fellowship was awarded to 20 students representing 16 universities from four countries, including Brazil, Canada, Czechoslovakia and the United States.
A multi-national selection committee, with half of the 20 recipients representing international students, selects the winners. Fellowships include airfare, ground transportation, hotel and scheduled meals during the International Livestock Congress. Scholastic achievement, leadership experiences and letters of recommendation are all part of the stringent qualifying requirements. This setting provides the students with the opportunity to interact with world industry leaders and contribute to the solutions that will shape the advancement of the livestock industry into the next millennium.
The 2007 edition of the International Livestock Congress – Calgary (ILC-USA), to be held October 2 in Calgary will bring producers, retailers, packers and others in the industry supply chain a new focus from a long-respected international forum. The ISEF works to partner with established livestock events or organizations in furthering its mission to build global beef networks and focus on the emerging issues and challenges facing the beef industry from an international perspective. These networks are developed with ISEF support and endorsement of International Livestock Congress (ILC) events.
Following their experiences, students are required to write a professional paper of not more than 12 pages to be submitted to the International Stockmen’s Educational Foundation board and to their respective schools department heads. Papers are also published in the event proceedings and on the International Livestock Congress web site at www.theisef.com.
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