{"id":62318,"date":"2017-02-09T17:37:01","date_gmt":"2017-02-09T17:37:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.reaseheath.ac.uk\/?p=62318"},"modified":"2017-08-17T09:34:46","modified_gmt":"2017-08-17T08:34:46","slug":"reaseheath-equine-undergraduate-wins-fourth-usa-internship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reaseheath.ac.uk\/reaseheath-equine-undergraduate-wins-fourth-usa-internship\/","title":{"rendered":"Reaseheath equine undergraduate wins fourth USA internship"},"content":{"rendered":"<div  class='avia-slideshow av-av_slideshow-850714b432a31055e34a1d50ec8f456b avia-slideshow-featured_large av_slideshow avia-slide-slider  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-first  av-slideshow-ui av-control-default av-slideshow-manual av-loop-once av-loop-manual-endless av-default-height-applied avia-slideshow-1' data-slideshow-options=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;slide&quot;,&quot;autoplay&quot;:false,&quot;loop_autoplay&quot;:&quot;once&quot;,&quot;interval&quot;:5,&quot;loop_manual&quot;:&quot;manual-endless&quot;,&quot;autoplay_stopper&quot;:false,&quot;noNavigation&quot;:false,&quot;bg_slider&quot;:false,&quot;keep_padding&quot;:false,&quot;hoverpause&quot;:false,&quot;show_slide_delay&quot;:0}\"  itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><ul class='avia-slideshow-inner ' style='padding-bottom: 42%;'><li  class='avia-slideshow-slide av-av_slideshow-850714b432a31055e34a1d50ec8f456b__0  av-single-slide slide-1 slide-odd'><div data-rel='slideshow-1' class='avia-slide-wrap '   ><div class='av-slideshow-caption av-av_slideshow-850714b432a31055e34a1d50ec8f456b__0 avia-caption'><div class=\"avia-inner-caption\"><div class='avia-caption-content '  itemprop=\"description\" ><p>Hannah Aldous (runner-up 2017), Meg Cartledge (runner-up 2017), Michelle Hand (joint winner 2016), Rhiannon Elsmore (joint winner 2017), Connie Dale (joint winner 2017), Zoe Greenwood (joint winner 2016), Faye McTigue (runner-up 2017), Prof Graham Suggett OBE (judge).<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"wp-image-62319 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-62319\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.reaseheath.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/MAREC-winners-1500x630.jpg\" width=\"1500\" height=\"630\" title='MAREC winners' alt=''  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\"   \/><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-av_textblock-0366cc7376be6c9e82a3e9cc8987b64f '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reaseheath.ac.uk\/higher-education\/courses\/equine\/equinesciencebsc\/\">BSc Equine Science<\/a> Year 2 undergraduate Rhiannon Elsmore has become the fourth Reaseheath student to have been awarded a prestigious BEF MAREC Internship.<\/p>\n<p>This annual award is made jointly by the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bef.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BEF (British Equestrian Federation)<\/a> and the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.arec.vaes.vt.edu\/arec\/middleburg.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Middleburg Agricultural Research and Extension Center (MAREC)<\/a>. The winner, selected from throughout the UK, has a fantastic opportunity to spend a three month summer internship in the USA at MAREC, the world\u2019s leading equine breeding and research centre.<\/p>\n<p>This year Rhiannon shares the honours with joint winner Connie Dale, who is studying at Harper Adams University. Another Reaseheath equine undergraduate, Faye McTigue, was one of three runners-up in 2017.<\/p>\n<p>Rhiannon and Connie will follow in the footsteps of last year\u2019s winners Michelle Hand and Zoe Greenwood, who both graduated with BSc First Class Honours in Equine Science from Reaseheath last summer.\u00a0 Michelle and Zoe benefitted greatly from the chance to gain an insight into a worldclass programme for the breeding and management of young stock and gave a presentation on their experiences at the BEF MAREC Internship interview day last week.<\/p>\n<p>Charlotte Woolley, who won the internship in 2014 during her final year at Reaseheath, has now gone on to study for a PhD in neuro biology at the Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies in Edinburgh.<\/p>\n<p>James Rayner, who is now a Course Manager at our Equestrian Centre, is also a former recipient of the internship who has secured a rewarding career in the equine industry. James was awarded the internship in 2012 and returned to the Virginia Tech MAREC for a further year on a British Equestrian Federation placement.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on the BEF MAREC Internship visit their website <a href=\"http:\/\/www.befred.org\/Internship.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":62319,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[596,468],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Reaseheath equine undergraduate wins fourth USA internship - 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