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Meet Temple Grandin
Linda Veatch, Corner Post Staff

November 6, 2003 - Temple Grandin will speak Wednesday, November 12, at 7p.m. in Keller Auditorium, in the Geology Building. CAFNR Student Council is sponsoring the event.

Grandin is an associate professor of animal sciences at Colorado State University. Designing slaughter facilities and the humane treatment of the animals are the topics for her speech. She has designed animal slaughter facilities in the United States, Canada, and Europe, as well as Mexico, Australia, and New Zealand. Also, she has developed a scoring method for assessing handling of cattle and pigs at meat plants. By utilizing her experiences from her own autism, she works to improving animal welfare.

Grandin obtained her bachelor's degree. at Franklin Pierce College and her master's degree in animal science at Arizona State University. She received her doctorate in animal science in 1989 from the University of Illinois. She has appeared on many television shows including "20/20", "48 Hours", "CNN", "Larry King Live", and has been featured in publications such as People, the New York Times, Forbes, and Time.

If you would like to learn more about Grandin and her forum for teaching you can visit her website at www.grandin.com/index.html.

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