{"id":9871,"date":"2019-11-20T16:27:40","date_gmt":"2019-11-20T16:27:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nashccnews.com\/news\/?p=9871"},"modified":"2019-12-05T13:15:01","modified_gmt":"2019-12-05T13:15:01","slug":"ncc-vet-tech-students-visit-martin-cc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nashccnews.com\/news\/2019\/11\/ncc-vet-tech-students-visit-martin-cc\/","title":{"rendered":"NCC Vet Tech Collaboration with Martin CC"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nash Community College\u00a0(NCC)\u00a0<\/span>Veterinary Medical Technology\u00a0<\/span>students and faculty recently visited Martin Community College\u00a0(MCC)<\/span>\u00a0to learn more about large animal care from students and\u00a0faculty<\/span>\u00a0in MCC’s signature Equine Training program.\u00a0\u201cThe collaboration between these<\/span>\u00a0two highly-specialized programs allows students in both programs diverse experiences<\/span>\u00a0before entering the workforce,\u201d\u00a0NCC President Dr.<\/span>\u00a0Lew Hunnicutt said.<\/p>\n

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The two colleges have an agreement allowing shared use of facilities and instructional resources, and supporting the transition of interested MCC Equine Training graduates into NCC\u2019s Veterinary Medical Technology program.<\/p>\n

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Through the partnership, NCC provides instruction for all core Veterinary Medical Technology classes and Martin Community College\u00a0makes available<\/span>\u00a0equine facilities\u00a0and\u00a0<\/span>large animal clinical instruction\u00a0to<\/span>\u00a0the\u00a0NCC<\/span>\u00a0program — a unique equine experience for NCC students to learn and demonstrate required large animal skills.<\/p>\n

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The Martin Community College Equine Training curriculum is designed to prepare students for a wide range of positions within the horse industry. Students learn about farm management, breeding, nutrition, selection\/judging, health, training, teaching, and riding.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are extremely excited about and pleased to be working with our sister college, Nash Community College, in this effort to provide opportunities to eastern North Carolina and beyond for the program and equine industry.\u00a0 The Veterinary Medical Technology program is a great collaborative effort between the colleges and a great opportunity for the people of our area,\u201d MCC Interim President Dr. Kenneth A. Boham said.<\/p>\n

The Equine Training degree program focuses on the horse, horsemanship, and related subjects preparing individuals to care for horses, horse equipment, ride and drive horses, and manage the training of horses and riders.<\/p>\n

For more information, please visit<\/span>\u00a0www.nashcc.edu<\/a>\/vmt or email<\/span>\u00a0nccvettech@nashcc.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Nash Community College\u00a0(NCC)\u00a0Veterinary Medical Technology\u00a0students and faculty recently visited Martin Community College\u00a0(MCC)\u00a0to learn more about large animal care from students and\u00a0faculty\u00a0in MCC’s signature Equine Training program.\u00a0\u201cThe collaboration between these\u00a0two highly-specialized… Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3,4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nashccnews.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9871"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nashccnews.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nashccnews.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nashccnews.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nashccnews.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9871"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.nashccnews.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9871\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9955,"href":"https:\/\/www.nashccnews.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9871\/revisions\/9955"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nashccnews.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9871"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nashccnews.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9871"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nashccnews.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9871"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}