Justine Derouallière, An Exchange to Remember - 2014
Justine came to Colorado State University's Equine Science Program as an exchange student from France in the fall of 2014. Her agricultural program at home did not include equine studies. So she took advantage of the equine offerings at CSU including the class preparing horses for English competition class training Mona. The photo series was part of my reporting for the "Rocky Mountain Collegian."
Most college students at some point in their undergraduate program have an opportunity to narrow their focus within their college. In fact, many students choose their university because they want to study with leading faculty in their field.
International students who come to Colorado State University bring new cultural perspectives to the classroom. Justine Derouallière, from Nîmes, France, studies agriculture at Purpan in Toulouse. She rides horses at home, but they are not available to study as part of her university curriculum. Since CSU's College of Agriculture has an equine sciences program, she had the opportunity to focus on equine courses this fall.
Her junior and senior level classes include equine reproduction, equine disease management, preparation of horses for equine competition, and equine event and sales management. She speaks and writes English in all of her classes, quickly made friends, and joined the English Riding Club.
She competed in two classes of the dressage portion of the two-phase schooling show, put on by the event and sales management class this fall. She placed first and second on Mona, a 2001 Russian sport horse owned by CSU's equine sciences program. As part of her work for one of her classes, she trained Mona for various English competitions and turned in a sale dossier with photos that showcased the horse in traditional conformation shots and riding in practices and events.
Her experience at CSU has been so exciting that she has applied to come back for a master’s degree in equine reproduction.
International students who come to Colorado State University bring new cultural perspectives to the classroom. Justine Derouallière, from Nîmes, France, studies agriculture at Purpan in Toulouse. She rides horses at home, but they are not available to study as part of her university curriculum. Since CSU's College of Agriculture has an equine sciences program, she had the opportunity to focus on equine courses this fall.
Her junior and senior level classes include equine reproduction, equine disease management, preparation of horses for equine competition, and equine event and sales management. She speaks and writes English in all of her classes, quickly made friends, and joined the English Riding Club.
She competed in two classes of the dressage portion of the two-phase schooling show, put on by the event and sales management class this fall. She placed first and second on Mona, a 2001 Russian sport horse owned by CSU's equine sciences program. As part of her work for one of her classes, she trained Mona for various English competitions and turned in a sale dossier with photos that showcased the horse in traditional conformation shots and riding in practices and events.
Her experience at CSU has been so exciting that she has applied to come back for a master’s degree in equine reproduction.