Montana State University Bozeman - Montanan Yearbook (Bozeman, MT)

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 ARE PART OF THE CHANGE AT MSU Farriers Learn Trade In Bozeman Started in 1970. the horseshoeing school on campus has evolved into one of the best farrier’s schools in the coun-try-so good, in fact, that it has drawn students from all over the globe, even as far away as Australia. New Zealand, and South Africa. Horseshoeing at MSU is taught as a concentrated course, one quarter long, five days. 40 hours per v eek. The level of experience a student has upon beginning the course varies. The students are put in levels according to the experience each individual possesses. Although the instructor. Scott Simpson, lectures to them on theory and background of shoeing, most of the course is spent by making shoes on forges and shoeing horses. Not only are the university horses shod, but horses are brought by owners from throughout the Gallatin area to be shod. By the end of the quarter, all or most of the students are qualified to shoe horses professionally for the public. 15 Photo coverage by Cindy Crawford

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r NEW INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS ON THE AIR WITH WAMI (WASHINGTON-ALASKA-MONTANA-IDAHO) In order to bring needed information to isolated areas, the Washington-Alaska-Montana-ldaho satellite television exchange was set up to include Bozeman in September of 1977. WAMI serves many functions. WAMI provides MSU with classes via satellite dealing with subject matter that MSU cannot give to its students. Physicians and veterinary specialists can be consulted over the air for “second opinions in medical cases. By using television. WAMI can conduct interviews for both medical schools and minority recruitment. Students can do independent studies using information gained from other states through the WAMI system. The televising of interviews and discussions is done for the benefit of WAMI. although television majors also gain valuable experience by working on the productions. Set design, cueing and filming are all part of the process. Photo coverage by Joe Sanders 14

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