{"id":1989,"date":"2022-09-28T10:30:38","date_gmt":"2022-09-28T14:30:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.uvm.edu\/cals-news\/?p=1989"},"modified":"2022-09-28T10:32:01","modified_gmt":"2022-09-28T14:32:01","slug":"uvm-alum-north-country-animal-league","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.uvm.edu\/cals-news\/uvm-alum-north-country-animal-league\/","title":{"rendered":"UVM Alum in League at North Country Animal Shelter"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_1990\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1990\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1990 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/site.uvm.edu\/cals-news\/files\/2022\/09\/north-country-uvm-alum.jpg?resize=525%2C276\" alt=\"Six women are standing outside posing for a photograph and holding two small brown and white dogs.\" width=\"525\" height=\"276\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/site.uvm.edu\/cals-news\/files\/2022\/09\/north-country-uvm-alum.jpg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/site.uvm.edu\/cals-news\/files\/2022\/09\/north-country-uvm-alum.jpg?resize=768%2C403&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/site.uvm.edu\/cals-news\/files\/2022\/09\/north-country-uvm-alum.jpg?w=1050 1050w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1990\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">North Country Animal League&#8217;s UVM alumni, left to right: Rini Mayer, Nina Matt, Samantha Bishop, Jamie Dutil, Olivia Pembroke, Tracy Goldfine.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncal.com\/\">North Country Animal League<\/a> (NCAL) is a nonprofit, small animal rescue and equine center in Morrisville, VT. Their mission is to promote compassionate and responsible relationships between humans and animals. Animal and Veterinary Sciences Lecturer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/cals\/asci\/profiles\/christina-chrissy-rohan-med\">Chrissy Rohan<\/a> works at NCAL part-time as a riding instructor.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>There is a strong connection with UVM at NCAL. The following UVM alumni work there:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-left: 20px\">\n<li>Executive Director Tracy Goldfine, Class of 2000, Business Administration.<\/li>\n<li>Administrative and Finance Manage Rini Mayer, Class of 2007, Recreation Management.<\/li>\n<li>Shelter Operations Director Jamie Dutil, Class of 2009, Animal and Veterinary Sciences.<\/li>\n<li>Equine Care Manager Sammi Bishop, Class of 2015, Animal and Veterinary Sciences.<\/li>\n<li>Equine Care and Riding Instructor Olivia Pembroke, Class of 2020, Movement and Exercise Science, with four years in the UVM Horse Barn Coop and newly PATH Intl (Professional Association of Therapeutic Horsemanship International) certified.<\/li>\n<li>Equine Center Program Coordinator Nina Matt, Class of 2021, Animal and Veterinary Sciences, UVM Horse Barn Coop member, Equus Advisor.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>North Country Animal League (NCAL) is a nonprofit, small animal rescue and equine center in Morrisville, VT. Their mission is to promote compassionate and responsible relationships between humans and animals. Animal and Veterinary Sciences Lecturer Chrissy Rohan works at NCAL part-time as a riding instructor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7974,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,28],"tags":[107,16,94],"class_list":["post-1989","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cals","category-faculty","tag-alumni","tag-asci","tag-equine"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3035,"url":"https:\/\/site.uvm.edu\/cals-news\/three-uvm-animal-science-alumni-giving-back\/","url_meta":{"origin":1989,"position":0},"title":"Three UVM Animal Science Alumni Who are Giving Back","author":"CALS Communications","date":"May 31, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Katie Berkelhamer is currently a science teacher at Essex High School and one of the University of Vermont Dressage Team coaches. 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There were about 15 organizations present. ASCI students and local high school students dropped in to learn about potential internship or job\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;CALS&quot;","block_context":{"text":"CALS","link":"https:\/\/site.uvm.edu\/cals-news\/category\/cals\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Three UVM animal sciences students sitting at a table in a barn.","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/site.uvm.edu\/cals-news\/files\/2022\/03\/equine-fair.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/site.uvm.edu\/cals-news\/files\/2022\/03\/equine-fair.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/site.uvm.edu\/cals-news\/files\/2022\/03\/equine-fair.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/site.uvm.edu\/cals-news\/files\/2022\/03\/equine-fair.jpg?resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/site.uvm.edu\/cals-news\/files\/2022\/03\/equine-fair.jpg?resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":2806,"url":"https:\/\/site.uvm.edu\/cals-news\/morgan-horse-farm-equine-reproduction-workshop\/","url_meta":{"origin":1989,"position":3},"title":"Morgan Horse Farm Holds Equine Reproduction Workshop","author":"CALS Communications","date":"April 13, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Over the last 35 years, the UVM Morgan Horse Farm has offered students and community members the chance to learn beside industry professionals from the Middlebury, VT area. 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