18 May 2005 Lincoln's Agricultural Qualifications Popular with Waikato Students

Lincoln University connections with the Waikato region are long and strong. As a university with a rich agricultural heritage it's natural that students from one of New Zealand's most important farming regions will find their way south to 'Lincoln land', says the University's Liaison Team Leader, Tim Edmonds.

For example, the New Zealand dairy industry's drive to build up a strong body of university qualified personnel to serve its ever-increasing needs has brought numerous young Waikato students to Lincoln on scholarships.

The New Zealand Dairy Industry Undergraduate Scholarships, administered by Dexcel, are highly sought after awards. They cover full fees for the duration of a degree course related to dairying. Bill Earwood of Hamilton is the Industry Education Facilitator and he was down at Lincoln University in March this year presenting the latest batch of scholarships to new recipients and those who were receiving them again for their second, third and fourth years of study.

Among Waikato students on Dairy Industry Scholarships at Lincoln University are John Assen, formerly of Hamilton Boys' High School, now in the third year of a degree; Laura Buckthought, from Hamilton Girls' High School, now in her second year; William Grayling, ex-St Paul's Collegiate, in his second year; and Scott Townshend, ex-St Paul's Collegiate, in his fourth year.

They were joined this year by first year students Malcolm Swney  from St Paul's Collegiate and Trevor Knyvett of Matamata College.

You can find out all about Lincoln University agricultural courses at the Lincoln stand at the Careers Expo and you will also discover that there's a whole lot more to this great southern university than you might think.

If you think that universities offer only degrees, then you're in for a surprise when you visit the Lincoln stand.

While Lincoln University offers over 20 different bachelor's degrees and around the same number of masters degrees, plus doctorates, it also offers close to 60 other qualifications such as undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate certificates, and undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate diplomas.

Lincoln's ‘core business’ is the application of science and technology to bio-based industries, commerce, resource management and socials sciences and courses cover areas such as agricultural and horticultural science, biotechnology, viticulture and oenology, resource studies, environmental science and environmental management, animal and food sciences, soil and plant sciences, entomology and ecology, property studies, valuation and property management, recreation management, tourism, commerce, landscape architecture and social science.

Call by the Lincoln University stand at the Careers Expo and talk over your choice. And if you do decide to head to ‘Lincoln land’ you'll find many friendly Waikato faces already down there.

Ian Collins, Journalist, Lincoln University, Canterbury, New Zealand