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Kimberley Morrill's International Scholarship

TRANS-WORLD GENETICS, LTD. AND RSH ANNOUNCE THE NEW HAMPSHIRE NATIVE, KIMBERLEY MORRILL’S INTERNATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP TO NEUMÜMSTER, GERMANY.

SHEBOYGAN FALLS, WI – Trans-World Genetics, Ltd. (TWG) announces that young Holstein enthusiast, Kimberley Morrill will be traveling from her hometown in Penacook, New Hampshire to Neumümster, Germany in May 2006 and staying until August 2006. Kimberley will be staying in Neumümster as a result of being chosen as the recipient of the 2006 International Scholarship that is sponsored by Trans-World Genetics, Ltd., of Sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin and their partners at Rinderzucht Schleswig-Holstein eG (RSH) in Neumümster, Germany.


Kimberley Morrill

A Senior at the University of New Hampshire, Kimberly is the daughter of Rob and Sherri Morrill of Morrill Farm Dairy in Penacook, NH. After completing her major in Dairy Management, she plans to attend graduate school and focus on dairy nutrition. Through the International Scholarship Kimberley will be receiving credits at the University of New Hampshire.

An active member of 4-H and Junior Holstein, Kimberley is the current president of the dairy club at the University of New Hampshire, and has continued to work towards increasing the dairy program and awareness of the many aspects of the dairy industry to students both within and outside of the Dairy Management major. Kimberley will be spending her scholarship time doing research projects for the University of Kiel, Germany and doing practical work for the breeding organization, RSH; which will include farm-to-farm work with classifiers and herd mating specialists. Kimberley’s experience will also give her the opportunity to assist at the European National Show in Oldenburg, Germany.

The TWG & RSH International Scholarship is designed for students between the ages of 18 and 24. The Scholarship has several main goals including, gaining a better understanding of international breeding, production methods, evaluation of dairy bovine type traits, exploring the administration and selection procedures for dairy livestock breeding, as well as to further the international cooperation and advancement of livestock breeding for the future of the dairy breeding industry.

For more information about Trans-World Genetics, Ltd, you may inquire at the www.twgltd.com website, or e-mail at bullseye@twgltd.com.