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College of Crimea, it was long 

 enough to find out that there was 

 strong interest at the college in 

 hosting an exchange student from 

 UNH. 



This year, Amy Snedaker, pre-vet 

 major in COLSA, is spending the 

 summer at the Agricultural College 

 of Crimea. Her visit is funded by 

 the UNH Undergraduate Research 

 Program. She is the only American 

 there, living in the dormitories 

 along with the 700 students. (The 

 college is a two-year technical col- 

 lege — the Ukrainian equivalent to 

 our Thompson School — located 15 

 miles from Simferopol, the capital 

 of Crimea.) She's working on a re- 

 search project, testing how some of 

 the pumpkins developed by Brent 

 Loy at UNH will grow in the 

 Ukraine and if they have the poten- 

 tial to become a profitable agricul- 

 tural export. 



The research is simple. She's 

 growing four varieties from seed 

 in a 20x40' plot, collecting data 

 on growth and production. Most 

 farmers rent small parcels of state- 

 owned land and lack funds for 

 fertilizer or mechanization. Even 

 at the college, the seeds are 

 planted without soil amendments 

 and sometimes watered by hand. 

 So the research, although simple, 

 could be of great value. 



Pleased with this positive connec- 

 tion, Dave is currently writing a 

 grant proposal for the funding for 

 three years of an exchange program 

 between the students and faculty at 

 UNH and those of the Agricultural 

 College of Crimea. 



Preparation is involved. Stu- 

 dents would have to know Russian 

 or Ukrainian. (Amy spent last 

 summer at a six-hour-a-day total 

 immersion course in Ukrainian at 



Beloit College in Wisconsin.) But 

 the exchange would offer credits, 

 serious research experience, and an 

 opportunity to live in quite beau- 

 tiful surroundings (the Crimea 

 edges the Black Sea) in a country 

 going through some difficult times 

 as it emerges into nationhood. 



Conversely, the Ukrainian stu- 

 dents coming to New Hampshire 

 would need to know English and 

 the year here might include the 

 summer before classes begin. This 

 would be spent working at one of 

 the greenhouses or nurseries in the 

 state, improving language skills 

 while learning about the industry. 

 For people looking for young, en- 

 thusiastic, educated summer em- 

 ployees not intimated by hard 

 work, this might be of serious 

 interest. 



For information, contact David 

 Howell at 603-862-1760. 



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