Aimee Sink Email & Phone Number

Raleigh, NC, US

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

Student employee

• Dairy Education Unit
• Milking at a 170 cow dairy herd
• Managing and coordinating a large group of student volunteers so that they can gain experience with dairy cattle.
• Learned skills: Milking, treating sick cattle, safely working cattle, leadership, personnel management

Statesville, NC

• Dairy Education Unit – Mrs. Ashley Robbins
• Learned about daily management of a 180 cow dairy – including: breeding, milking, calving, treating sick cows, and calf management
• Learned skills: castrating, dehorning, giving IM, IV, and sub-Q shots

• Prepared bottles, water, and feed for calves housed at the education unit
• Cleaned and prepared new calve hutches
• Milked cows in the parlor

• Swine Education Unit – Dr. Melissa Merrill
• Daily feeding of pigs with specific diets to determine the genetic effect of the feed
• Collecting tissue samples from intestines, stomach, and pancreas at the end of the 10 day feeding trial.

Teaching assistant for Agricultural Genetics with Dr. Merrill. Assisted in grading papers and helping students to master concepts.

• Assisted in the daily management of Guernsey heifers, including feeding and watering heifers and bottle-feeding calves.
• Showed cattle at the Davidson, Rowan, and Cabarrus County, Dixie Classic, and North Carolina State fairs. Won Senior Showmanship at the NC State fair in 2013
• Fitted the animals shown by washing and body clipping, along with holding heifers for topline preparation.

• Shadowed Dr. Hedrick through daily cases and observed surgeries
• Restrained dogs and cats for procedure
• Attended to daily care of animals boarded including feeding, cleaning, and exercising
• Assisted in grooming, including baths and comb outs

• Planted, hoed, watered, fertilized, harvested, and canned vegetables
• Set up and worked the booth at the farmers market selling vegetables and beef
• Assisted in working Herford cattle

• Trained and prepared a heifer from the Dairy Education Unit at NC State for the North Carolina State Fair
• Watched and provided care of the heifer at the fair
• Prepared the heifer for showing by washing, clipping, and preparing toplineDairy Species Co-Chairman Fall 2014/ Spring 2015/ Fall 2015North Carolina State University Animal Science Club
• Elected into the position by fellow club members for three semesters
• Educated members of the club how to exhibit a dairy heifer for a club show at the NC State Fair
• Clipped, Bathed, and prepared the top lines of the heifers

Doctor Of Veterinary Medicine, Food Animal

Food Animal Scholar

Bachelor’S Degree, Animal Sciences (B.S.) With A Minor In Genetics

Activities and Societies: Dairy Science Club(Vice President), Animal Science Club(Dairy Species Chair), Agri-Life Council(Secretary).