Temple Grandin, a world-renowned author, lecturer on autism, and designer of one-third of the livestock-handling facilities in the United States, will visit New Mexico State University Aug. 25 and 26 to speak to students as well as the local community.
Grandin’s visit is in part due to the "common read" program that is being tested at NMSU. The goal with the common read program is to have all freshmen students read the same book. This semester, the book chosen was Grandin’s “Thinking In Pictures. My Life With Autism.” In this book, Grandin writes from the dual perspectives of a scientist and a person with autism and how she was able to break boundaries to function in the outside world. Currently, Grandin teaches courses on livestock behavior and facility design at Colorado State University and consults with the livestock industry on facility design, livestock handling and animal welfare.
The following lectures and open forums are free and open to the general public, on a first-come, first-served basis. All lectures will be held at the Atkinson Recital Hall in the Music Center on the NMSU Las Cruces campus.
Thursday, Aug. 25
8:55 to 10:10 a.m.: ANSC 100 class – Lecture Topic: Grandin’s book, “Animals Make Us Human”
1 to 3:30 p.m.: University Common Read Open Forum – Lecture Topic: Grandin’s book, “Thinking In Pictures. My Life With Autism”
6 to 7:30 p.m. – Public Open Forum
Friday, Aug. 26
10:30 to 11:20 a.m. – ANSC 312V class – Lecture Topic: Importance of Human-Animal Bond to people with Autism
For more information, contact the Animal and Range Science Department atascience@nmsu.edu.
Information from NMSU