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Temple Grandin to visit New Mexico State University

  World renowned author and designer of one-third of the livestock-handling facilities in the United States, Temple Grandin, will visit New Mexico State University Aug. 25 and 26 to speak to students as well as the local community. 

While the schedule of events is still being developed, Grandin will visit the NMSU campus, meeting with a few colleges classes, giving talks over autism and animal science as well as doing a book signing. There will also be events open to the general public, which will be free and on a first come, first serve basis. 

Grandin’s visit came through 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.” 

Grandin lectures across the country on autism, as she is autistic herself. In the book, “Thinking In Pictures,” Grandin writes from the dual perspectives of a scientist and an autistic person 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.

A more detailed schedule of events will be made available soon. 

Information from NMSU