Many individuals from NCSU come to work at the Equine Educational Unit. No previous horse experience is neccessary in order to start working at this facility and we welcome all majors. Volunteers are selected through an interview process that takes place at the beginning of each spring, summer, and fall. If you are interested in volunteering at the EEU, please contact our manager.

We perform many duties at the EEU in addition to the basic barn chores which include feeding, mucking stalls, watering, bush-hogging, and overall maintenance of the facilites. The EEU is a breeding and training facility, so we always have yearlings, weanlings, and foals to train, imprint, desensitize, and care for. Here are some pictures of what we do.

Internship Information

The Equine Educational Unit currently offers two separate internships. Both take place in the spring semester and can be counted for a class credit (under ANS493).

The foaling internship involves monitoring broodmares, performing foal watches (staying overnight at the EEU to monitor expecting mares), assisting in the delivery of the foals, and neonatal care (including health care and imprinting). There will be a lot of sleepless nights but the internship is well worth it for anyone interested in delivering and caring for foals.

The breeding internship requires students to come in for a few hours three mornings a week. Students learn about teasing mares, collecting stallions, analyzing & shipping semen, and artificial insemination.

At the end of the EEU's breeding & foaling season, there is an annual tour for all internship participants. We visit several equine facilities and breeding farms in the eastern part of the state. Stops include Sunny Pines Breeding Station and Matthews Cutting Horses.

If you are interested in either (or both) of our internships, please contact our manager. We are currently placing students on a waitlist for 2012 internships.