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CURTIS LEIGHTON NUNN - Peace Corps, Ecuador - March 1996 to May 1998 - ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE VOLUNTEER
CURTIS LEIGHTON NUNN - Peace Corps, Ecuador - March 1996 to May 1998 - ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE VOLUNTEER
CURTIS LEIGHTON NUNN
617 Whitham Avenue
Fayetteville, Arkansas 72701
(501) 443-4009
EDUCATIONAL
BACKGROUND
Hendrix College, Conway, Arkansas
Bachelor of Arts in Biology 1993
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WORK EXPERIENCE
United States Peace Corps, Ecuador
March 1996 to May 1998
ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE VOLUNTEER
Lived and worked in small rural village to promote crop diversification. Established school garden projects and founded an experimental farm to test new crops and management methods.
Knockgriffin Farms, Paris, Kentucky
October 1995 to January 1996
FARM MAINTENANCE WORKER
Performed various maintenance tasks including carpentry, equipment maintenance, and care of horses.
Icicle Seafoods, Seward, Alaska
July 1995 to September 1995
FISH GRADER
Responsible for sorting and classifying incoming fish catches according to species and quality.
Heifer Project International, Perryville, Arkansas
July 1994 to June 1995
GRANT INTERN
Wrote grant proposals to various potential funding sources in order to finance projects around the world. Also performed maintenance duties at HPI's educational ranch and helped design and construct a ropes course.
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee and
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Marseille, France
July 1993 to May 1994
TEMPORARY RESEARCH TECHNICIAN
Performed Department of Pharmacology research of human and chicken DNA gene sequences. Directed portion of sequencing project at collaborating laboratory in Marseille, France.
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ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION
-Oral presenter at National Conference on Undergraduate Research, University of Utah, 1993
-Community soccer and basketball coach, Ecuador, 1996 to 1998.
-Fluent in Spanish.