COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – University of Missouri students were stunned when a
towering dairy cow appeared on campus to make a cameo in a graduation photo
shoot.
The Columbia Missourian reports senior animal sciences major Massimo Montalbano brought 3-year-old Amelia on campus Thursday to join his commencement photo shoot.
Montalbano worked with cows throughout his undergraduate career through the
university’s Foremost Dairy Research Center. He says Amelia is one of his
favorites.
Montalbano initially presented the idea to Jim Spain, the Vice Provost for
Undergraduate Studies. Spain referred Montalbano to the MU Operations
department, which ultimately approved the request.
Spain says it’s not the first time a student asked him to bring a cow to
campus. Even though the situation was nothing new to Spain, it was quite a rare
sight to unsuspecting bystanders.
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