June 10, 2008
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Tuesday, June 10
•Clinical Faculty – LA surgery,
medicine faculty interview with
Clinical Sciences Department
Head candidate, Dr. Chris
Cebra. M200, 8:30-9:15
•Clinical Faculty – Rural
Veterinary Practice/
theriogenology interview with
CS Department Head
candidate, Dr. Chris Cebra.
M200, 10-10:30
•CS Professional Faculty and
Staff interview with CS
Department Head candidate,
Dr. Chris Cebra. M200, 11:1512:00
2008 Awards Ceremony
Many years ago at our College’s first awards ceremony there was a total of $18,000 in awards given
out to students. This year’s awards ceremony saw a whopping $250,000 handed out to students,
faculty and staff. As a measure of our College’s growth over the years, that’s impressive!
Among the most notable of the student scholarships is the E. E. Wedman Outstanding Senior
Award. This year’s recipient was Tami Rogers. Mrs. Rachel Wedman, wife of the late E. E.
Wedman, founding dean of the college, was on hand to make the presentation.
Dean Clarke presented the Pfizer Award for Research Excellence to Dr. Kathy Magnusson for her
work in investigating the various receptors and neurotransmitters in the aging brain. She also has an
impressive list of scholarly works.
The final award of the afternoon, the prestigious Carl J. Norden Distinguished Teacher Award, was
presented to Dr. Terri Clark for her ability to creatively and effectively teach gross and microscopic
anatomy to our freshman veterinary students.
The rest of the program included more than 150 awards with recipients in all four classes. Many of
the donors who sponsor these scholarships were present to hand their scholarships to the students
receiving them. The ceremony was followed by a reception sponsored by Nestlé Purina. A complete
list of recipients is at the bottom of this page.
Congratulations to all recipients!
Wednesday, June 11
•Nothing scheduled at this
time
Thursday, June 12
•Nothing scheduled at this
time
Friday, June 13
•Cytology Rounds, M229,
8:00-9:00
•LA Grand Rounds, M202,
8:30-9:30
•SCAVMA Pet food sale at
SCAVMA store. This is the
last Friday sale. 12:00-12:45
Monday, June 16
•SCAVMA Pet food sale at
SCAVMA store. 12:00-12:45
Tuesday, June 17
•Seminar: “A Vision for
Development of the
Department of Clinical
Sciences” presented by: Dr.
Dirk Vanderwall, candidate for
Clinical Sciences Department
Head. M102, 12:00-1:00
E.E. Wedman Outstanding
Senior Award Dean Clarke,
Mrs. Rachel Wedman and
Tami Rogers
Carl J. Norden Distinguished
Teacher Award Dean Clarke
and Dr. Terri Clark
Pfizer Award for Research
Excellence Dean Clarke and
Dr. Kathy Magnusson
The National Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners
Congratulations to Dr. Linda Blythe on her reappointment to the
National Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners (NBVME). This
organization consists of 13 members representing all aspects of
veterinary practice and education. Dr. Blythe will represent all the
veterinary colleges through the AAVMC. Other board members
represent the equine, bovine, swine, small animal via AAHA, and
public health. There are also three members of the veterinary state
practice boards (AAVSB). Their job is to produce the tests used to
license students for practice in the United States and Canada (the
NAVLE) as well as the Qualifying Examination used for students
from unaccredited veterinary schools. The latter is a basic science
test that examines students over the first two years of their
professional education and is used by some accredited veterinary
colleges as an assessment of their curriculum. The NBVME conducts the testing and scoring
through their association with the National Board of Medical Examiners in Philadelphia twice a
year. Students at the beginning of their senior year should check the NBVME web site for
information on application and testing windows.
College of Veterinary Medicine 2008 Graduation
For the 26th consecutive year, the College of Veterinary Medicine at Oregon State University has
conferred the degree of Doctor of Veterinary Medicine to its senior class. There were 44 candidates
this year that crossed the stage to receive their diplomas on Sunday.
Dr. Cyril R. Clarke, Lois Bates Acheson Dean, College of Veterinary Medicine opened the ceremony
with a welcome and introductions, followed by comments from Dr. Sabah, Provost and Executive
Vice President, Oregon State University, and the Honorable Tony Van Vliet, State Board of Higher
Education and former Oregon State Representative. Dr. Joe Snyder, veterinary practitioner and
owner of Myrtle Veterinary Hospital gave the keynote address, with Dr. Chris Cebra, Interim
Department Head, Clinical Sciences, as the faculty speaker. Dr. Susan Tornquist, Associate Dean of
Student and Academic Affairs, College of Veterinary Medicine presented the class after which Dr.
Sabah Randhawa conferred the degrees. Drs. John Schlipf and Bernard Séguin, faculty of the
College of Veterinary Medicine served as hooders and Dr. Scott Loepp, President, Oregon
Veterinary Medical Association, administered the Veterinarians Oath. Drs. Karyn Bird and Kirk
Miller, faculty of the College of Veterinary Medicine, were faculty marshals.
The following is a list of the graduating class for 2008. Congratulations and good luck to them all!
Melissa Susan Arbaugh
Donald Paul Bailey
Laura Kathleen Bailey
Brianna R. Beechler
Alison Patricia Book
Erika J. Cartwright
Barry Wayne Downie
Melissa Marta Esser
Fern K. Fitzgerald
Jennifer Dawn Fitzpatrick
Michael Brian Glogowski
Kristin Dawn Hamilton
Paxton D. Harness
Kyle Blake Henrikson
Lilian Sabina Herron
Rebecca A. Jacob
Rachel LeeAnn Jacobs
Brooke Anne Jacoby
Emily J. Kalenius
Helen Moore Kennedy
Daniel Lewer
Jennifer Anne Malter
Jodi L. Matsuoka
Megan Jenny McLane
Shanna Murphy
Sally Anne L. Ness
Ben Joseph Osborne
Ryan Ray Pearce
Roberta A. Porter
Holly J. Protain
Rhonda L. Reaves
Johanna Danielle Rigas
Annika Marie Rogers
Tami Kimbriel Rogers
Amanda Sapp
Emily Harrison Saunders
Jacqueline Helen Shrewsbury
Holly Nanette Smith
Tori Steinmetz-Lewis
Katie Nicole Thonstad Sowell
Kimberly Beth Vanderzanden
Kolby Craig Virgin
Matthew Scott Wesley
Bethany S. Zarndt
2008 Award Ceremony Recipients
Class of 2011
Class of 2008
Daniel E. and Dorothy J. Petrequin Scholarship – Kristy
Headings
Dr. Bruce Hultgren Memorial Award – Ragan Garrett and
Courtney Smith
Tualatin Kennel Club – Jennifer Mitchell and Ruth McDevitt
Longview-Kelso Kennel Club – Danielle Trummel, Stacy
Brendtro, Janis Kuzma
Sharon and Clifford Burgess Scholarship – Jennifer Grossman
Academic Excellence – Anna Rothman and Craig Seyler, Lane
Martin, Kate Brown
Dr. Lavon M. Koger Memorial Scholarship – Amy Sachs
Dallen H. Jones Memorial Scholarship – Mara Supan
Auxiliary to the Oregon Veterinary Medical Association Award
– Leticia Hillebrand, Sara Neilson
Oregon Veterinary Medical Association Memorial Scholarship
– Sonja Lapinski and JoDell South
Community Outreach Awards – Deborah Moyer and Karyn Zittel
Leadership Awards – Jocelyn Riehl and JoDell South
Mentorship Awards – David Packham and Elizabeth Pollak
Class of 1997 Scholarship – Sally Anne Ness
Columbia River Pembroke Welsh Corgi Club Student
Assistance Scholarship – Alison Book
Don and Betty Bailey Scholarship – Don Paul Bailey, Laura
Bailey, Shanna Murphy and Roberta Porter
Beverly Thayer Veterinary Medicine Scholarship – Erika
Cartwright, Kyle Henrikson, Rebecca Jacob and Ben Osborne
Frank and Amy Finch Memorial Award – Melissa Esser, Fern
Fitzgerald, Annika Rogers, Holly Smith, Kimberly
Vanderzanden, and Matt Wesley
Allan H. Hart / IDEXX Scholarship – Johanna Rigas
Marion-Polk Veterinary Association – Kolby Virgin
Bernard & Stephanie Zylewitz Scholarship – Melissa
Arbaugh
Dick Magruder Memorial Scholarship – Kristin Hamilton,
Lilian Herron, Emily Saunders and Bethany Zarndt
College of Veterinary Medicine Scholarship – Brianna
Beechler, Paxton Harness, Helen Kennedy, Ryan Pearce,
Rhonda Reaves and Jacqueline Shrewsbury
Ken and Celia Austin Camelid Scholarship – Rachel Jacobs
Northwest Equine Practitioners Association Scholarship –
Sally Anne Ness and Holly Protain
Carolina Cabaret Memorial Scholarship – Barry Downie
American Animal Hospital Association Student
Achievement Award – Emily Kalenius
American College of Veterinary Radiology & Ultrasound
Award – Megan McLane
American College of Veterinary Anesthesiologists Award –
Brooke Jacoby
American College of Veterinary Surgeons Awards – Large
Animal – Fern Fitzgerald
American College of Veterinary Surgeons Awards – Small
Animal – Tori Steinmetz-lewis
American Association of Feline Practitioners Award –
Michael Glogowski
Nestlé Purina Award for Excellence in Companion Animal
Nutrition Scholarship – Katie Thonstad
Nestlé Purina Senior Paper Award – Melissa Arbaugh:
Expression of RANKL in canine osteosarcoma and its
prognostic significance: 36 dogs (2000-2004); Ben Osborne:
Equine glomerulonephritis
Pfizer Small Animal Clinical Proficiency Award – Emily
Kalenius
Pfizer Veterinary Specialty Team Award – Laura Bailey for
analgesia/anesthesia; Jodi Matsuoka for internal medicine;
Emily Saunders for emergency medicine
Hill’s Pet Products “Buddy” Award – Amanda Sapp
Academic Excellence – Brooke Jacoby, Megan McLane, Holly
Protain and Emily Kalenius
Phi Zeta Induction Recognition and Presentation of Gold
Cords – Kyle Henrikson, Sally Anne Ness, Tami Rogers,
Emily Saunders, Katie Thonstad and Holly Smith. Gold cords
were presented to the following members of Phi Zeta who
were inducted their 3rd year: Ben Osborne, Brooke Jacoby,
Emily Kalenius, Megan McLane, and Holly Protain.
Merck Veterinary Manual Awards – Melissa Arbaugh, Alison
Book, Barry Downie, Jennifer Fitzpatrick, Paxton Harness,
Kyle Henrikson, Rachel Jacobs, Brooke Jacoby, Emily
Kalenius, Helen Kennedy, Megan McLane, Sally Anne Ness,
Ben Osborne, Holly Protain, Tami Rogers, Emily Saunders,
Holly Smith, Katie Thonstad, Kimberly Vanderzanden,
Matthew Wesley
Dr. Hayden and Mrs. Dawn Sears Compassion for Animals
Award – Helen Kennedy
Dr. Joe and Mrs. Jane Snyder Awards – Jacqueline
Shrewsbury and Barry Downie
Auxiliary to the American Veterinary Medical Association
Outstanding Veterinary Student Award – Daniel Lewer
SCAVMA President Scholarship – Matthew Wesley
Community Outreach Awards – Brooke Jacoby and Jennifer
Malter
Leadership Awards – Daniel Lewer and Tami Rogers
Mentorship Awards – Megan McLane and Ben Osborne
E.E. Wedman Outstanding Senior Award – Tami Rogers
Class of 2010
Willamette Valley Llama Foundation Scholarship – Jennifer
Buchanan
Veterinary Learning Award — Pharmacology – Linnia Palmeri
Creston & Dorothea Lamont Memorial Veterinary Medicine
Scholarships – Julie Kelly and Crystal Ebert
Mountain Dog Rescue Scholarship – Christine Gustin
Emerald Dog Obedience Club of Eugene Scholarship – Rachel
Frank
Linn County Kennel Club Scholarship – Carla Lerum Webb,
Maegan Weekly and Jennifer Fitzpatrick
McKenzie Cascade Dog Fanciers Scholarship – Allison Miller
Schering-Plough Animal Health Scholarship – Taylor Joyner
Rogue Valley Veterinary Medical Association Award – Allyson
Gosling and Adrian Lass
Umpqua Valley Mounted Posse Scholarship – Cathy Pierce
Bayer Animal Health Award – Megan Jurasek
Novartis-Ethicon Animal Health Scholarship – Linx
Alexanderson and Stacy Brigham
American Society of Laboratory Animal Practitioners Student
Award – Kimberly Villines
SCAVMA Leadership – Carla Lerum Webb
Academic Excellence – Rachel Frank, Rachel Chinn, Sarah
Knepprath, Stacy Brendtro
Community Outreach Awards – Linx Alexanderson and Stacy
Brendtro
Leadership Awards – Allison Miller and Carla Lerum Webb
Mentorship Awards – Rachel Frank and Kathleen Hanifen
Class of 2009
Chintimini Kennel Club Scholarship – Vanessa Davis for canine
reproduction interest and Rachel Tennant for canine
rehabilitation interest
Dog Fanciers Association of Oregon Scholarships – Vanessa
Davis, Marcie Keener, Amy Poisel, Christie Stone, Rachel Chinn,
Kari Gorman, Allison Miller and Rachel Tennant
Glenmor Forest Llamas Scholarship – Lauren Stayer
Dr. Ed Scott Memorial Award for Equine Practice – Megan
Christie
Rogue Valley Equine Hospital Scholarship – Jaclyn Aschim
LEI Medical Veterinary Scholarship – Vanessa Davis and Kristin
Peterson
Fort Dodge Animal Health Scholarship – Daniel Graham and
Elizabeth James
North American Veterinary Conference Award – Christopher
Levine
Hill’s Pet Nutritional Case Study Award – Christopher Levine
Simmons Educational Foundation Scholarship – Sharleen
Henery
Dr. Robert B. Bailey Memorial Scholarship – Melinda Woolley
Oregon Animal Health Foundation – Jessica Thompson
Portland Veterinary Medical Association Scholarship – Jamie
Freyer
Pfizer Veterinary Scholarship Award – Jonathan Miller
Salsbury Top Student Award – Jessica Brubaker, Vanessa
Davis and Christopher Levine
Academic Excellence – Vanessa Davis, Kristin Peterson, Jessica
Brubaker and Christopher Levine
Phi Zeta Induction Recognition – Staci Brigham, Jessica
Brubaker, Vanessa Davis, Christopher Levine and Kristin
Peterson
Western Veterinary Conference Award – Marcie Keener
Shane Brown Memorial Scholarship – Megan Halliburton
Community Outreach Awards – Janis Kuzma and Sara Neilson
Leadership Awards – Vanessa Davis and Keelan Rogers
Mentorship Awards – Marcie Keener and Christopher Levine
Anna Conley Trust Vet Med Scholarship - Food Animal
Interest – Jaime Paeschke and Daniel Richardson
Staff Awards
Classified Staff Award – Dave Johnson – Computer
Administration; Scott Normandin – Shipping/Warehouse
Professional Faculty Award – Rocky Baker – Virology
Supervisor; Terry Crowder – Pharmacy Director
Research and Teaching Awards
DVM Student Research Award – Holly Protain
Graduate Research Award – Sabja Paredes
Pfizer Research Excellence Award – Kathy Magnuson
Carl J. Norden Distinguished Teacher Award – Terri Clark
College Awards Committee
Dr. Bildfell, Chair; Dr. Linda Blythe; Dr. Erica McKenzie; Dr.
Wendy Baltzer; Dr. Sue Tornquist, ex officio; Ms. Debrah
Rarick, Scholarship Coordinator