April 1, 2008
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Opening Ceremony for the Large Animal and Diagnostic Imaging Facilities
Expansion Scheduled for Pet Day
Plans are progressing to have a ribbon cutting ceremony at 10 a.m. May 3 to celebrate the
opening of the new facilities. The event is open to the public and friends of the College have
been invited. The ceremony will take place in the equine courtyard in
front of the arena. After the ribbon cutting, refreshments will be served
in the arena and tours of the new facility will begin. Volunteers are
needed to help with the event and faculty and staff are encouraged to
participate. Please email Debrah Rarick if you can volunteer between
9 and 11 a.m.
Calendar
Tuesday, April 1
• Regulatory Animal Handling
training session for students
and staff who handle animals.
Deals with awareness of
hazards and what to
do. 12:00-1:00, M102
Wednesday, April 2
• No events scheduled at this
time
Thursday, April 3
• SENIOR PAPERS, “Canine
Insulinoma: A Surgical Case
and Management”, Kolby
Virgin, advisor Dr. Seguin: “A
Critical Review of the National
Animal Identification System
Applied to Beef Cattle”, Kyle
Henrickson, advisor Dr.
Villarroel, M102, 8:00-9:00
• SCAVMA Pet food sale at
SCAVMA store, 12:00-12:45
Friday, April 4
• 10th Annual Northwest
Reproductive Sciences
Symposium: Keynote
speaker- Dr. Mark Westhusin,
Texas A&M University,
LaSells Stewart Center,
registration begins at 11:15
am
• Oncology Journal Club, Dr.
Degrandpre, M288, 9:0011:00
Saturday, April 5
• 10th Annual Northwest
Reproductive Sciences
Symposium: Closing
remarks, Dr. Patrick Chappell,
Department of Zoology,
Oregon State University,
M102, 8:30-12:00
Monday, April 7
• SCAVMA Pet food sale at
SCAVMA store, 5:156:00
Tuesday, April 8
• College of Veterinary
Medicine Research Seminar,
Julie Early and Kelsie Sandoz.
Everyone welcome.
M102,12:00-1:00
Wednesday, April 9
• Fort Dodge: “Mastitis”, Dr.
Vanderlist, catered lunch,
M298, 12:00-1:00
• Dr. Bob Mason, Associate
Dean for Clinical Rotations &
External Relations, Western
University of Health Sciences,
will present on the topic:
Structured Preceptorships and
Assessment of Student
Clinical Competency to the
Curriculum Committee and
interested faculty. M200, 8:30
a.m.
Thursday, April 10
• SENIOR PAPERS: "Listeria
Associated Endocarditis in an
Alpaca", Megan McLane,
advisor Dr. Schlipf:
"Determination of Equine
Fetal Gender Using
Transrectal and
Transabdominal
Ultrasonography", Sally Anne
Ness, advisor Dr. Estill, M102,
8:00-9:00
• SCAVMA Pet food sale at
SCAVMA store, 12:00-12:45
Friday, April 11
• Oncology Journal Club, Dr.
Degrandpre, M288, 9:0011:00
Pet Day and
Open House
will be here
on Saturday,
May 3.
You can contact the Pet
Day Co-chairs with any
questions:
petdaycochairs@gmail.com
Exit interviews for Class of 2008
As another class prepares for graduation, they will soon be
undergoing their exit interviews. Beginning in mid-April and
continuing through graduation week (June 2-5, 2008), the
Dean’s Office will be conducting the exit interviews with the
Class of 2008. College of Veterinary Medicine interviewers
this year will be Dr. Cyril Clarke, Dr. Susan Tornquist, Dr.
John Schlipf, and Dr. Terri Clark. The Dean's Office is
setting the interview schedule and will make it available
soon.
Job opportunities and preceptorships in northern California
Mike Cline, a veterinary medical association representative, will be visiting our College on April
23 to talk about job opportunities and preceptorships. He represents two northern California
veterinary medical associations covering a territory from Gridley/Marysville (about 60 miles north
of Sacramento) to the Oregon border, and from Nevada to the west coast.
Within this territory there are numerous privately owned practices offering
new preceptorships and even more practices in need of doctors. Several of
these practices would be open to externships with the possibility of a small
stipend. They have a diverse area represented with opportunities available
in almost every medical discipline. Prospects lie in larger cities to very rural
areas, as well as in the mountains, central valley, and on the coast.
Mr. Cline will be providing pizza at noon on April 23, in Magruder Hall 102.
He will give a short power point presentation and a talk, after which he will
be available to answer questions and provide information for preceptorship
and employment opportunities.
Contacts:
Marilee King, DVM
Becky Reimers
(530 365-8122
(800) 762-4800 ext.2261
andersonvet@sbcglobal.net breimers@mwivet.com
Interns and residents
Congratulations to these 4th year students who have been matched for
internship and residency programs through the Veterinary Internship and
Residency Matching Program!
Allison Book, internship in Small Animal Medicine and Surgery,
Washington State University
Joshua Dwuznik, rotating internship in Small Animal Medicine and
Surgery, Sonora Veterinary Specialists, Arizona
Pax Harness, rotating internship in Small Animal Medicine and
Surgery, Wheat Ridge Animal Hospital, Colorado
Emily Kalenius, rotating internship, Advanced Veterinary Care,
California
Megan McLane, rotating Medical/Surgical, California Animal Hospital
Veterinary Specialty Group
Emily Saunders, internship in Small Animal Medicine and Surgery, VCA Sacramento
Veterinary Referral Center
Holly Smith, internship in Equine Medicine/Surgery, Mississippi State University
Seniors, as you finalize your post-graduation plans, please turn in the information to
cvmnews@oregonstate.edu so it can be included in the Vet Gazette!
Making dreams come true
Senior veterinary student Dan Lewer has been following his dream
of working with marine mammals long before being admitted to
veterinary school. He has spent time in Jamaica doing research in
marine biology, tagged blue and humpback whales in Chile, studied
sperm whales in the Gulf of Mexico, and been up and down the
west coast of North America in pursuit of blue, humpback, grey and
fin whales. Several of the expeditions Dan has been on have been
filmed by National Geographic and Animal Planet.
When he graduates from our College of Veterinary Medicine this
June he will realize his dream of becoming a veterinarian, after
which he has been invited to apply for a position at a major
aquarium. Follow this link to see pictures of Dan working with
marine mammals at the Oregon Zoo, http://gustavus.edu/quarterly/
files/current.pdf. You can find him and a short article on page 53.
Jan Keen retirement official
Although I will continue to work until June 30, I guess I am officially
retired as of today! Yippee! A couple weeks ago when asked what
my plans were after June 30, my answer was that I wanted to
“sleep until I wake up – without an alarm clock.”
But then my oldest daughter informed me that she had other plans
for my retirement – babysitting for five weeks while her regular
babysitter takes time off. So I am happily going to spend time with
my 6-year-old granddaughter, Courtney, and 1-year-old grandson,
Cameron.
Sometime soon after that, my plan is to travel to Savannah,
Georgia, to see my son, an Army Ranger just returning from his
fourth tour of duty in Iraq, and to finally meet my 1-year-old
granddaughter, Emma Marie. After that, who knows…but I am looking forward to the next
chapter.
A great big ‘Thank You’ to everyone in the College of Veterinary Medicine for the fond
memories and the lifetime of friendships made during the past 31 years!
Are your assets covered?
Dr. Randy Johnson from AVMA-PLIT will be here on Friday, April 11 to discuss the importance of
professional liability insurance with all interested students and faculty members. As a previous
insurance professional myself, I highly recommend that you become educated on this subject!
Not all insurance policies or insurance companies are created equal – you need to find what fits
your priorities and risk situation. If you have any questions about professional liability or
business insurance, please feel free to ask me.
Please join us for insurance education and pizza from
12:00 – 1:00 in room 102. Please RSVP so that I can order
enough pizza for everyone.
Kathleen Hanifen
AVMA – PLIT rep
Class of 2010