The Class of 2010 will be finished with their academic requirements in the second week of June. Over the next few issues of the Vet Gazette, graduating seniors and their future plans will be listed. We wish them the best and congratulate them for their accomplishments!
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Maggie Acker—Going to work at Sun Valley Animal Center, Ketchum, ID (Small Animal)..
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Austin Bell—After graduation, I will begin a rotating small animal internship at Wheat Ridge Animal Hospital in Denver, Colo. Once completed, I hope to take six months to travel overland by motorcycle along Africa’s west coast with Dr. Tentser..
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Matthew Carnett—Serve in the U.S. Army as a veterinarian for at least three years. My first duty station is Holloman Air force base in N. M., where I will be in charge of the military working dogs at that base as well as White Sands Missile Range..
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Kelly Dickinson—I plan on working on the East coast in a private practice small animal hospital, although unknown at this time..
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Kathleen Hanifen—I will be going to work with Dr. Lyle Scott at Salem Park Veterinary Clinic. It is a mixed animal practice (cats, dogs, horses and a few goats) located in Salem, Ore. Dr. Scott has been my veterinarian for the past 19 years and I feel very fortunate to be going to work with someone that I respect both personally and professionally..
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Sarah Knepprath—After graduation I will be moving up to Puyallup, Wash. to work at a small animal practice. Also, I hope to start horseback riding on a regular basis again..
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Thomas Mackowiak—I start the first week of July as a full-time practitioner in a small animal hospital in Portland.
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Allison Miller—I’ll be starting a one-year internship at a small animal specialty clinic called Animal Specialty Group in Los Angeles, Calif. After my internship, I’d like to work as a small animal general practitioner in the Pacific Northwest..
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Victoria Miller—Small animal rotating medicine and surgery internship at Kansas State University..
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Jeffrey Nickel—I’ll be joining the medical staff at the Oregon Humane Society as their veterinary intern. In addition to relocating to Portland, my wife (Sara) and I will be expecting our first child in July!.
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David Tentser—Will be starting a rotating small animal internship at the VCA Veterinary Specialty Center of Seattle. Afterwards I plan on either a residency in small animal internal medicine or driving across Africa.
