Rocky Bigbie congratulates Dr. Elena Gorman on receiving the Zoetis Distinguised Teacher Award.
Over $260,000 in scholarships were awarded to students at the CVM Awards Ceremony last week. Annual faculty awards were also presented at the event.
The Zoetis Distinguished Teacher Award was given to Dr. Elena Gorman, Assistant Professor of Clinical Pathology. She teaches nine clinical pathology rotations each year, plus a problem-based learning course for first year students. Dr. Gorman also volunteers as a mentor for 12 students and as a faculty advisor for four student clubs.
Dr. Keith Poulsen, assistant professor of large animal internal medicine, received the New Investigator Award. Interim Dean Sue Tornquist commended Poulsen for his “multi-institutional and multi-disciplinary studies”.
The Zoetis Research Excellence Award recognizes outstanding research effort and productivity, and this year it was awarded to Dr. Dan Rockey for his work on Chlamydia infection.
Eight Excellence in Teaching awards were given to the top two faculty members nominated by each of the four classes of students:
- Class of 2014: Drs. Jana Gordon and Jennifer Warnock
- Class of 2015: Drs. John Schlipf and Keith Poulsen
- Class of 2016: Drs. Rob Bildfell and Susan Tornquist
- Class of 2017: Drs. Terri Clark and Hadi Mansouri
