Congratulations to Joyce Henness in Central Sterile who recently became certified in “Sterile Processing and Distribution Technician Training” through a Linn Benton Community College program. This is a precursor to taking the national certification exam sometime before year’s end.
Central Sterile technician Joyce Henness completes advanced training
September 28th, 2010Liana Granum wins Best Presentation award at Research Day
September 10th, 2010
Liana Granum (right) and her mentor Dr. Debbie Mustacich preparing research samples
Congratulations to Liana Granum, class of 2012, who won Best Presentation at the College of Veterinary Medicine Research Day. Liana was one of 17 summer research scholars who presented results from their summer 2010 projects. Dr. Debbie Mustacich (Linus Pauling Institute (LPI) and Biomedical Sciences) was Liana’s mentor for her project entitled “Characterization of Xenobiotic Pathway Proteins of the Ovine Placenta”. Liana first fractionated the sheep tissues, optimized the antibodies, and then characterized the protein expression of Cytochrome P450 enzymes and Xenobiotic transport proteins in ewe placenta, ewe liver and fetal sheep liver by western blot analysis. Liana described the pros and cons of utilizing sheep as a transplacental exposure model for humans and that to date very little information is known about the Xenobiotic pathways present in sheep, particularly during development. Thus the findings of her study are both new and essential for the development of future studies determining in utero fetal exposure to environmental toxins and bioactive food components. These future studies will include collaborations between CVM and the LPI with the goal of benefiting both humans and sheep. As the winner of the Best Presentation award Liana will present her work at a national meeting.
Freshmen orientation for the Class of 2014
September 10th, 2010
The 27th incoming class for the College of Veterinary will be arriving at Magruder Hall for a three-day orientation on September 22. It will kick off with an early breakfast on Wednesday, September 22 and wrap up with the White Coat Ceremony and dinner on Friday night, September 24. Most of their first day will be spent in the lecture hall getting information about how to be a successful veterinary student at the college. The second day will find the new class at the OSU Challenge Course participating in a “ropes course” and learning team-building skills. On the last day they will tour the facilities, get their badges, and be welcomed to the study of the veterinary medicine profession at the White Coat Ceremony and dinner.
Class of 1990 returns to Magruder Hall for 20 year reunion
September 10th, 2010
Classmates from 1990 gathered at Magruder Hall for their 20 year class reunion.
Twenty two of the 36 members of the class of 1990 returned to Magruder Hall on August 28 for their 20-year reunion. They barbecued, looked at slides from their years in veterinary school and toured the facilities that were built after their graduation. They also did a lot of catching up with each other and the several faculty who attended. Drs. Huber and Riebold and facilities manager Terry Robertson greeted the class and gave in-depth tours of the Lois Bates Acheson Veterinary Teaching Hospital and the new areas of Magruder Hall. Dr. Linda Blythe also enjoyed visiting with her former students. Drs. Cindy Zikes and Craig Quirk organized the reunion. “I think everyone had a really good time. It was like we were together yesterday. We laughed and laughed,” said Dr. Zikes after the weekend.
The reunion also served as the perfect time for the class to present the College with a donation to bolster the Dr. Bruce Hultgren Memorial Scholarship fund which the class established when they graduated. It was established in memory of Dr. Bruce Hultgren, a pathologist at the College when the class of 1990 studied here. The fund has provided a scholarship to a veterinary student every year for the past two decades. The class recently donated more than $2,000 to the fund, which extends the scholarship for another five years.
Client generosity brings new blankets to ICU
September 10th, 2010
A patient in the ICU putting the donated blankets to good use
Patients in the Intensive Care Unit in the small animal hospital will be feeling the generosity of Mr. and Mrs. Ostergaard for a long time to come. Wolf, their cat, has been an oncology and medicine patient for some time and is no stranger to the ICU. So the Ostergaards hand-made two dozen custom-sized and padded blankets for the animal cages in the small animal hospital. Each and every blanket is warm and snugly and very much appreciated. The staff in the small animal hospital would like to give an enormous thank you to the Ostergaard family.
