The alumni classes of 1990 and 1984/1985 have scheduled reunions this summer. For details see the CVM alumni page on the College website. If it is time for your class to plan a reunion, feel free to contact the Dean’s Office for ideas and planning assistance.
The Veterinary Business Management Association allows students the opportunity to gain business learning hours by attending meetings and events focused on business practices in the veterinary field. Students who earn enough learning hours during their four years in veterinary school are awarded with certificates from the VBMA. Class of 2010 members who earned learning hours are:
Top five (ranging from 13-21 hours): Carla Lerum Webb, Casey Jacobs, Megan Nakagawa, Chyrle Roberts, Kari Gorman.
Other students who earned hours: Maggie Acker, Andrea Brayko, Meghan Brooks, Kelly Dickinson, Heidi Franck, Jeni Gallagher, Allyson Gosling, Christine Gustin, Julie Kelly, Sarah Knepprath, Ruth McDevitt, Allison Miller, Cathy Pierce, Danielle Schaefer, Robin Sechrest, Kim Villines
Chuck Estill (L), Jill Parker (C) and Patrick Kamins (R) after winning the Ditzworth Golf Scramble
The golfing trio of Chuck Estill, Jill Parker and Patrick Kamins took home the $25 Applebees gift certificate for winning the senior class-organized Ditzworth Golf Scramble at last Saturday’s event. The Scramble was part of the CVM Graduation Week ensemble of events which concluded with the graduation of the Class of 2010 on Sunday.
The 49 graduates in OSU’s College of Veterinary Medicine Class of 2010 will have their commencement ceremony Sunday, June 13, in Austin Auditorium at LaSells Stewart Center on campus. This will be the 28th class of DVMs graduating from OSU. Beginning at 1:30 p.m., faculty marshals Drs. Aurora Villarroel and Jorge Vanegas will lead the graduates into the auditorium. Later in the ceremony they’ll be hooded by Drs. John Schlipf and Jennifer Warnock. This will be the final academic event for the Class of 2010.
Dean Cyril Clarke, OSU President Dr. Ed Ray, Oregon Senator Douglas Whitsett, Dr. Dalton Miller-Jones of the Oregon State Board of Higher Education and Ruth McDevitt, Class of 2010, will make comments.
Dr. Elena Gorman will give the faculty address and Dr. Bernard Séguin will give the keynote address. Presentation of the Class of 2010 will be given by Dr. Susan Tornquist, Associate Dean of Student and Academic Affairs. OSU President Dr. Ed Ray will confer the degrees. Hooding of the new DVMs will be made by Drs. John Schlipf and Jennifer Warnock. The veterinary oath will be given by Dr. Keith Sides, President, Oregon Veterinary Medical Association.
Awards and scholarships will be announced at the annual Awards Ceremony on June 9, 2010, at the CH2M HILL Alumni Center. Everyone is welcome and students are encouraged to attend and support their peers. Thanks to the generosity of donors, more than $250,000 will be awarded to veterinary students. Some donors will attend to present their awards personally. Besides scholarship and award announcements, the Class of 2010 and SCAVMA have special announcements and presentations to make. The ceremony ends with the prestigious E. E. Wedman Outstanding Senior Award announced and the staff and faculty awards, including the Pfizer Research Excellence Award and the Pfizer Distinguished Teacher Award. A reception, sponsored by Néstle Purina, follows the ceremony.
Scholarship and award recipients will be featured in a special issue of the Vet Gazette after graduation.
John “Travis” FeldsherPathology Lab Coordinator
Travis is the new Pathology Laboratory Coordinator who spends most of his time in and around the necropsy laboratory; however, Travis isn’t new to the VDL. During his four years as an OSU undergraduate, Travis worked as a student technician in the necropsy laboratory. He lived in Corvallis while he attended OSU, then relocated for a job outside of Portland after graduating. For the past several years Travis has worked in the ‘Tower’ industry constructing communication facilities, erecting towers and managing sites all over the Pacific Northwest. Now he’s back and says “I enjoy the whole learning mentality of the veterinary college and all the knowledge that surrounds it.”
Away from work, Travis enjoys working on his toys. He says “If it’s got a motor, chances are I’m usually modifying it. Whether it’s a dirt bike, quad, lifted diesel or some modern muscle, I like spending time ‘fine tuning’ everything to make riding/driving them more enjoyable.” On weekends when there is an option, Travis occasionally spends time over on the coast admiring natures beauty’s from atop of a dune. Travis and his wife Becky Jester, aluma of CVM class of 2005, have a 16 month old daughter. He is a very proud father and she has him wrapped around her little fingers. Austynn has flown through the walking stage and is now on to running, climbing and opening things. He knew she was a daddy’s girl from the moment she crawled up on one of his quads and turned the key to the ‘On’ position and then started smiling. Travis, like most people who work in veterinary medicine, also has plenty of pets to keep him occupied, two very sweet dogs (shelter pit crosses), a cat, a pasture ornament (paint horse), one bearded dragon, one boa and some saltwater fish.
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Jennifer Eaton Office Specialist-Veterinary Diagnostic Lab
As an Office Specialist in the Department of Biomedical Sciences, Jennifer’s work day is now spent in the Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory reception area. She came to the College from the corporate office of Samaritan Health Services. When asked how she likes being at the College she says “it seems like a very friendly, family-like environment.” An Oregon native, Jennifer grew up in Alsea, then moved to the Corvallis/Philomath area where she’s lived since. Jennifer has a 2-year-old son and she and her husband are expecting their second child next November. They share their house with a black lab mix and two 50-gallon fish tanks.
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