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Message From The Dean
It is a pleasure to welcome you, the future members of the veterinary profession, to our School. We know, from past experience, that you are an exceptional group of students, and we hope that many of you will return later this year as our colleagues and members of the PUSVM Class of 2012.
In the meantime, I can assure you that members of our Admissions Committee and others will be taking a serious look at you and your credentials. I urge you to take an equally serious look at us! Take advantage of your visit to find out all that you can about us. Talk to us, walk around the School, sit in some classes, review the posters in the corridors, and visit our laboratories and clinics. You are welcome, and our faculty, staff, and student body will be happy to meet and chat with you.
As a School, we take our mission (professional education, undergraduate education, graduate education, diagnostic services, and research) seriously. We are actively planning for the future of the veterinary profession and our School's role within it. We are excited by our vision of the future and have implemented and continue to improve a professional curriculum to prepare the future members of our profession in this increasingly global society. We are also proud of our facilities. A major addition was added to Lynn Hall and opened in the Fall of 1995. It houses new hospital, teaching, learning, and research laboratory space. A new large animal isolation facility, an annex to our existing Equine Health Center with its state-of-the-art high-speed treadmill, and a new radiation therapy facility were recently completed. Additional teaching and research facilities are being planned. These, together with laboratory animal facilities and the Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory, complete the School of Veterinary Medicine complex and position us very well for the foreseeable future.
It's an exciting time for our School. We look forward to meeting you.
Willie M. Reed Dean
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Message From The Associate Dean And The Admissions Committee
Welcome to the Purdue University School of Veterinary Medicine! As prospective members of the Class of 2012, you are to be congratulated on your outstanding credentials. You come to us from a wide variety of geographic, educational, and experiential backgrounds. As similar diversity in the student body is present both in our School and across the entire campus, you should feel right at home with us regardless of your background.
We hope that your visit with us will be both informative and enjoyable. We want you to be able to capture a sense of the excitement that exists throughout our School and the University. The enrollment in our School may seem small when compared to the 39,000 total students on this campus; however, we are a vital part of the total University. The Veterinary Medical "family" is real at Purdue! Our faculty, staff, and students have a deep sense of caring for each other and of active involvement in our missions of teaching, research, and service. Our nearly 2700 veterinary alumni carry a genuine feeling of pride in their veterinary degree from Purdue. As you return home after this time at Purdue, we hope that you will have seen and heard the benefits of a veterinary degree from Purdue and will be ready to join our Class of 2012.
John F. Van Vleet Associate Dean for Academic Affairs Chair, Admissions Committee
A Message From the Student Services Office
It has been our pleasure to work with each one of you throughout this year’s admissions process. The interview phase is the very important final piece to this whole cycle. We appreciate the time, effort, and preparation that it has taken for you to be here. We also hope you have found the time with us well-spent.
You have our very best wishes in your pursuit of a professional career. If my staff or I can be of further assistance to you, please do not hesitate to call upon us anytime.
Thank you and have a safe journey home.
Denise Ottinger, Director of Admissions & Student Services
Connie Musser, Admissions Assistant
Ruth Brown, Student Services Assistant
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A message from the Student Chapter of the American Veterinary Medical Association (SCAVMA) and students in the classes of 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011
On behalf of the Purdue Student Chapter of the American Veterinary Medical Association, I would like to personally welcome you to the Purdue University School of Veterinary Medicine! Please feel free to talk to any students you see walking down the halls, as we have all been in and survived through your current nerve-wracking situation. I hope you get a glimpse of the warm, inviting learning environment the Purdue SVM provides for its students and certainly look forward to inviting you to our family this fall. Congratulations for making it this far in your pursuits of a career in Veterinary Medicine and best of luck on your interviews!
Gini Frauenthal, Class of 2009 SCAVMA President
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A Message From The Financial Aid Administrator
Welcome to West Lafayette! I, too, look forward to your time here at Purdue University. Over the years I will enjoy meeting with you and helping you through your paperwork responsibilities involved in the financial aspects of your career. I trust you will take as much care in your finances as you have in choosing to interview at Purdue University. I encourage you to view me as part of the "team" that assists you throughout your four-year tenure here. Always feel free to call upon me should you have any questions.
Taking education to a higher level, Trudi Horner Medical Programs Financial Aid Administrator Division of Financial Aid 
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VOLUME 40, Number 8................................................................................................................ 29 February 2008
WEEKLY CALENDAR
29 February........................................................................................................... Interviews for DVM Class of 2012
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SVM/VIS Information Desk Phone: 4-1153 ( E-mail: help@vet.purdue.edu : Hours: 8:00-12:00 & 1:00-5:00, Mon.-Fri. --------------------------------------------------------- Emergency (Server Problems Only) Dave Chasey - 477-6264 Jim Morrison - 423-2054
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VET VITTLES
Vet Vittles is open from 7:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. on Monday - Friday.
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Lab Animal Care Weekend Schedule
March 1-2
Cell phone #427-5731 (with voicemail) Office phone #62968 (if you want to leave a message not requiring an immediate response)
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CONGRATULATIONS
The SCAVMA Talent Show was held on Monday, February 25, 2008, at Loeb Playhouse in Stewart Center. There was an amazing variety of very talented students and faculty. The winners for each category were:
Individual: Vibha Rajagopalan, DVM Class of 2011, for a traditional Indian dance to “Ganesh Vandanam”
Group: Gini Frauenthal, DVM Class of 2009, and Rachel Easton, DVM Class of 2010, for singing “The Flower Duet”
Comedy: Gini Frauenthal, DVM Class of 2009, Devin Forden, DVM Class of 2009, and Dr. Dave Huse, VAD, for a rendition of “Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off”
Thank you to all the participants and those who came to support them!
Gini Frauenthal ‘09 Rachel Easton ‘10
CONGRATULATIONS
The Indiana Veterinary Medical Association and the Indiana Veterinary Technician Association annual meetings were held recently and several awards were presented. Dr. Pete Bill was named President-elect of the IVMA.
Indiana Veterinary Medical Association and the Indiana Animal Health Foundation Scholarships
The Indiana Veterinary Medical Association and the Indiana Animal Health Foundation Scholarship recipients were announced at the Alumni Lunch on Saturday, January 26, 2008. They are:
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Rachel Easton ’10 Andrea Flanagan ’09 Stacie Haak ’09 Laurie Harris ’08
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Miguel Ortiz ’09 Christa Paxson ’08 Sara Rudwell ‘09 |
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Veterinary Technician Awards
At the Indiana Veterinary Technician Association's business luncheon, Priscilla Arriaga received a scholarship from the Indiana Veterinary Medical Association Auxiliary.
Congratulations to all award recipients!
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ON THE CIRCUIT (Reports for February 23-29 and earlier)
TRAVELER(S) DESTINATION PURPOSE
Paul Robinson................................... Washington, DC.......................... Attend the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering Meeting as an invited speaker on “The Global Impact of Medical and Biological Engineering”
Eran Raizman.................................... Mexicali, Mexico........................ Present lectures to veterinary and graduate students at a symposium on food safety
Suresh Mittal..................................... Los Angeles, CA......................... Participate in a Small Business Innovation Research study section on vaccine development
Ron Johnson..................................... Orlando, FL........................... Attend the 2008 HIMSS Annual Conference
Peter Constable................................ Anchorage, AK............. Obtain and interpret electrocardiograms from dogs participating in the 2008 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race; speak at the Sled Dog Veterinarian Training Seminar on “Cardiology - Unique Features of the Athlete’s Heart”
Abdelfattah Nour.............................. Philadelphia , PA................... Participate in the National Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners Meeting
Kyle Clever...................................... Lexington, KY........................... Attend the 37th Annual American Farrier’s Association Convention
Sandy Amass.................................... Washington, DC................................... Attend Lead 21 Leadership School
Ching Ching Wu................................ Chicago, IL................ Attend the American Veterinary Medical Association Council on Biological and Therapeutic Agents
SCHOOL OF VETERINARY MEDICINE
SEMINARS
VCS 620 SEMINARS IN CLINICAL MEDICINE AND SURGERY
Friday, March 7, 2008 8:00 a.m., Room 1136, LYNN
Dr. Paige Jackson
“Diagnosing PPID: Domperidone Stimulation Test”
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERINARY CLINICAL SCIENCES SPECIAL SEMINAR
Monday, March 3, 2008 9:30 a.m., Room G167, LYNN
Paula Johnson, DVM Emergency and Critical Care Veterinarian Veterinary Specialty Center Buffalo Grove, IL and Part-time Clinical Assistant Professor Emergency and Critical Care Purdue University
“Use of 25% Human Serum Albumin in the Canine Patient”
Dr. Johnson is a candidate for the Emergency/Critical Care faculty position.
SCHOOL OF VETERINARY MEDICINE
SEMINARS
BMS 692 SEMINAR
Monday, March 3, 2008 4:00 p.m., Room G167, LYNN
Anthony Ragheb, PhD Adjunct Assistant Professor Department of Biomedical EngineeringPurdue University
“The Value of a Purdue BMS Education for a Career in Medical Device Development: A Perspective from MED Institute”
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERINARY CLINICAL SCIENCES SPECIAL SEMINAR
Wednesday, March 5, 2008 8:30 a.m., Room 1191, LYNN
Elizabeth Thomovsky, DVM Completing a residency and MS degree from the University of Missouri
“An Evaluation of
Methods to Prolong Lipid Emulsion Stability
Dr. Thomovsky is a candidate for the Emergency/Critical Care faculty position.
SCHOOL OF VETERINARY MEDICINE
SEMINARS
CPB 697 SEMINAR
Thursday, March 6, 2008 3:30 p.m., Room 112, VPTH
Dr. Ingeborg Langohr Graduate Student in Interdisciplinary Comparative Medicine Department of Comparative Pathobiology Purdue University
“Experimental Infection of Cesarean-Derived, Colostrum-Deprived Pigs with Bovine Viral Diarrhea Virus and Porcine Circovirus Type 2”
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Dinesh Singh, BVSc, MVSc, PhD Graduate Student in Anatomic Pathology Department of Comparative Pathobiology Purdue University
“Cutaneous Fibromatosis and Systemic Poxviral Disease in Squirrels: A Pathologic and Molecular Investigation”
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