VOLUME 40, Number 19.................................................................................................................... 16 May 2008

 


WEEKLY CALENDAR

 

21 May........................................................................................... VCS Faculty Meeting, 8:10 a.m., Lynn G155/119

21 May.................................................................................................................................................... Spring Fling

 

 

 

 

SVM NEWSLETTER CHANGES

 

Coordination of the SVM Newsletter will change from the Dean’s Office to the Communications Office beginning with the May 23, 2008 Newsletter.  Please forward all Newsletter items to Kay Hagen (kjh@purdue.edu).

 

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SVM/VIS Information Desk

(Veterinary Computer Network & Medical Illustration)

Phone:  4-1153      (

E-mail:  help@vet.purdue.edu         :

Hours:  8:00-12:00 & 1:00-5:00, Mon.-Fri.

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Emergency (Server Problems Only)

Dave Chasey  -  477-6264

Jim Morrison  -  423-2054

Lab Animal Care

Weekend Schedule

 

May 17-18

 

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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VET VITTLES

 

Vet Vittles is open from 7:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. on Monday - Friday. 

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CONGRATULATIONS!

 

Congratulations to the following staff members who were nominated for the Outstanding Staff Award and received Honorable Mention recognition by the Selection Committee.

 

Anita Abney, VTH

Dave Chasey, VAD

Lisa Hilliard, BMS

Barb Kirts, Vet Tech

Steve Vollmer, ADDL

 

Thanks to all of them for their contributions to the School and the University.

 

 

 

 

 

SPRING FLING MAIL PICK-UP SCHEDULE

 

On Wednesday, May 21, 2008, all morning delivery and pick-up times will be normal.  We will not be running our regularly scheduled afternoon run, so our employees may attend the Spring Fling.

 

There will be a special pick-up at 10:30 a.m. to collect all campus and U.S. mail, parcels, and Shipping (FedEx, UPS) at the following buildings:  ADDL, LYNN, LILY, AGAD, FREH, KRAN, YONG, STEW, BRNG, WTHR, HOVD, SCHL, PFEN, MATH, CIVL, GRIS, EE, and PMU.

 

The Shipping department will process all FedEx, UPS until 11:00 a.m.  If you miss your morning pick-up, you can bring your items to the east side receiving door entrance at MMDC until 10:30 a.m. for same day processing.

 

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ON THE CIRCUIT

(Reports for May 10-16)

 

TRAVELER(S)                               DESTINATION                                                                           PURPOSE

 

Jerry Davis........................................ Silver Spring, MD................. Lecture at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration

Riyi Shi............................................. Shanghai, Xiamen, and................ Present lectures on “Function of Mitochondria                                                             Beijing, China                                     in Normal and Injured Animals” at three                                                                                                                   universities (Shanghai Jiao-Tong University                                                                                                                 School of Medicine, Beijing Capital Medical                                                                                                                                University, and Xiamen University                                                                                                                                                School of Life Science)

Ching Ching Wu................................ Washington, DC................... Attend and serve on the United States Department                                                                                                                                         of Agriculture Panel Review

Kathy Salisbury................................. Manhattan, KS....................... Present a seminar to faculty on teaching and have                                                                                                                small animal surgery rounds with the students

Susan Mendrysa............................... Chicago, IL......................................... Attend symposium on RNAi and Cancer                                                                                                                                           at Northwestern University

Kira Delfs, Stephane Alkabes............ Columbus, OH....................................... Attend the AO ASIF North American                                                                                                                             Veterinary Equine Principles Course

Richard Burgess................................ Columbus, OH....................... Attend the AO ASIF North American Veterinary                                                                                                                            Principles of Fracture Repair Course

Paul Robinson................................... Budapest, Hungary...................... Attend the International Society for Analytical                                                                                                               Cytology (ISAC) Meeting as President of the                                                                                                      Society and talk on “Cytometry and Global Health”

James Leary...................................... Dresden, Germany............................... Keynote speaker at the 4th International                                                                                                                            Conference on Analysis of Microbial                                                                                                                                         Cells at the Single Cell Level

                                                          Budapest, Hungary..................... Give six presentations at the ISAC Meeting on                                                                                                                  “Cytometry in the Age of Systems Biology”

 

Bartlomiej Rajwa.............................. Budapest, Hungary............ Teach a pre-congress course at the ISAC Congress;                                                                                                               give an invited talk at the ISAC Congress and                                                                                                                                         participate in the conference

                                                          Krakow, Poland..................... Meet with collaborators at Jagiellonian University





SCHOOL OF VETERINARY MEDICINE

 

SEMINARS

 

 

 

SPECIAL SEMINAR

 

 

Monday, May 19, 2008

2:30 p.m., Room 1136, LYNN

 

 

Scott Fitzgerald, DVM, PhD, DACVP, DACPV

Professor

Diagnostic Center for Population and Animal Heath

Department of Pathobiology and Diagnostic Investigation

College of Veterinary Medicine

Michigan State University

East Lansing, Michigan

 

 

 

The Future of Diagnostic Laboratories, Challenges, and Opportunities”

 

 

Dr. Fitzgerald is a candidate for the Director, Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory position.

 

 

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VCS 620 SEMINARS IN CLINICAL MEDICINE AND SURGERY

 

 

Friday, May 23, 2008

8:00 a.m., Room 1136, LYNN

 

 

Dr. Joseph Mankin

 

 

“Dysautonomia in Small Animals”