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Through scholarship opportunities, Purdue’s Veterinary Technology Distance Learning Program is making veterinary education more accessible

April 30, 2026

Earning a degree in a field like veterinary technology can change lives — both for veterinary technicians themselves, who can expect stable employment and high career growth, and for the animals they care for. But earning a degree is a significant financial investment, and one that can be inaccessible to working students.

That’s why Purdue’s Veterinary Technology Distance Learning (VTDL) program created scholarship opportunities for online students. One such scholarship, the Dr. Bill Scholarship, supports working students in Purdue’s VTDL program by helping them cover the costs of laptops, textbooks and other expenses.

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Annual Research Day Highlights Scientific Discovery in College of Veterinary Medicine

April 24, 2026

Purdue Veterinary Medicine celebrated veterinary medical and One Health scholarship during the 2026 PVM Research Day – an annual event hosted in April by the College of Veterinary Medicine’s Omicron Chapter of the Society of Phi Zeta, which is the Honor Society of Veterinary Medicine.  Held Friday, April 10 in Lynn Hall, the event gave faculty, residents, postdoctoral fellows, and students the opportunity to present clinical and basic research findings, and hear lectures on topics important to animal and human health.  Another special feature of the day was the Research Poster competition and the closing reception when awards were presented.

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Purdue Veterinary Technology Educator and Leader Mindy Anderson Wins Top Undergraduate Teaching Award

April 23, 2026

A Purdue Veterinary Medicine alumna, longtime Registered Veterinary Technician (RVT), and clinical associate professor of basic medical sciences, who also holds a PharmD degree, has received the university’s highest undergraduate teaching honor. Dr. Melinda (Mindy) Anderson, who serves as assistant dean for the Purdue Veterinary Technology Program, is one of five Purdue faculty members announced as winners of the 2026 Charles B. Murphy Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award. She was presented with the award during a surprise ceremony, which was conducted recently at the start of one of the classes she teaches in Lynn Hall.

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PVM Scholars Recognized at Purdue One Health and Well-Being Research Event

March 27, 2026

Purdue University’s recent One Health and Well-Being Research Event: A Celebration of Interdisciplinary Health Research, put the spotlight on several scholars in the College of Veterinary Medicine.  The one-day event was organized by the College of Health and Human Sciences in partnership with several other colleges including Purdue Veterinary Medicine. It is estimated that more than 300 people attended the event at the Purdue Memorial Union North and South Ballrooms March 10.

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Through study abroad opportunities, Purdue’s Veterinary Technology Distance Learning program is helping students think globally

March 27, 2026

Promoting animal health is a value that transcends cultures and unites the world. That’s why there are veterinary professionals practicing in nearly every country around the globe. But access to high-quality, affordable veterinary care is far from universal — in many nations, particularly developing nations, access to veterinarians is inconsistent, and affordability is a concern all over the world. To confidently address these issues, veterinary professionals must be able to think globally.

That’s why Purdue Veterinary Medicine encourages students to study abroad, including those in the Veterinary Technology Distance Learning Program (VTDL). “Study abroad enriches our online curriculum by bringing classroom concepts to life in a global, real-world context,” said Addison Sheldon, the college’s director of global engagement. The VTDL program offers students the option to study abroad in Guatemala, Japan and Zimbabwe by partnering with local universities and organizations.

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Annual Purdue Veterinary Technician Symposium Remains Popular in 12th Year

March 27, 2026

The enduring popularity of the annual Purdue Veterinary Technician Symposium was evident again this spring as more than 125 participants turned out for the day-long continuing education program in Lynn Hall. The 12th annual symposium on Sunday, March 8, attracted attendees from Indiana and seven other states, including Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, South Carolina, Pennsylvania, Alabama and Ohio.

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Fourth Purdue AMR Conference Promotes Collaboration to Address Global Health Threat of Antimicrobial Resistance through PVM’s One Health Initiative. 

March 13, 2026

Purdue University served as the place where local, national and international experts came together in-person and online recently for concentrated sharing of research, expertise and insight targeting the threat of multi-drug-resistant infections. The fourth annual AMR Conference February 25-26, 2026, held in Stewart Center, attracted more than 100 attendees from across the U.S. and six other countries.

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Presentation of Research Poster Prizes Wraps up Antimicrobial Resistance Conference 

March 13, 2026

Purdue University’s fourth Antimicrobial Resistance Conference concluded February 26 with remarks from Purdue Vice President for Health Affairs and Jeannie and Jim Chaney Dean of Pharmacy Eric Barker, PhD, who also announced the winners of the conference’s research poster session.  The poster contest, which attracted more than 20 entries, was divided into categories for undergraduate and graduate students.

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Purdue launches new online veterinary clinical pathology program in partnership with alumni-founded Laboratory Retrievers, LLC

March 13, 2026

Consisting of a team of experts who are Purdue Veterinary Medicine alumni, Laboratory Retrievers, LLC, seeks to promote better care for companion animals by advancing veterinary clinical pathology, the science of using blood and other tissue samples to objectively diagnose disease. One of the Laboratory Retrievers’ main objectives is to give more opportunities for veterinary professionals to practice clinical pathology skills, and, through a new partnership with Purdue University, the group is working to do just that.

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Coppoc One Health Lecture Brings Co-leader of Innovative Dog Aging Project to PVM

March 6, 2026

“One Health at Home: Dogs as Sentinels of Environmental Exposure” is the title of the 2026 Coppoc One Health Lecture presented by Dr. Audrey Ruple, co-principal investigator for the largest animal-health research initiative to date – the Dog Aging Project.  Dr. Ruple, the Dorothy A. and Richard G. Metcalf Professor of Veterinary Medical Informatics at the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine at Virginia Tech, gave her talk February 26 in Lynn 1136. The lecture was free and open to the public.