PVM Alumni Celebrate at AVMA

July 20, 2018

Alumni pictured at the PVM Alumni Reception at AVMA

Purdue Veterinary Medicine alumni reconnected at the Purdue Alumni Reception that was held July 13 during the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) Convention in Denver, Colo. More than 75 guests gathered to visit with colleagues and PVM faculty and staff, and to help celebrate Purdue Veterinary Medicine’s successes in research, engagement, and discovery as recounted by Dean Willie Reed, who also provided a preview of new projects on the horizon. Alumni also enjoyed mingling with current DVM students representing Purdue’s Student Chapter of the AVMA (Purdue SAVMA) at the conference.

Writer(s): Susan Xioufaridou | pvmnews@purdue.edu

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