August 23, 2024
As the Purdue University College of Veterinary Medicine prepared to welcome students back to campus for the fall semester last week, faculty and staff were treated to a tasty taco bar as part of the college’s annual Faculty and Staff appreciation event.
August 16, 2024
In this issue of the Vet Gazette, we share appreciation for Shelley Harmon, RVT, who is a small and large animal versa-technician in the Purdue University Veterinary Hospital, supporting the Small Animal, Equine and Farm Animal Hospitals.
August 16, 2024
The Purdue University College of Veterinary Medicine will recognize two more graduates as Distinguished Alumni in September during the 2024 Purdue Veterinary Conference. One honoree is Dr. F. Claire Hankenson, of the DVM Class of 1997. The other is Dr. Kelly G. Whitesel, of the DVM Class of 1972.
August 16, 2024
Dr. Michelle Tucker, Purdue Veterinary Medicine assistant professor of large animal surgery, received special recognition by her alma mater, the Texas A&M University School of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (VMBS). Dr. Tucker is one of seven Texas A&M VMBS alumni recognized in May at the college’s 2024 Outstanding Alumni & Rising Star Awards Ceremony.
August 9, 2024
The Purdue Veterinary Medicine community is deeply saddened by the passing of a member of the DVM Class of 1978, Dr. Richard Peter Chaille, of Anderson, Indiana, who died August 1, 2024.
August 9, 2024
For today’s “Paws Up” feature, we share words of appreciation for Laura Killian who is a receptionist with the Small Animal Hospital.
August 9, 2024
The inaugural mission of PVM Cares! was to provide homework supplies to students at Miller Elementary School – Purdue Veterinary Medicine’s community partner. Thanks to many contributors of supplies and time, a total of 500 backpacks were filled at Lynn Hall by volunteers and delivered to Miller Elementary School in time for the start of the new school year. As a result, every Miller student found a backpack awaiting when the students returned to the school to meet their teachers this week.
August 9, 2024
Building on the growing success of a long running Purdue Veterinary Conference tradition, organizers of the 2024 Dr. Skip Jackson Dog Jog are excited to announce that registration is open for the event, which will take place the morning of Saturday, September 21, at the conclusion of the conference week.
July 26, 2024
The Wellness Committee would like to take the opportunity to highlight Kevin Doerr, who is PVM’s Public Affairs and Communications Director.
July 26, 2024
Unceasingly optimistic. That’s how colleagues describe Dr. Marejka Shaevitz, clinical assistant professor of oncology in the Purdue University College of Veterinary Medicine’s Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences and the Werling Comparative Oncology Research Center. Dr. Shaevitz, who completed a three-year residency program in comparative oncology at Purdue in 2020, returned to the College of Veterinary Medicine in February, expanding the number of medical oncology faculty in the Department Veterinary Clinical Sciences. Her story is one that involves facing difficult loss and challenging diagnoses herself – turning points in her life that led her on the path toward a career in veterinary oncology.
