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Dignitaries gathered for a groundbreaking ceremony signaling the start of construction of Lynn Hall, home to the Purdue University College of Veterinary Medicine, which enrolled its first class in 1959.<\/p>\n Dignitaries gathered for a groundbreaking ceremony signaling the start of construction of Lynn Hall, home to the Purdue University College of Veterinary Medicine, which enrolled its first class in 1959.<\/p>\n
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The Purdue University College of Veterinary Medicine will celebrate its 60th anniversary in 2019. \u201cIt\u2019s hard to believe that our 60th Anniversary is less than a year away, when it seems like only a couple of years ago we were celebrating our 50th,\u201d PVM Dean Willie Reed said. \u201cTo prepare for this next milestone in our College\u2019s history, I have assembled a 60th Anniversary Committee to plan a variety of celebratory activities.\u201d\u00a0 The committee includes faculty, staff, students, and alumni, and is chaired by Dr. Jim Weisman (PU DVM \u201997), assistant dean for student affairs and clinical associate professor.<\/p>\n
During its inaugural meeting the committee reviewed the various events that the College organized for its 50th Anniversary and brainstormed ideas for the upcoming 60th, which will coincide with Purdue University\u2019s 150th anniversary.\u00a0 \u201cThe committee members\u2019 enthusiasm for ensuring that our celebration will be meaningful is a great sign for what\u2019s to come,\u201d Dr. Weisman said.\u00a0 Currently the committee is finalizing plans and forming subcommittees that will focus on the various elements of the 60th Anniversary plans.\u00a0 \u201cWe will shine the spotlight on Purdue Veterinary Medicine in a way that dovetails with the University\u2019s sesquicentennial celebration,\u201d Dr. Weisman explained.<\/p>\n
\u201cThese are just some of the ideas that we are working on,\u201d explained Dr. Weisman.\u00a0 \u201cMore details will be forthcoming as our subcommittees finalize plans.\u00a0 I\u2019m confident there will be something for everyone!\u00a0 It\u2019s sure to be a great year with opportunities for alumni, faculty, staff, students and friends of the College to celebrate this important milestone together in fun and meaningful ways.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Purdue University College of Veterinary Medicine will celebrate its 60th anniversary in 2019. \u201cIt\u2019s hard to believe that our 60th Anniversary is less than a year away, when it seems like only a couple of years ago we were celebrating our 50th,\u201d PVM Dean Willie Reed said. \u201cTo prepare for this next milestone in our College\u2019s history, I have assembled a 60th Anniversary Committee to plan a variety of celebratory activities.\u201d The committee includes faculty, staff, students, and alumni, and is chaired by Dr. Jim Weisman (PU DVM \u201997), assistant dean for student affairs and clinical associate professor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":1052,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[30,28],"tags":[291,106,292,56,284,196,192,103],"class_list":["post-1049","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academics","category-our-impact","tag-anniversary","tag-event","tag-historical","tag-homepage","tag-jim-weisman","tag-spring","tag-whatsnew","tag-willie-reed"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1049","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1049"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1049\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29412,"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1049\/revisions\/29412"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1052"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1049"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1049"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/50-300x216.jpg\")
One of the first tasks, already completed, involved development of the 60th anniversary graphic.\u00a0 Now various ideas are being considered for how to utilize the graphic during the 60th Anniversary year.\u00a0 Other plans in the works include a kick-off event early in 2019, a birthday celebration around the time of the start of the 2019 fall semester (PVM\u2019s first class started in fall 1959), a special service trip focused on meeting the needs of others, and a celebration during the 2019 Purdue Veterinary Conference<\/a> to wrap-up the 60th Anniversary year.<\/p>\n