{"id":1365,"date":"2018-05-11T09:00:50","date_gmt":"2018-05-11T13:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/qa.vet.purdue.edu\/news\/?p=1365"},"modified":"2025-04-07T13:37:21","modified_gmt":"2025-04-07T17:37:21","slug":"senior-veterinary-technologist-students-celebrate-success-with-senior-project-presentations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/senior-veterinary-technologist-students-celebrate-success-with-senior-project-presentations.php","title":{"rendered":"Senior Veterinary Technologist Students Celebrate Success with Senior Project Presentations"},"content":{"rendered":"<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" class=\"img-responsive img-thumbnail wp-image-1371 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/IMG_5620-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Hannah Chalmers pictured\" \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_1370\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1370\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1370 img-responsive img-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/IMG_5616-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Brenna Hiday pictured\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1370\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brenna Hiday, RVT, discusses the capstone project she completed as a senior veterinary technologist student on the topic, \u201cThe Greyhound\u2019s Role in Transfusion Medicine.\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Senior veterinary technologist students celebrated their program completion by presenting their capstone projects as the spring semester drew to a close. The students had the opportunity to give a lecture style presentation or share their project in a poster session.<\/p>\n<p>The capstone presentation represents the final result of months of planning and preparation.\u00a0 \u201cStudents must pick a topic of interest in the fall semester, find a mentor, and devote 80 clinical hours to learn about their project,\u201d explained Dr. Bianca Zenor, director of the Veterinary Technology Program.\u00a0 The capstone project is one of the differentiating tasks that separates Bachelor of Science students from Associate in Applied Science students.\u00a0 \u201cThe project requires self-motivation and discipline, enables students to build relationships with mentors, allows them to be subject matter experts in their topic, and builds their communication skills through their presentation,\u201d Dr. Zenor said.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1372\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1372\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1372 img-responsive img-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/IMG_5621-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Emily Mullins pictured\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1372\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Senior veterinary technologist student Emily Mullins, RVT, points out an image on the poster she prepared about her capstone project on \u201cTrans-arterial Catherization Treatment of the Patent Ductus Arteriosus.\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The PowerPoint presentations were held on April 11 and 18.\u00a0 A poster session was held April 25.\u00a0 A new aspect this year involved the senior students presenting their projects to second-year students during Grand Rounds.\u00a0 This is the first year that senior students presented to an audience outside of their assigned class.\u00a0 \u201cThis allowed the opportunity for them to teach and motivate the second-year students on what will be their future project,\u201d Dr. Zenor said.\u00a0 \u201cBoth the PowerPoint and poster sessions were standing room only and drew a large number of faculty and staff from supporting departments.\u00a0 Seeing the success of these students should make everyone involved in the Veterinary Nursing program very proud of our newest colleagues!\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1373\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1373\" class=\"img-responsive img-thumbnail wp-image-1373 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/IMG_5626-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"senior veterinary technologist students pictured\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1373\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Senior veterinary technologist students who gave capstone presentations: (left \u2013 right) Hailey Parr, RVT; Brenna Hiday, RVT; Amanda Gillespie, RVT; Emily Mullins, RVT; Sierra Church, RVT; Molly Roberts, RVT; Hannah Chalmers, RVT; and Lindsey Wann, RVT.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senior veterinary technologist students celebrated their program completion by presenting their capstone projects as the spring semester drew to a close. 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