{"id":17241,"date":"2022-11-11T11:54:32","date_gmt":"2022-11-11T16:54:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/qa.vet.purdue.edu\/news\/?p=17241"},"modified":"2025-12-01T14:56:21","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T19:56:21","slug":"in-memory-dr-wanda-wyand-pu-dvm-84","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/in-memory-dr-wanda-wyand-pu-dvm-84.php","title":{"rendered":"In Memory \u2013 Dr. Wanda Wyand (PU DVM \u201984)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-longdesc\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/wanda-wyand.jpg\" alt=\"Dr. Wanda Wyand\" class=\"wp-image-17234\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/wanda-wyand.jpg 200w, https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/wanda-wyand-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Purdue Veterinary Medicine alumna, Dr. Wanda Wyand, of North Kingstown, Rhode Island<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A Purdue Veterinary Medicine alumna, Dr. Wanda Wyand, of North Kingstown, Rhode Island, passed away October 26, 2022, at her North Kingstown residence.&nbsp; She was 63.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Born in Burlington, Vermont, Dr. Wyand was raised in Mansfield Center, Connecticut.&nbsp; She earned her undergraduate degree in biology at the University of Connecticut in 1980 before enrolling in the Purdue University College of Veterinary Medicine.&nbsp; She earned her Purdue DVM degree in 1984.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dr. Wyand is remembered as a passionate and skilled veterinarian as well as a talented violinist and a loving mother.&nbsp; She also was known for how she enjoyed sunny days at the beach, bird watching, and was a friend to all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A private burial was planned at Quidnessett Memorial Cemetery.&nbsp; In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rispca.com\/tribute-gifts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Rhode Island SPCA<\/a>.&nbsp; Click here to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.legacy.com\/us\/obituaries\/legacyremembers\/wanda-wyand-obituary?id=36994380\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">view a complete obituary<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Purdue Veterinary Medicine alumna, Dr. Wanda Wyand, of North Kingstown, Rhode Island, passed away October 26, 2022, at her North Kingstown residence.  She was 63.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":17234,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[43,29],"tags":[56,951],"class_list":["post-17241","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-alumni","category-our-people","tag-homepage","tag-in-memory"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17241","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=17241"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17241\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31712,"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17241\/revisions\/31712"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17234"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17241"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17241"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17241"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}