{"id":2017,"date":"2018-08-15T08:00:19","date_gmt":"2018-08-15T12:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/qa.vet.purdue.edu\/news\/?p=2017"},"modified":"2024-11-21T11:57:18","modified_gmt":"2024-11-21T16:57:18","slug":"pvrf18-for-pvm-60-plus-150-adds-up-to-a-mega-anniversary-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/pvrf18-for-pvm-60-plus-150-adds-up-to-a-mega-anniversary-year.php","title":{"rendered":"For PVM, 60 Plus 150 Adds-up to a Mega Anniversary Year!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Purdue Veterinary Medicine and Purdue University share a special heritage, which revolves around years that end in the number 9 \u2013 namely, 1869 and 1959.\u00a0 Purdue University was founded in 1869 as Indiana\u2019s land grant institution, making 2019 the University\u2019s 150th<\/sup> Anniversary.\u00a0 In anniversary-speak, that\u2019s called the University\u2019s \u201cSesquicentennial.\u201d\u00a0 The Purdue University College of Veterinary Medicine opened its doors to its first incoming class of veterinary students in 1959, making 2019 the College\u2019s 60th<\/sup> Anniversary!\u00a0 In both cases, special celebrations are planned over the course of the coming months.<\/p>\n

Banners that went-up around campus at the end of July proudly proclaim \u201c150 Years of Giant Leaps,\u201d which is the theme of the Sesquicentennial, inspired by Purdue alumnus Neil Armstrong\u2019s historic statement on the moon.\u00a0 The centerpiece of the University\u2019s 150th<\/sup> anniversary celebration will be a year-long Ideas Festival, focused on four topics of discussion as Boilermakers everywhere reflect on the past, embrace the present and look to the future.\u00a0 The University will kick-off the sesquicentennial observance during Homecoming 2018, Saturday, September 22. The year also will provide an opportunity to look back on a century-and-a-half of serving as one of the nation\u2019s leading land-grant universities.\u00a0 Click here to view the 150 Years of Giant Leaps website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Purdue Veterinary Medicine\u2019s 60th<\/sup> anniversary celebrations will kick-off with a special event Friday, March 1 at the Indiana Veterinary Medical Association (IVMA<\/a>) annual meeting in Indianapolis.\u00a0 Festivities will continue with a variety of special events and activities in the subsequent weeks and months.<\/p>\n

\"\"Particularly noteworthy is a planned international continuing education program that will feature an eight-day course (approximately 30 hours of continuing education) in Belize and Guatemala with the Belize Wildlife Rehabilitation Clinic\/Wildlife Institute, focusing on multiple aspects of wildlife medicine and rehabilitation. This course will expand veterinary professionals\u2019 knowledge of best practices for wildlife medicine, conservation, rehabilitation, and rescue techniques. Participants will have the opportunity to gain hands-on experiences with a variety of wildlife species throughout Latin America and learn from some of the top wildlife veterinary and conservation professionals in the region.\u00a0 The program will be offered April 7 – 14, 2019 and will be limited to 20 participants.\u00a0 More details about the course are available at www.vet.purdue.edu\/ce<\/a>.\u00a0 Offered through Purdue Veterinary Medicine\u2019s Offices of Global Engagement<\/a> and Lifelong Learning, the Wildlife Medicine and Rehabilitation International Continuing Education Program promises to be a unique educational and cultural opportunity associated with the College\u2019s 60th<\/sup> anniversary.<\/p>\n

Additional planned outings include trips suitable for families of PVM alumni, faculty and staff to Fair Oaks Farm in June and the Indianapolis Zoo in July.\u00a0 To officially mark the day of the College\u2019s 60th<\/sup> anniversary, a PVM Birthday Celebration will be held September 9, 2019, when, 60 years prior, Purdue\u2019s very first class of veterinary students attended their first day of classes in the newly minted School of Veterinary Science and Medicine, as it was called then.\u00a0 The 60th<\/sup> anniversary celebrations will reach their climax during the 2019 Purdue Veterinary Conference<\/a>, which will feature a special event called, \u201cPVM through the Decades\u2014 60th Celebration!\u201d to be held Thursday, September 19, 2019.<\/p>\n

The College also will be involved in the University\u2019s sesquicentennial celebrations.\u00a0 The four topics of discussion chosen by the University to provide an opportunity for cross-disciplinary input and debate, are:<\/p>\n