{"id":22669,"date":"2024-01-26T12:30:22","date_gmt":"2024-01-26T17:30:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/qa.vet.purdue.edu\/news\/?p=22669"},"modified":"2024-01-26T12:30:22","modified_gmt":"2024-01-26T17:30:22","slug":"vmx-conference-provides-opportunity-for-pvm-grads-to-connect-in-orlando","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/vmx-conference-provides-opportunity-for-pvm-grads-to-connect-in-orlando.php","title":{"rendered":"VMX Conference Provides Opportunity for PVM Grads to Connect in Orlando"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Purdue Veterinary Medicine alumni, friends, faculty, and staff had the opportunity to gather together in Orlando, Florida at the annual Purdue Alumni and Friends Reception hosted by the college during the North American Veterinary Community\u2019s (NAVC) annual VMX Conference. More than 80 people attended the event on Sunday night, January 13, at the Hyatt Regency adjacent to the Orange County Convention Center.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Alumni enjoyed the opportunity to catch-up with classmates and colleagues and hear an update on college achievements from Dean Willie Reed. The event brought together alumni from across generations, including those from recently graduated classes and others who have celebrated significant class anniversary milestones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"597\" src=\"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/SX_VMX_group_fun_sm-1024x597.jpg\" alt=\"Class members gather together for a fun group photo raising their arms to show Purdue pride\" class=\"wp-image-22671\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/SX_VMX_group_fun_sm-1024x597.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/SX_VMX_group_fun_sm-300x175.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/SX_VMX_group_fun_sm-768x448.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/SX_VMX_group_fun_sm-403x235.jpg 403w, https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/SX_VMX_group_fun_sm.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Purdue Alumni Reception attendees in the Class of 1995 show their Boilermaker spirit! The reception hosted Purdue-affiliated attendees of the NAVC&#8217;s annual VMX Conference in Orlando, Florida.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"583\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/SX_VMX_recent-grads_sm-700px-e1706279281254.jpg\" alt=\"Evan and Sara smile at the camera as they stand together for a photo during the reception\" class=\"wp-image-22678\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/SX_VMX_recent-grads_sm-700px-e1706279281254.jpg 583w, https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/SX_VMX_recent-grads_sm-700px-e1706279281254-256x300.jpg 256w, https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/SX_VMX_recent-grads_sm-700px-e1706279281254-201x235.jpg 201w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 583px) 100vw, 583px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Dr. Evan Carter-Taylor (PU DVM 2021) and Dr. Sara Canada-Mattes (PU DVM 2020) visit at the college&#8217;s reception.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Purdue Veterinary Medicine alumni, friends, faculty, and staff had the opportunity to gather together in Orlando, Florida at the annual Purdue Alumni and Friends Reception hosted by the college during the North American Veterinary Community\u2019s (NAVC) annual VMX Conference.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":22671,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[43,29],"tags":[107,56,600],"class_list":["post-22669","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-alumni","category-our-people","tag-alumni","tag-homepage","tag-special-event"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22669","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=22669"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22669\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22684,"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22669\/revisions\/22684"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22671"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22669"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22669"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22669"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}