{"id":35260,"date":"2026-08-21T11:55:53","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T15:55:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/?p=35260"},"modified":"2026-08-21T11:57:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T15:57:16","slug":"taco-bout-our-amazing-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/taco-bout-our-amazing-people.php","title":{"rendered":"Taco &#8217;bout our amazing people!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">PVM appreciation luncheon celebrates faculty and staff<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With the conclusion of the summer season rapidly approaching, faculty and staff at the Purdue University College of Veterinary Medicine were treated to a taco luncheon on Friday, August 14 in appreciation of their excellence and dedication throughout the year. Though the event couldn&#8217;t take place in the Lynn Hall Courtyard as originally planned, the rainy weather that day did not dampen the celebration of the college&#8217;s incredible faculty and staff.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"577\" src=\"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Picture1-1-1024x577.jpg\" alt=\"two people are standing next to each other in a corridor, both wearing blue shirts and holding plates of food.\" class=\"wp-image-35263\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Picture1-1-1024x577.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Picture1-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Picture1-1-768x433.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Picture1-1-1320x744.jpg 1320w, https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Picture1-1.jpg 1300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Lori Stout, senior director of admissions and student success, and John Fisher, admissions process manager, showcase the taco fixings available at the appreciation luncheon.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">About 400 faculty and staff members attended the college-sponsored event, with food provided by Two Guys Catering. The luncheon was an opportunity for PVM colleagues to come together and enjoy lunch, good conversation, and reflection after a busy and productive summer that included college faculty, staff and student involvement in the Indiana State Fair, the Boiler Vet Camps and the Vet Up! summer programs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The event was organized by Susan Xioufaridou, director of alumni relations and special events, with the help of Andrea Kellogg, director of lifelong learning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"579\" src=\"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Picture1-2-1024x579.jpg\" alt=\"A group of people are sitting at a lunch table, enthusiastically holding up their food items and smiling for a photo. The table has a gray surface and the chairs are yellow and orange.\" class=\"wp-image-35266\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Picture1-2-1024x579.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Picture1-2-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Picture1-2-768x434.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Picture1-2-1320x746.jpg 1320w, https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Picture1-2.jpg 1300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Purdue Veterinary Technology Program staff members enjoyed the appreciation lunch as a team.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the conclusion of the summer season rapidly approaching, faculty and staff at the Purdue University College of Veterinary Medicine were treated to a taco luncheon on Friday, August 14 in appreciation of their excellence and dedication throughout the year. Though the event couldn&#8217;t take place in the Lynn Hall Courtyard as originally planned, the rainy weather that day did not dampen the celebration of the college&#8217;s incredible faculty and staff.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":35261,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[41,29],"tags":[598,2134],"class_list":["post-35260","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-faculty-staff","category-our-people","tag-our-people","tag-staff-appreciation"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35260","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\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35260"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35260\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35304,"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35260\/revisions\/35304"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35261"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35260"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35260"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35260"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}