{"id":3546,"date":"2019-02-01T12:36:00","date_gmt":"2019-02-01T17:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/qa.vet.purdue.edu\/news\/?p=3546"},"modified":"2019-02-01T12:42:17","modified_gmt":"2019-02-01T17:42:17","slug":"purdue-voice-chapter-wins-national-excellence-in-programming-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/purdue-voice-chapter-wins-national-excellence-in-programming-award.php","title":{"rendered":"Purdue VOICE Chapter Wins National Excellence in Programming Award"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/VOICE-programming-award_sm-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3551\" width=\"300\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/VOICE-programming-award_sm-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/VOICE-programming-award_sm-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/VOICE-programming-award_sm-176x235.jpg 176w, https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/VOICE-programming-award_sm.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Each year,\nthe national <a href=\"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/studentorganizations\/club-VOICE.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Veterinarians as One Inclusive Community for Empowerment<\/a> (VOICE) organization\npresents awards to student chapters for excellent efforts in increasing\nawareness, respect, and sensitivity to differences among all individuals and\ncommunities in the field of veterinary medicine. This year, the <a href=\"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/studentorganizations\/club-VOICE.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Purdue VOICE<\/a> Chapter\nreceived the national organization\u2019s 2018 Programming Excellence Award, which\nwas presented during the VOICE National Retreat in January.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The\nProgramming Excellence Award honors a VOICE chapter that has exceeded the VOICE\nNational requirements for programming, both in terms of quality and quantity.\nThe award recognizes an outstanding demonstration of leadership, creativity,\nand initiative in building diversity.&nbsp; The\naward selection process is based on chapter reports and a written statement from\nthe chapter about why it is deserving of the award.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Purdue VOICE Chapter President Edris Grate, of the DVM Class of 2021, was present at the VOICE National Retreat to receive the Programming Excellence Award. &nbsp;The Purdue VOICE Chapter was honored for its efforts to advance diversity and inclusion by offering panels, service events, and bringing in speakers for the College of Veterinary Medicine. Purdue VOICE also was recognized for its dedication to collaborating with other clubs including One Health, the Food Animal Club, and the Diversity Action Committee. Conveying his excitement about the award, Edris said, \u201cI am very proud of the accomplishments Purdue VOICE has made thus far. I know we will continue to push the envelope and strive to create a more diverse and inclusive environment at Purdue and within our profession.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Congratulations\nPurdue VOICE!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Purdue VOICE Chapter received the national organization\u2019s 2018 Programming Excellence Award, which was presented during the VOICE National Retreat in January.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":3551,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[30,28,29,42],"tags":[912,942,26,56,941,940],"class_list":["post-3546","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academics","category-our-impact","category-our-people","category-students","tag-diversity-and-inclusion","tag-edris-grate","tag-featured-story","tag-homepage","tag-programming-excellence-award","tag-purdue-voice"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3546","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=3546"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3546\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3612,"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3546\/revisions\/3612"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3551"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3546"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3546"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3546"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}