{"id":5842,"date":"2019-08-23T11:58:07","date_gmt":"2019-08-23T15:58:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/qa.vet.purdue.edu\/news\/?p=5842"},"modified":"2019-08-23T11:58:07","modified_gmt":"2019-08-23T15:58:07","slug":"pvm-veterinary-nursing-team-earns-honors-at-avte-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/pvm-veterinary-nursing-team-earns-honors-at-avte-conference.php","title":{"rendered":"PVM Veterinary Nursing Team Earns Honors at AVTE Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Veterinary Nursing team members gather for a group photo at the 2019 AVTE annual conference: (front row, left-right) Purdue Veterinary Nursing Program<\/a> Director Bianca Zenor, Courtney Waxman, Josh Clark, and Shelly Opperman; (back row, left-right) Paige Allen, Jennifer Smith, Jordan Williams, Liane Shaw and Pam Phegley.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The Purdue University College of Veterinary Medicine\u2019s Veterinary\nNursing team recently attended the Association of Veterinary Technician\nEducators (AVTE) annual conference and received national recognition.  The conference was held at the end of July in\nNew Orleans, La.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Congratulations to Purdue Veterinary Nursing Distance Learning Instructional Technologists Courtney Waxman, CVT, RVT, VTS (ECC) and Josh Clark, MS, RVT, who received national awards.\u00a0 Courtney received the AVTE\/Wiley-Blackwell Award, which was established to honor new educators who are recognized by their students and colleagues as already making an extraordinary contribution to veterinary technology and who have been teaching for less than three years.\u00a0 Josh won a $2,500 AVTE Active Member Scholarship, which he will use to attend an upcoming FRANK Communication Workshop at Colorado State University and then incorporate what he learns into the Purdue Veterinary Nursing program.\u00a0 He also will have the opportunity to present at an upcoming AVTE conference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Assistant Director for Academic Advising and Recruiting Paige Allen, MS, RVT, and Academic Advisor Shelly Opperman both served as presenters at this year\u2019s conference.\u00a0 Their presentation focused on the topic: “The Student Road to Success: We Fill the Potholes.\u201d\u00a0 The talk identified current student support services, discussed future services to meet the needs of the changing population and explained the changing attributes of veterinary nursing students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also attending the AVTE annual conference from PVM were Veterinary Nursing Program Director Bianca Zenor, DVM; Clinical Rotation\/Mentorship Coordinator Pam Phegley, RVT; Instructional Technologist Jen Smith, RVT, RLAT; Senior Instructional Technologist Jordan Williams, RVT, VTS (Anesthesia and Analgesia); and Diagnostic Imaging Instructional Technologist Liane Shaw, RVT. \u201cPVM\u2019s strong showing at this year\u2019s AVTE Conference demonstrates the continued success and growth of the Purdue Veterinary Nursing program as well its commitment to lifelong learning,\u201d said Dr. Zenor.\u00a0 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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