{"id":6014,"date":"2019-09-13T12:08:20","date_gmt":"2019-09-13T16:08:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/qa.vet.purdue.edu\/news\/?p=6014"},"modified":"2025-04-09T14:20:51","modified_gmt":"2025-04-09T18:20:51","slug":"college-celebrates-60th-anniversary-with-birthday-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/college-celebrates-60th-anniversary-with-birthday-party.php","title":{"rendered":"College Celebrates 60th Anniversary with Birthday Party"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"831\" src=\"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_9338_sm.jpg\" alt=\"students gather around Purdue Pete against a photo backdrop donning party hats and accessories in the courtyard\" class=\"wp-image-6021\" style=\"object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_9338_sm.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_9338_sm-300x208.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_9338_sm-768x532.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_9338_sm-1024x709.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_9338_sm-339x235.jpg 339w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A group of veterinary students in the Class of 2022 pose for a group photo with Purdue Pete.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Purdue Veterinary Medicine hosted a fun birthday party in honor of its 60<sup>th<\/sup> Anniversary, complete with birthday cake, festive decorations, and a variety of activities for faculty, staff, and students to enjoy. The event took place Monday, September 9, in the Lynn Hall courtyard and commemorated the first day of classes sixty years ago, when the College\u2019s first Purdue veterinary students \u2013 members of the Class of 1963 \u2013 started their veterinary education. The celebration included an appearance by Purdue Pete who joined in photographs at the 60<sup>th<\/sup> Anniversary photo booth.&nbsp; Attendees also had the opportunity to write notes to future veterinary students. A member of the Class of \u201963, Dr. Gary Pearl, also came to join in the festivities.&nbsp; Happy 60<sup>th<\/sup> PVM!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery aligncenter has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"863\" data-id=\"6020\" src=\"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_9152_sm-1024x863.jpg\" alt=\"Matt and Javier stand in front of a cake table with a large balloon arch\" class=\"wp-image-6020\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_9152_sm-1024x863.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_9152_sm-300x253.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_9152_sm-768x647.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_9152_sm-279x235.jpg 279w, https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_9152_sm.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">PVM 60th Birthday event chair Matt Schiffman and fellow member of the DVM Class of 2021, Javier Pino, pause for a photo in front of the PVM 60th Anniversary decorations that bedecked the Lynn Hall courtyard for the birthday celebration.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"863\" data-id=\"6022\" src=\"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_9210_sm-1024x863.jpg\" alt=\"PVM alum Gary Pearl stands in the courtyard holding his class yearbook from 1963\" class=\"wp-image-6022\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_9210_sm-1024x863.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_9210_sm-300x253.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_9210_sm-768x647.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_9210_sm-279x235.jpg 279w, https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_9210_sm.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Dr. Gary Pearl (PU DVM \u201963) brought his yearbook to the event and collected some autographs.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Purdue Veterinary Medicine hosted a fun birthday party in honor of its 60th Anniversary, complete with birthday cake, festive decorations, and a variety of activities for faculty, staff, and students to enjoy. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":6021,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[812,1304,1306,1305,56,600,25],"class_list":["post-6014","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-our-people","tag-60th-anniversary","tag-birthday-party","tag-dvm-class-of-1963","tag-gary-pearl","tag-homepage","tag-special-event","tag-top-story"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6014","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=6014"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6014\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29546,"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6014\/revisions\/29546"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6021"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6014"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6014"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6014"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}