{"id":9942,"date":"2020-10-02T12:31:42","date_gmt":"2020-10-02T16:31:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/qa.vet.purdue.edu\/news\/?p=9942"},"modified":"2026-06-16T10:20:44","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T14:20:44","slug":"students-recognized-for-completing-diversity-and-inclusion-certificate-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/students-recognized-for-completing-diversity-and-inclusion-certificate-program.php","title":{"rendered":"Students Recognized for Completing Diversity and Inclusion Certificate Program"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Congratulations are in order for six second-year DVM students who were recognized upon completion of the requirements for the Certificate for Diversity and Inclusion in Veterinary Medicine. Purdue Veterinary Medicine Dean Willie Reed presented the certificates on September 11 in Dr. Latonia Craig\u2019s Critical Conversations class. The Dean expressed his appreciation for the students\u2019 hard work in completing the program. The certificate program is open to faculty, staff, students, and practicing veterinary professionals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Zenobya Clarke<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Gabrielle Miller<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Mariana Portela Barragan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Oscar Ramirez<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Jessica Scelba<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Erin Will<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The recipients honored in the DVM Class of 2023 are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  • Zenobya Clarke<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Gabrielle Miller<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Mariana Portela Barragan<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Oscar Ramirez<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Jessica Scelba<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Erin Will<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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    Victoria Johnson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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    Keishla Marrero Acosta<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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    Mary Myers<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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    Milton Ortiz-Rivera<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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    Kristin Oxford<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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    Lizney Rudds<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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    Bryttani Watson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

    The college also is pleased to recognize seven first-year veterinary students who completed the certificate program prior to joining the DVM Class of 2024:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    • Victoria Johnson<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Keishla Marrero Acosta<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Mary Myers<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Milton Ortiz-Rivera<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Kristin Oxford<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Lizney Rudds<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Bryttani Watson<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      Purdue Veterinary Medicine is pleased to recognize students in the DVM Class of 2023 and 2024 who successfully completed the requirements for the Certificate for Diversity and Inclusion in Veterinary Medicine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":9960,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1174,44,42],"tags":[76,283,920,1533,26,56,1052],"class_list":["post-9942","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-diversity","category-dvm","category-students","tag-diversity","tag-diversity-and-inclusion-certificate-program","tag-dvm-class-of-2023","tag-dvm-class-of-2024","tag-featured-story","tag-homepage","tag-human-centered-veterinary-medicine"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9942","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=9942"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9942\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34057,"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9942\/revisions\/34057"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9960"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9942"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9942"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9942"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}