Congratulations to our 2014 Distinguished Alumni Award winners Dr. Michael Garner (’87 DVM) – Excellence in Teaching and Research and Dr. Mark Jutila (’86 PhD) – Distinguished Graduate Alumni.
Ken Jacobsen (’77 BS; ’82 DVM) knows the value of an excellent education. As a WSU graduate, he says his education was central to his success as a veterinarian and a businessman. So when he and his wife, Lori, had the opportunity to give back, a gift to the Teaching Academy was a natural fit. […]
After earning his DVM in 1980, Kyle interned in Santa Cruz, California, and then bought his practice in nearby Los Gatos. Over the years it has grown into a thriving practice. Crediting much of his success to his time at WSU, Kyle wanted to give back to the school and community that meant so much […]
It didn’t take long for Betsy Charles (’95 BS Education, ’95 BS Sciences, ’03 DVM) to give back to the college that had given her so much. After she earned her DVM in 2003, Betsy completed a one year internship at an equine referral hospital. The very next year she began coming back to WSU […]
“She was always the kind of person who felt strongly about anyone or anything that couldn’t take care of themselves,” said John Brenneis, a Seattle-based architect and Anita’s nephew. “She always cared for the underdog.” For Anita, who had no children of her own, her dogs were her family. She had a rescue animal dog […]
Robbie’s story – by Leslie Nichols.
Kisumu County medical epidemiologist, Dr. Dickens Onyango, accompanies me for a field visit to the Allen School research projects in the Lwak area, by the shores of Lake Victoria.
“Lots of people do bike rides to raise money and they raise a lot of money,” said Jenna, who is now 9 years old and in the third grade. She came up with the idea after seeing another little girl raising money for people who needed clean water in Africa. Jenna and her family decided […]
A new bird flu is discovered half way around the world. Thousands of wild birds have been affected, and it is only a matter of time before it begins to spread globally. Scientists at the Washington Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory at Washington State University immediately begin developing tests to identify the disease, so if it appears in our region, they can detect it before an outbreak.
In the spring of 2013, the Veterinary Teaching Hospital received the state of-the-art dietary kitchen thanks to a $70,000 gift from Nestlé Purina to the college.
