April 2024

Wildlife rehabilitators are accustomed to caring for hungry and chirping mouths in spring but starting this April, there’s been a great increase in injured and orphaned wildlife.

The Seattle Times | Stan Coe, ’57 DVM

Washington State Magazine | As temperatures increase and heat waves become the norm, keeping our four-legged friends cool during the summer has become a challenge for pet owners, especially in the Pacific Northwest, where many homes lack air-conditioning.

From Edmonds, Washington, and a graduate of Holy Names Academy in Seattle, Oliva Mohn is putting the final touches on her undergraduate degree in neuroscience from the WSU College of Veterinary Medicine. When she wraps up her studies in May, she will also graduate from the Honors College with a MESI certification.

Grace Majors is headed 20 miles from her hometown of Bancroft, Idaho, to work at a mixed animal general practice in Soda Springs, located in Idaho’s southeastern corner after she graduates from WSU.

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PHYS.org

Veterinary medicine researchers received a grant to study the impact of a controversial drug administered to thoroughbred racehorses before most races in the United States.

Aiyana Groner fell in love with the Palouse during her seven years at WSU Pullman, and come graduation May 4, she won’t be going far at all. Aiyana has accepted a position at a small animal practice in Riverview Animal Clinic in Clarkston, Washington, where she will join an experienced staff and many other WSU graduates.

Sydney Ackerman dreams of one day becoming a veterinarian. The Spokane native and Mead High School alumna will graduate in May from the WSU College of Veterinary Medicine with a degree in neuroscience (with minors in zoology and French), and while she plans to take a short break from school, she aspires to return to Pullman to pursue a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree.