Alumni

Jane Wardrop, ’76 DVM, ’84 MS Vet. Sci., didn’t pay much attention to the fact that veterinary medicine was a male-dominated profession when she applied to veterinary school at Washington State University in 1972.

Washington State Magazine | alumni reminisce: Linda Lee H. Wood ’76 DVM, John Mattoon ’84 DVM, Adawna Windom ’80 DVM, and Katie M. (Girsberger) Dull ’99 DVM

Almost two decades after graduating from WSU with a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, Dr. Heidi Banse is set to begin her tenure as the dean of Arkansas State University’s new College of Veterinary Medicine as the school welcomes its first class of aspiring veterinarians this fall.

Washington State Magazine | The injured California condor was brought to the Washington State University Veterinary Teaching Hospital in 2021.

Washington State Magazine | John Mattoon, ’84 DVM

Allan Pessier has been named the recipient of the 2024 Luminary Award by the Northwest Partners in Amphibian and Reptile Conservation.

Many of Dr. Gary Haldorson’s students will tell you, it was his commitment to understand them as individuals that was unrivaled. That devotion — coupled with an ability to make learning fun — was why his students loved him.

Four College of Veterinary Medicine alumni will return to the WSU Pullman campus March 23 to receive some of the college’s most coveted alumni awards.

Washington State Magazine | Jane Wardrop, ’76 DVM, ’84 MS Vet Sci

Presented in recognition of a more than four-decade-long career dedicated to helping others.