People

Catherine Clague cares for the most fragile of our patients as a veterinary technician with our small animal emergency and critical care service.

Fourth-year student Tiffany Schroeder will always admire the rolling wheat fields of the Palouse, but after graduation, she’s headed back home to fulfill the dream she’s had since she was a child — to be a veterinarian.

Caden Colombik, Taythen Larson, and Tanya Weber are recipients of nationally competitive scholarships from the American Association of Bovine Practitioners.

From Spokane, Washington, and a graduate of Mead Senior High School, Emily Mattson is pursuing a Bachelor of Science in microbiology with a minor in criminal justice. While she initially had set her sights on being a doctor, when she graduates in the spring she now dreams of a career in the FBI.

Fourth-year veterinary student Caroline Sirr is preparing for a career as a veterinary surgeon.

Going on his sixth year in Pullman, second-year veterinary student Jonah Wisen knows the scoop on the WSU Pullman campus and all the small-town hotspots, and he’s also available to talk to anyone interested in the WSU’s veterinary program.

Dr. Steve Lampa teaches some of the critical core classes, including small animal anatomy, large animal anatomy, and neuroanatomy, to veterinary and neuroscience students at WSU.

Dr. Emily Qualls-Creekmore hopes her research will lead to a better understanding of how stress affects physical and mental health. She joined the college in June of 2021 as an assistant professor in the Department of Integrative Physiology and Neuroscience.

Neuroscience student Emily Berry came to WSU and the College of Veterinary Medicine to do something she has dreamed about since she was a little girl – study the brain.

Early in her veterinary studies, Courtney Durfee wanted to do primarily equine medicine, but now in her final year of WSU’s Doctor of Veterinary Medicine curriculum, she’s considering either small or mixed practice, likely in western Washington.