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Dedicated staff in the College of Veterinary Medicine were recognized by their co-workers with the College’s Outstanding Staff Recognition Awards.

More than three decades after the Dr. Mark Strother Endowed Scholarship was established to honor the legacy of Mark Strother, who tragically died in a climbing accident, the fund is still helping Cougs achieve their dreams.

Sarah Wright is a microbiology major in the School of Molecular Biosciences who is on track to graduate in the spring of 2023. Like many students in the College of Veterinary Medicine, she has taken advantage of the unique opportunity to gain experience in the laboratory setting as an undergraduate.

Dr. Heather Koehler studies viral-host interaction in DNA viruses, including monkeypox virus research. She joined the WSU College of Veterinary Medicine in January as an assistant professor in the School of Molecular Biosciences.

Graduate student Cameron Mandel studied Chlamydia in the lab of Dr. Anders Omsland located in the state-of-the-art Allen Center, home to some of the most advanced research into infectious disease, antimicrobial resistance, rabies control and prevention, and zoonotic disease.

You will regularly interact with our veterinarians, technicians and fourth-year students while at the teaching hospital, but there are also teams of compassionate and highly trained people – like Materials Department manager Travis Burke – working behind the scenes to ensure all our patients receive exceptional care.

Center for Reproductive Biology trainees Mariana Ianello Giassetti, Emily McGladem, and Mingxin Shi won awards for their abstracts presented at the 55th Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Reproduction from July 26-29 in Spokane.

As a child in Woodburn, Oregon, Lanny Skovborg (’67 DVM) took long walks with his mother down the country roads of this rural community. Along the way, they would stop to watch the cows and horses grazing in the fields. “These are my earliest childhood memories, and this is when I decided to become a […]

Our friendly patient services coordinators like Chelsea Jacobs are often the first people you interact with at the Veterinary Teaching Hospital. Chelsea has been with the Small Animal Orthopedic and Soft Tissue Surgery team for nearly two years.

Recognized for their scientific and technical contributions to the state of Washington and the nation, the new members will be formally inducted at the 15th Annual Members Meeting on Sept. 15.