DVM class of 2023

Meet the Class of 2023: Christina Negretti

Christina Negretti recently completed a rotation in California where she worked with a variety of species of wild sea lions, seals, and sea otters in rehabilitation before their release back into the Pacific Ocean. Given Christina is headed to work at a mixed animal practice on Washington’s Long Beach Peninsula, and her attraction to wildlife, […]

Christina sitting outside the Veterinary Teaching Hospital with her dog, Huckleberry.

Meet the Class of 2023: Sierra Temple

Sierra Temple always wanted a career that would be fulfilling, challenging and rewarding, that built her up personally as well as professionally. Since animals hold a very special place in her heart, working with animals was also desired, which made veterinary medicine her perfect fit.  From Bonners Ferry, Idaho, Sierra is headed back north after graduation to […]

Sierra holding a Boston Terrier in the Veterinary Teaching Hospital.

Meet the Class of 2023: Jordan Cretors

Jordan Cretors is a Scottsdale, Arizona, native, and when she graduates from #WSUVetMed four weeks from today, she’s headed home to complete the emergency care mentorship program at VCA McCormick Ranch, a small animal practice specializing in general practice and emergency care. SCUBA-certified since she was 10 years old, Jordan’s love for the ocean inspired […]

Jordan holding two very young puppies in the Veterinary Teaching Hospital.

Meet the Class of 2023: Kristen Dahlin

Kristen Dahlin’s main area of interest is exotics, so it’s no surprise that following graduation Saturday, May 6, she will be seeing small and exotic animals at Spanaway Veterinary Clinic in Spanaway, Washington. “I like being able to work with such a variety of species since they deserve just as much love as our dogs […]

Kristen in the Veterinary Teaching Hospital and holding a ferret.

Meet the Class of 2023: Braden Corigliano

Braden Corigliano enjoyed WSU’s agricultural animal rotation so much he took it three times, including as his Student Initiated Professional Experience (SIPE). After graduation in May, Braden plans to put those skills he learned in the barn and throughout the Veterinary Teaching Hospital to work at Deer Park Veterinary Clinic, a mixed animal practice in […]

Braden carrying a very young calf in the Veterinary Teaching Hospital.

Meet the Class of 2023: Sara Lewis

In her spare time, Sara Lewis still immerses herself in veterinary medicine. In her first three years of veterinary school, you could often find her working in Radiology or the Intensive Care Unit caring for patients in need of critical care. “On their best and worst days, I love being able to provide care for […]

Sara, sitting on the floor in the vet hospital, and holding a gray and white shorthair cat.

Meet the Class of 2023: Alanna Wildman

Alanna Wildman loves her family, sunsets (especially on the WSU Pullman campus), mountains, the sound of the ocean, and, of course, veterinary medicine. Alanna originally started her veterinary journey with the dream of becoming a marine mammal veterinarian. After nearly four years at #WSUVetMed, the Cody, Wyoming, native has fallen in love with small animal […]

Alanna in the Veterinary Teaching Hospital, examining an orange tabby cat.