DVM class of 2023

Dane Schwartz is looking to work at a rural mixed animal practice. He’s interested in theriogenology and would like to focus on offering comparative theriogenology services.

Jonathon Stott plans to return to his home state of Utah next summer and has signed a contract at a mixed animal practice in Roosevelt.

Josie Wray may be headed right back to her hometown of Boise to work at Hendricks Veterinary Hospital, a small animal general practice, after graduation. Referred to by some of her classmates as a “Wray of sunshine,” she is eager to foster the human-animal bond.

Maria Stogioglou will be headed to Chicago when she graduates to work in small animal general practice and equine medicine.

Fourth-year veterinary student Claudia LaBianca was drawn to veterinary medicine because she is fascinated by gross stuff. She also wants to be a voice for animals that don’t have one.

After her time at WSU, Kyra Goldhardt wants to enroll in an emergency medicine mentorship program and eventually transition to being a full-time shelter veterinarian.

Caitlin Juneau is hoping to return to western Washington after graduating with her veterinary degree and finding a position at a small animal practice.

DVM student Nicholas Vanderholm plans to work predominantly with dogs, cats, rabbits, guinea pigs and other small animals when he graduates from WSU this spring.

Inspired by gratitude for their own educational opportunities, veterinarian Beth Davidow and her husband, Mike Ford, established the Beth Davidow and Mike Ford DVM Student Scholarship in 2018.

Janelle is a second-year veterinary student interested in small animal practice, a potential specialty in orthopedics or neurology, as well as involvement in organized veterinary medicine.