![]() ![]() ![]() I know personally how rewarding it can be to give such a gift, because my wife, Dorothy, and I accepted that challenge as well, making our own contribution to create a new veterinary student scholarship endowment. This issue of our PVM Report tells the story of one of our graduates who accepted the challenge and is creating a new scholarship endowment for veterinary students. Designed to stimulate efforts to raise private donations to support Purdue students from Indiana, the Indiana Challenge Match represents a nearly $7 million commitment of University funds. Another involves finances, and thanks to a Purdue program called the “Indiana Challenge Match,” our College’s alumni and friends have come through with new funding for much-needed scholarships. Organizing the SAVMA Symposium isn’t the only challenge our students have faced. The reviews were overwhelmingly positive, and I am so proud of the way in which our students took on this challenge, and with great planning, teamwork, energy and entrepreneurship, created an outstanding conference experience for all involved. ![]() Jim Weisman, our students organized the entire event, putting on an amazing three-day program with everything from creative and fun social events, to top quality, thought-provoking general sessions and excellent specialty classes. With guidance from our director of student services, Dr. I am particularly excited about the subject of our cover story, the national conference for veterinary students, called the SAVMA Symposium, which Purdue hosted this spring. At the Purdue University College of Veterinary Medicine, our students, faculty and staff are tackling significant challenges every day, and this issue of the PVM Report tells some of their stories, so you can get a sense of how those efforts are improving our College and the profession of veterinary medicine. PVM Report Purdue University College of Veterinary MedicineĢ012 Summer Edition | Volume XXXV - Number 1Ī Message from the Dean “Challenges” that cause us to summon extra strength, determination and courage to tackle difficult problems or capitalize on significant opportunities, can be good for us as individuals and for the people, institutions and communities we serve. ![]()
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