February 01, 2002
After 32 years with the College of Veterinary Medicine,
Associate Director of Biomedical Science, Mr. Lyndon Kurtz, was
honored by friends and colleagues at a retirement reception held at
the college on February 5, 2002.
Kurtz served as an administrative assistant in the dean's office
from 1969 to 1979 and then as Assistant to the Dean until 1990.
During the l... (Read More)
February 01, 2002
College Station, Texas - The Texas A&M University College of
Veterinary Medicine and Tyler Junior College of Tyler, Texas have
signed an agreement to facilitate the admission and academic
transfer of students from Tyler Junior College into the Biomedical
Science Program at Texas A&M University's College of Veterinary
Medicine.
As Tyler Junior College s... (Read More)
February 01, 2002
College Station, TX - The College of Veterinary Medicine, Texas
A&M University celebrated the official kick-off of the Aggie
Program of Accelerated Certification for Teaching (PACT) with a
luncheon, hosted by the College's Department of Biomedical Science,
the College of Science, the College of Education and the College of
Agriculture and Life Science's Depar... (Read More)
February 01, 2002
Dr. H. Richard Adams, dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine
at Texas A&M University, is pleased to announce that Dr.
Theresa W. Fossum has been appointed the first Tom and Joan Read
Chair in Veterinary Surgery.
Described as "driven" by her colleagues, and "compassionate" by
the clients who entrust their animals to her care, Fossum's passion
is rivaled... (Read More)
February 01, 2002
College Station, TX - Texans living near water are accustomed to
annual warnings about St. Louis encephalitis. Now, they are warned
of a new virus sure to make its way into the state. West Nile
encephalitis, first detected in New York in the fall of 1999, has
recently spread from the east coast to Louisiana and Arkansas,
putting Texas veterinarians on alert for w... (Read More)
February 01, 2002
College Station, TX - The pets and student residents who live at
The Stevenson Companion Animal Life-Care Center will soon have more
room for stretching their 106 legs. The center, at the College of
Veterinary Medicine, Texas A&M University, will break ground on
a new addition in the summer of 2002 to make room for ever more
furry, feathered, and scaled resid... (Read More)