CVM Faculty, Students Recognized at Annual Honors Ceremony
Fifty-nine Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (CVM) students and faculty members were recognized for their excellence in teaching, research, and academics during the 2018 Honors and Awards Ceremony on April 13.
Following a welcome by Alesha Rimmelin, president of the Student Chapter of the American Veterinary Medical Association at Texas A&M, and associate dean of professional programs Dr. Karen Cornell presented the 48 awards, which more than $41,000 in prizes, not including in-kind awards of journal subscriptions and conference fees, to students and professors in a packed VENI Building Lecture Hall 107A, as family, friends, and colleagues celebrated the achievements of those chosen for prizes, as well as the impact their work is making in the veterinary field.
“From our faculty to our students, we have an amazing culture here at Texas A&M, a culture of excellence and a culture of achievement,” Cornell said.
The annual event is made possible through the donations of numerous donors who, in recognition of the efforts of the exceptional people who work and learn in the CVM, provide many of the awards and prizes given.
To see pictures from the convocation, click here.
The full list of CVM Honors and Awards Ceremony winners includes:
- American Academy of Veterinary Dermatology Award: Caitlin Conner
- American Animal Hospital Association Award for Proficiency in Primary Care: Sarah Keyser
- American Association of Feline Practitioners Award: Chelsea Gartman
- American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine Award: Andres Rivera Velez
- American College of Veterinary Ophthalmology Award: Kourtney Dowler
- American College of Veterinary Pathologist Award: Chloe Goodwin
- American College of Veterinary Radiology Student Award: Zachary Bassett
- American College of Veterinary Surgeons Large Animal Award: Abbi Bassett
- American College of Veterinary Surgeons Small Animal Award: Mikaela Gondolfe
- Arden G. Kemler Award: Brittany Donald
- Award for Proficiency in Veterinary Emergency & Critical Care: Angela Hassen
- Bridges Teaching & Service Awards: Wesley Bissett, David Kessler, & Roger Smith
- Dechra Dermatology Achievement Award: Marianne Mullen
- Fred P. Jaggi Award: Laura Hurst
- George T. Edds Awards: Yu-Syuan Luo & Melanie Warren
- Gerald Bratton & Charles Hall Clinical Neurology Award: Zachary Bassett
- Griffeth-Quick Cardiology Award: Gregory Whitaker
- John Milliff Award for Teaching: Claudia Barton
- John Milliff Student Award: Courtney Smith
- John Paul Delaplane Awards: Martha Hensel & Elizabeth Lake
- Juan Carlos Robles Emanuelli Teaching Awards: Johanna Heseltine & Cris Navas
- Kaytee Avian & Special Species Excellence Award: Amy Belanger
- L.P. Jones Pathology Resident Memorial Award: Paula Giaretta
- Outstanding Graduate Student Mentor Award: Sarah Lawhon
- Outstanding Masters Student Award: Ashley Padgett
- Outstanding Non-Thesis Masters Student Award: Kayla LeSage
- Outstanding PhD Student Award: Diarra Williams
- Outstanding Research Leader Award: Morgan Scott
- Outstanding Scientific Achievement Awards: Michael Criscitiello & Nicholas Jeffery
- Outstanding Young Faculty Research Award: Annie Newell-Fugate
- Patton W. Burns Award: Erin Richards
- Richard H. Davis Teaching Awards: Michelle Coleman & Shannon Washburn
- Simmons Educational Fund Business Aptitude Award: Alesha Rimmelin
- Texas Veterinary Medical Association Research Award: Kate Creevy
- Texas Veterinary Medical Association Teaching Award: Cleet Griffin
- TVMF Earl Waddell Large Animal Award: Aja Harvey
- TVMF Earl Waddell Small Animal Award: Laurie Torkildsen
- TVMF Johnson Memorial Large Animal Award: Karen Beste
- TVMF Johnson Memorial Small Animal Award: Brittany Ciepluch
- TVMF Student Research Scholar Awards: Hunter Greer & Devyn Schultz
- Veterinary Cancer Society Award for Proficiency in Clinical Oncology: Samantha Martinez
- VMTH Clinical Service Awards: Unity Jeffery, Bradley Simon & Canaan Whitfield
- Veterinarians as One Inclusive Community for Empowerment Award: Meagan Gonzales
- Walter “Dub” Ruoff Memorial Award: Bethany Weinheimer
- William F. Egan ’43 Memorial Award: Ian Spencer
- Winnie Carter Wildlife & Exotic Animal Awards: Ieva Jansky & Bethany Weinheimer
- Zoetis Award for Veterinary Research Excellence: Jay Ramadoss
- Zoetis Distinguished Veterinary Teacher Award: Kati Glass
