Faculty, Students Recognized At Annual Awards Ceremony
The 2019 Honors & Awards Ceremony on April 5 recognized 63 Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (CVM) students and faculty members for their teaching, research, and academic excellence.
Award recipients, family, and friends gathered in VENI Building Lecture Hall 107B to celebrate the achievements of the award recipients.
After a welcome from Anna Marie Pratas, the president of the Student Chapter of the American Veterinary Medical Association at Texas A&M, the awards were presented by Kenita Rogers, executive associate dean, and Karen Cornell, associate dean for professional programs.
This annual awards ceremony is made possible through the generosity of numerous donors who provided awards and prizes, as well as the Scholarship and Awards Committee responsible for choosing the recipients.
To see pictures from the 2019 CVM Honors & Awards Ceremony, click here.
The full list of winners:
- American Academy of Veterinary Dermatology Award: James Oldeschulte
- American Animal Hospital Association Award for Proficiency in Primary Care: AnnMarie Bloomer
- American Association of Feline Practitioners Award: Megan Arroyo
- American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine Awards: Chanel Berns, Cara Martin, & Ashton Richardson
- American College of Veterinary Ophthalmology Award: James Oldeschulte
- American College of Veterinary Pathologist Award: Jillian Athey
- American College of Veterinary Radiology Student Award: Jessica Wild
- American College of Veterinary Surgeons Proficiency Awards: Emily Hellstrom & Chanel Berns
- Arden G. Kemler Award: Joel White
- Award for Proficiency in Veterinary Emergency & Critical Care: Claire Watson
- Bob Rosenthal Senior Student Award in Clinical Oncology: Kaitlan Hovis
- Bridges Teaching & Service Awards: Caleb Coursey, Susan Eades, & Laura Hammons
- CVM Excellence in Diversity Award: Ramesh Vemulapalli
- Dechra Dermatology Achievement Award: AnnMarie Bloomer
- Wade Burton and Susan Hopper Veterinary Emergency Team Award: Katlyn Rosenbaum
- Fred P. Jaggi Award: Taylor Strange
- George T. Edds Awards: Keshav Karki & Raine Lunde-Young
- Gerald R. Bratton & Charles Hall Clinical Neurology Award: Susan Stallones
- Griffeth-Quick Cardiology Award: Alec Wynne
- John Milliff Award for Teaching: Cheryl Herman
- John Milliff Student Award: Hunter Greer
- John Paul Delaplane Award: Paulina Escandon
- Juan Carlos Robles Emanuelli Teaching Awards: Carly Patterson & Andra Voges
- Kaytee Avian & Special Species Excellence Award: Alesha Rimmelin
- P. Jones Pathology Resident Memorial Award: Samantha Schlemmer
- Merck Innovation Award: Sam McDonald
- Outstanding Graduate Student Mentor Award: Sarah Hamer
- Outstanding PhD Student Award: Courtney Meason Smith
- Outstanding Postdoctoral Research Associate Award: Jillian Wormington
- Outstanding Research Leader Awards: Noah Cohen & William Murphy
- Outstanding Scientific Achievement Awards: Kate Creevy, Scott Dindot, & Cristine Heaps
- Outstanding Young Faculty Research Awards: Keri Norman & Canaan Whitfield-Cargile
- Patton W. Burns Award: Devyn Shultz
- Proficiency in Theriogenology Award: Emily Ligon
- Richard H. Davis Teaching Awards: Johanna Heseltine & Lucien Vallone
- Schubot Avian Health Director’s Award: Paulina Escandon & Jeann Leal
- Simmons Educational Fund Business Aptitude Award: Austin Floyd
- Texas Veterinary Medical Association Research Award: Sonya Gordon
- Texas Veterinary Medical Association Teaching Award: Adam Patterson
- TVMF Earl Waddell Awards: Evelyn Mackay & Katrina Schmitz
- TVMF Johnson Memorial Awards: Melissa MacIver & Lauren Richardson
- TVMF Philanthropy Awards: Desiree Davidson & Anthony Labbe
- TVMF Student Research Scholar Awards: Chelsea Folmar & Lynanne Graf
- VMTH Clinical Service Awards: Justin Heinz, Cleet Griffin, & Dominique Wiener
- Walter “Dub” Ruoff Memorial Award: Alesha Rimmelin
- Winnie Carter Wildlife & Exotic Animal Award: Jennifer Barnett
- Zoetis Award for Veterinary Research Excellence: H. Morgan Scott
- Zoetis Distinguished Veterinary Teacher Award: Sara Lawhon
