News Briefs
Exploring STEM In Veterinary Medicine With The CVMBS’ PEER Program
The Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences’ (CVMBS) Partnership for Environmental Education and Rural Health (PEER) program recently partnered with Aggie STEM Camp to create the week-long summer camp “Advancing Into STEM with Veterinary Medicine.” This camp, held during the week of June 21 to 25, allowed high school students to explore […]
Texas A&M Superfund Trainee Receives National K.C. Donnelly Award
Alexandra Cordova, a Ph.D. student in the Texas A&M Interdisciplinary Faculty of Toxicology (IFT) program, has been awarded a prestigious K.C. Donnelly Externship Award Supplement by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) Superfund Research Program (SRP). As one of 14 award recipients, Cordova received $10,000 to fund her research with Los Alamos National […]
PEER, Donna ISD Assist Unaccompanied Minors In Rio Grande Valley
Remote learning resources produced by the Partnership for Environmental Education and Rural Health (PEER) Program at the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (CVMBS) are being used to educate at-risk youth in Donna Independent School District (ISD), located within Texas’ Rio Grande Valley, near the United States/Mexico border. PEER’s One Health standards-based […]
PEER Veterinary Student Fellows Dive Into Full Summer Of Educational Activity
The Partnership for Environmental Education and Rural Health (PEER) Program at the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (CVMBS) has started off the summer of 2021 with a whirlwind of activity. The PEER Program serves as an educational outreach resource for schools, summer camps, and other outlets for K-12 students across Texas. […]
CVMBS’ PEER Program Hosts Virtual State FFA Veterinary Science Competition
The Texas A&M Partnership for Environmental Education and Rural Health (PEER) program, in cooperation with the College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (CVMBS), hosted a virtual FFA Veterinary Science Career Development Event (CDE) on April 26. This contest is part of the larger FFA state contests hosted by Texas A&M University, but specifically showcases […]
CVMBS Student Employee, BIMS Major Receives Campus-Wide Scholarship Award
Brianna Blattman, a junior biomedical sciences (BIMS) major from China Spring, Texas, is one of two students to be awarded a Texas A&M University 2021 Class of ‘56 Student Employee Endowment Scholarship. She is one of four student employees from across the Texas A&M campus to be recognized during National Student Employment Week, celebrated April […]
VMTH Business Coordinator Receives Texas A&M Meritorious Service Award
Sandra Church, a business coordinator for the Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital (VMTH), has been recognized with a 2021 President’s Meritorious Service Award for demonstrating a commitment to the Aggie core values of excellence, integrity, leadership, loyalty, respect, and selfless service. The President’s Meritorious Service Award was created in 1986 by the Office of […]
CVMBS Hosts Second Community Storytelling Event
Faculty, staff, students, and administrators from the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (CVMBS) gathered on Zoom on March 23 for the college’s second CIVITAS community storytelling event. The theme for the night was “Strangers in a Strange Land,” and featured eight storytellers: Tracy Vemulapalli, Hope Merriam, Emma Warry, Margaret Cook, Irina […]
Bissett To Serve As Interim Head Of Large Animal Clinical Sciences
Dr. Wesley Bissett, an associate professor of emergency management at the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (CVMBS), has been appointed interim head of the Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences (VLCS). Bissett, who also serves as director of the Veterinary Emergency Team (VET), will hold his new position for one year, […]
CVMBS Teaching Assistants Support Undergraduates Learning Histology
In Dr. Larry Johnson’s VIBS 243 course on histology at the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (CVMBS), teaching assistants (TAs) play an invaluable role in mentoring and teaching undergraduate biomedical sciences (BIMS) students. Over the past several years, these BIMS students have expressed great appreciation for the TAs’ efforts. Each semester, […]
