News Briefs
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, […]
CVMBS Students, Faculty Participate In 2021 Aggies Invent: VetMed
Sixty-three Aggies from across the Texas A&M University campus competed in the fourth annual Aggies Invent: VetMed competition hosted by the Colleges of Engineering and Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (CVMBS). Aggies Invent: VetMed is a 48-hour intensive design experience during which students in multidisciplinary teams work to create technological strategies and solutions to improve […]
Two CVMBS Faculty Members Receive AFS College-Level Teaching Awards
The Texas A&M Association of Former Students (AFS) has recognized two College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (CVMBS) faculty members with College-Level Teaching Awards for their talent, expertise, and devotion to conveying knowledge to students. Drs. Jordan Tayce, an instructional associate professor in the CVMBS’ Department of Veterinary Integrative Biosciences (VIBS), and Andra Voges, […]
CVMBS Teaches Conflict Management In New Video Series
Even in the healthiest work environments and relationships, employees can find themselves facing conflict from time to time. Rather than trying to avoid or ignore conflict, the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (CVBMS) recognizes that “conflict simply is.” To encourage healthy habits for addressing conflict in the workplace, the CVMBS’ Office […]
Texas A&M Librarian Receives Award For Work Supporting Veterinarians
Heather K. Moberly, the coordinator of veterinary information and research services at the Texas A&M Medical Sciences Library, has received the 2020/2021 Michael E. DeBakey Library Services Outreach Award for her esteemed work providing crucial support and knowledge to practicing veterinarians. The Michael E. DeBakey Award, presented by the Friends of the National Library of […]
VMTH Completes Wellness Challenge, Logs 26,000 Miles
The Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital (VMTH) recently wrapped up a nine-week wellness challenge that had teams of staff, faculty, residents, and interns competing to log the most miles by walking, running, swimming, rowing, biking, elliptical, or any combination thereof. The Miles for Wellness initiative was created by Dr. Alison Diesel, a clinical associate […]
