Texas A&M Former Students Share Inspiration For Enrolling Pets At Stevenson Center
Tonya Yurgensen-Jacks ’92 and Kevin Jacks ’92 have been married for 31 years, and companion animals have been important members of their family for just as long. Their first pup was a rescue from the Bryan Animal Center, and every dog and cat to join their family since then has been a rescue as well, […]
Texas A&M Stevenson Center Opens New Expansion To Support Care Of Resident Pets
The Texas A&M Stevenson Companion Animal Life-Care Center and approximately 55 supporters and friends celebrated the grand opening of its newest facility expansion on Oct. 26. A unique facility within the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (VMBS), the Stevenson Center provides a home for companion animals whose owners have passed away […]
A Job Like No Other: Texas A&M Stevenson Center Provides ‘Home Away From Home’ For Veterinary Student Residents
Each year, four veterinary students at the Texas A&M School of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences have the opportunity to live at the Stevenson Companion Animal Life-Care Center, a facility like no other that provides a home for companion animals whose owners have passed away or otherwise have become unable to care for their beloved […]
Stevenson Companion Animal Life-Care Center Celebrates 30th Anniversary
Texas A&M University is often recognized as a leader in selfless service. In 1993, the Texas A&M School of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (VMBS) established a center dedicated to selflessly serving pets whose owners can no longer provide their care. The one-of-a-kind center known as the Stevenson Companion Animal Life-Care Center celebrates its 30th […]
Miller Begins Appointment As Stevenson Center Director, Continues Center’s Legacy
Dr. Sam Miller ‘91 begins his workday living an Aggie dream. As he passes through the front door of his office, Reveille IX greets him with an air of excitement fit for a retired queen of Aggieland. In September, Miller assumed the role of director of the Stevenson Companion Animal Life-Care Center, a facility on […]
Texas A&M Stevenson Center Adapts, Continues Providing Quality Care For Residents
The Stevenson Companion Animal Life-Care Center at the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (CVM) is a unique piece of the college’s outreach and service efforts. The center provides the physical, emotional, and medical care and companionship for pets whose owners are no longer able to care for them prior to entering […]
Texas A&M Foundation Honors Presnal with Partner in Philanthropy Award
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS—The Texas A&M Foundation has selected Dr. Henry L. “Sonny” Presnal ’57, longtime director of the Stevenson Companion Animal Life-Care Center in the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (CVM), as a recipient of its 2020 Partner in Philanthropy Award. Presnal received the award for his lifelong devotion to Texas […]
Former Texas A&M Mascot Reveille VIII Dies At Age 12
COLLEGE STATION, June 25, 2018 – Former Texas A&M University mascot and “First Lady of Aggieland” Reveille VIII, who served from August 2008 until her retirement to Texas A&M’s Stevenson Companion Animal Life-Care Center in May 2015, passed away Monday, June 25. She was 12 years old. Veterinarians and student caretakers at the Stevenson Center […]
Small Animal Hospital Receives Donated Aquarium
A new aquarium in the lobby of the Small Animal Hospital, at the Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital (VMTH), has been donated in memory of Madlin Stevenson. Stevenson—an animal lover, artist, philanthropist, historian, and world traveler, with a generous, gentle soul, quick wit, and boundless energy—is the namesake and a major original supporter of […]
Stevenson Center Featured in Woman’s Day Magazine
The work of the Stevenson Companion Animal Care Center at the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences and resident/student Lauren Schwerdfeger are featured in Women’s Day magazine. The one-page article, found in the current edition, explores the “Rowdy Roommates” of the Stevenson Center, detailing the nearly 600 pets—including six miniature donkeys and […]