NPIF Internship Stipends Awarded to Six Veterinary Students

November 25, 2009 — 

The AASV Foundation is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2009-10 National Pork Industry Foundation (NPIF) veterinary internship stipends. The AASV Student Recruitment Committee selected six first- and second-year veterinary students from a pool of 59 applicants to receive the $3300 stipends. The recipients are: Emily Gordon, Purdue University; Timothy Krebs, Cornell University; Michelle Monson, Iowa State University; Lincoln Montgomery-Rodgers, Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine; Laurel Wegener, University of Nebraska; and Charlotte Wellen, University of Illinois.

The NPIF veterinary internship stipend program, now in its second year, links each recipient with a swine practitioner-mentor with whom they will spend a one-month internship during the summer of 2010. The NPIF stipend of $3300 per student defrays the cost of travel, lodging, and compensation during the one-month internship. Additionally, the interns are encouraged to utilize their practitioner-mentor as a resource throughout the year, and to attend the AASV Annual Meeting and Leman Swine Conference in an effort to increase their knowledge and exposure to swine medicine. Each intern submits a written report and evaluation upon completion of the program.

The AASV Student Recruitment Committee developed the NPIF veterinary internship stipend program in an effort to attract veterinary students to swine medicine and to provide interested students with exposure to the life of a swine veterinarian. Funding for the program - $20,000 per year for three years - was provided by the National Pork Industry Foundation, a charitable corporation that promotes activities in the swine industry related to research and education. The funds are administered by the AASV Foundation.