Six Veterinary Students to Receive NPIF Internship Stipends

November 22, 2010 — AASV Staff

The AASV Foundation and the AASV Student Recruitment Committee are pleased to announce the recipients of the 2010-11 National Pork Industry Foundation (NPIF) veterinary internship stipends. Six first- and second-year veterinary students were selected from a pool of 88 applicants to receive the $3300 stipends. The recipients are:

Joshua Barker, Mississippi State University
Samantha Haw, University of California-Davis
Kevin Maschek, University of Florida
John Prickett, Iowa State University
Marlene Tremblay, University of Wisconsin
Brian Warr, University of Georgia.

The NPIF veterinary internship stipend program, now in its third year, links each recipient with a swine practitioner-mentor with whom they will spend a one-month internship during the summer of 2011. 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 - is 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.

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