Veterinary Students Selected for Mentorship in Swine Medicine

December 16, 2014 — AASV Staff

The AASV Foundation and AASV Student Recruitment Committee are pleased to announce the recipients of the 2015 National Pork Industry Foundation (NPIF) veterinary internship stipends. Six first- and second-year veterinary students were selected from a pool of 78 applicants to receive the $3300 stipends. Each NPIF intern will be linked with a volunteer practitioner-mentor with whom they will spend a one-month internship during the summer of 2015. The students selected to participate in this popular program are:

Hunter Baldry, University of Minnesota
Elizabeth Boyd, Colorado State University
Bryan Ideus, University of Illinois
Ben Kasl, Cornell University
Amanda Neujahr, North Carolina State University
Caitlin Quesenberry, Washington State University

The NPIF veterinary internship stipend program is now in its seventh year. The 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. The $20,000 funding for the program 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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