AASV Foundation Announces Student Scholarships

March 7, 2017 — 

The American Association of Swine Veterinarians Foundation awarded scholarships totaling $25,000 to 15 veterinary students during the 48th AASV Annual Meeting in Denver, CO.

Cassandra Fitzgerald, Iowa State University, received the $5,000 scholarship for top student presentation. Her presentation was titled "Comparison of standard and bench entry protocols for prevention of environmental contamination due to personnel entry in a commercial swine facility." Zoetis provided the financial support for the Top Student Presenter award.

Additional scholarships totaling $20,000 were funded by Elanco Animal Health. Four veterinary student presenters received $2,500 scholarships: Kimberlee Baker, Iowa State University, Michael Mardesen, Iowa State University, Megan Nickel, Iowa State University, and Zhen Yang, University of Minnesota.

Five veterinary student presenters received $1,500 scholarships: Alyssa Anderson, University of Minnesota, Hunter Baldry, University of Minnesota, Kylie Glisson, North Carolina State University, Jane Newman, University of Guelph and Chelsea Ruston, Iowa State University.

Those student presenters receiving $500 scholarships were: Chris Deegan, University of Minnesota, Allison Knox, University of Illinois, Olivia Myers, North Carolina State University, Megan Pieters, Iowa State University and Rachel Schulte, Iowa State University.

Fifty veterinary students from 12 universities submitted abstracts for consideration. From those submissions, fifteen students were selected to present during the annual meeting. Zoetis, sponsor of the Student Seminar, provided a $750 travel stipend to each student selected to participate.