Spring/Summer 2013 Aesculapian Magazine - University of Georgia ...

StudentNews
UGA College of Veterinary Medicine presents Phi Zeta
honors to students
Award recipients from the 2013 Phi Zeta Veterinary Honor Society Induction Ceremony. Back row, left to right: Don Harn,
PhD, professor of infectious diseases; Thomas Griner (DVM ’15); Atticus Mabry (DVM ’15). Third row, left to right: Katie
Griner (DVM ’15); Elizabeth Rivers (DVM ’14); Jennifer Covington (DVM ’14); Alyson Frederick (DVM ’15); Matthew Beeson
(DVM ’15). Second row, left to right: Amanda DiMascio (DVM ’15); Annie Page-Karjian (DVM ’11), PhD Candidate in
Pathology; Alessandra Keenan (DVM ’15); Elizabeth Howerth, DVM, PhD, professor of anatomic pathology; Will Basinger
(DVM ’16); First row, left to right: Karen Christ (DVM ’16); Jed Darden (DVM ’16); Kaori Sakamoto, MLS, DVM, MS, PhD,
DACVP, assistant professor of anatomic pathology; Jane Quandt, DVM, MS, DACVAA, DACVECC (Anesthesia & ECC), associate
professor of anesthesiology; Jennifer Munhofen (DVM ’16).
The University of Georgia College of Veterinary
Medicine recently recognized outstanding faculty and
students with honors for excellence in teaching, research
and service at its annual Phi Zeta Veterinary Honor
Society Induction Ceremony. Below are the awards given
to students. Faculty awards are featured in the Faculty
News section.
The Morrow B. Thompson Award was presented to
Dr. Andrew Bugbee, a third-year resident in small animal
internal medicine. The award is presented annually to a
senior student, resident or graduate student who excels in
veterinary clinical pathology. It is given in memory of its
namesake, who received his doctor of veterinary medicine
degree from UGA in 1976.
Matthew Beeson received the Outstanding Sophomore
Student Award for having the highest cumulative grade
point average in the second-year class. As part of his
award, Beeson will serve as vice president on the Phi Zeta
committee for one year.
Fifteen students, who were nominated by their peers,
were recognized for their leadership, service and outreach
in the community, their place of worship, the UGA College
of Veterinary Medicine, student clubs or veterinary
fraternities. The following students received Phi Zeta
Leadership, Service and Outreach awards: Stephanie
Pullin from the class of 2013; Jennifer Covington, Alan
Power and Elizabeth Rivers from the class of 2014;
Amanda DiMascio, Alyson Frederick, Katie Griner,
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