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Highlights from the 2013 Honors and Awards Banquet
Emily Waggoner (DVM ’13) was awarded the
American College of Veterinary Radiology Award,
for demonstrating outstanding enthusiasm and
understanding for diagnostic and therapeutic
radiology. She was also awarded the Large Animal
“In-House” Award, awarded to a fourth-year student
who demonstrates exceptional proficiency in large
animal medicine and surgery to “in-house” faculty.
She also received the Food Animal Production
Medicine Clinical Proficiency Award; the Faculty
Scholastic Plaque and Clifford E. Westerfield
Award, for having the highest scholastic average
for her entire four years at the CVM; and the Dean
Emeritus Thomas J. Jones Cup, which honors an
outstanding fourth-year student selected on the basis
of personality, professional proficiency, and scholastic
achievement.
Claudia Reyner (DVM ’13) was awarded the
American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine
Certificate of Clinical Excellence, given to a senior
student who demonstrates a sincere interest in
internal medicine.
Alec Davern (DVM ’13) received the American
College of Veterinary Surgeons Award, given to
a senior student who has excelled in large animal
surgery, and the Field Services Award, given to the
student who has demonstrated exceptional clinical
proficiency and a general interest in large animal
medicine to the field service faculty.
Victoria Churchill (DVM ’13) was awarded the John
Morton Award for Humane Animal Care, which
recognizes a senior student in large animal medicine
demonstrating the most concern for the humane
treatment of animals in the hospital. The award is
named in memory of retired CVM faculty member
Dr. John D. Morton.
Dustin Major (DVM ’13) received the Novartis/
Ethicon Surgical Excellence Award, given to a senior
student who has demonstrated outstanding surgical
skill and academic performance at the CVM.
Stephanie Bradshaw, Robert Campbell, Tori
Moore, Erin Schellinger, Christy Cain Stancil,
Cheryl Stiehl, Caitlin Tenewitz and Lea Warner,
all members of the Class of 2013, were all awarded
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The University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine
Certificates of Merit for Proficiency in Large Animal
Medicine and Surgery.
Jessica Beck, Elizabeth Dale, Ember Epperson,
Anna Jeffers, Christina Parr and Lacy Strom,
all members of the Class of 2013, were awarded
Certificates of Merit for Proficiency in Pathology.
Justin Graham, Sawyer Howell, and Brian Warr,
members of the Class of 2013, each received
the Food Animal Production Medicine Clinical
Proficiency Award, given to students who have
consistently demonstrated a sincere passion and
outstanding performance in the field of beef, dairy or
swine production medicine.
Morika Ogawa (DVM ’13) was awarded the
American College of Veterinary Anesthesia and
Analgesia Award, presented to a senior student who
exemplified clinical proficiency in anesthesia.
Clara Moran and Amanda Smith, members of
the Class of 2013, were each awarded an American
College of Veterinary Internal Medicine Certificate of
Clinical Excellence, presented to senior students who
demonstrate a sincere interest in internal medicine
and outstanding didactic and clinical expertise in
internal medicine.
Clara Moran (DVM ’13) also received the John
Oliver Neurology Award, awarded to a senior student
who demonstrates exceptional proficiency and
interest in clinical neurology.
Jennifer Trzcinski Given (DVM ’13) received the
American College of Veterinary Surgeons Award,
given to a senior student who has excelled in small
animal surgery, and also the Veterinarian-of-the-
Year Award, presented to a senior student who has
demonstrated professionalism, commitment, and
scholastic excellence.
Zachary Daniel (DVM ’13) received the Award for
Academic Excellence in Veterinary Ophthalmology,
given to a fourth-year student who demonstrates
a sincere interest in and aptitude for veterinary
ophthalmology. He also received the Bayer Excellence
in Communication Award, for presenting the
strongest communication skills during a client