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W o r d f r o m t h e D e a n THERE IS MUCH TO TELL YOU ABOUT in three months since our last issue of the Outlook, even though these months included the summer break, when students are away, and the curriculum is not in session. July 19th marked the first of ten days of the annual Summer Congress of the International Veterinary Student Association. Ms. Karen Eiler (DVM 2007) got the bid to hold the Congress at our College last summer in Vienna. This is only the second time that the Congress has been held in the United States. Karen and co-chair of the Organizing Committee, Mr. Terence Krentz (DVM 2008) did an outstanding job of raising more than $100,000 from corporate sponsors, organizing scientific and recreational activities for the Congress (including a behind the scenes look at veterinary care at SeaWorld by veterinarian Dr. Tom Reidarson), and accomplishing the impossible task of transporting and housing about 100 international delegates from Los Angeles to San Diego to San Francisco to Davis. Faculty in our College participated in faculty retreats, and other faculty work groups this summer, under the leadership of Drs. Phil Nelson and Stephen Waldhalm to address issues such as faculty use of the multidisciplinary classroom, optimal format for Grand Rounds, fine-tuning the assessment instrument for individual performance in PBL group, and continued progress in assessing student learning in the third and fourth years of the curriculum. Associate Dean Carmen Fuentealba presented pooled 3rd year student assessment data indicating very strong approval of Clinical Preceptor performance during the 2005-2006 academic year. Means of 23 assessment items (with numbers of responses exceeding 980 each) exceeded 4.2 on a 1 to 5 scale, and 14 of 23 means equaled or exceeded 4.5. Mean response for “The supervising veterinarian demonstrated knowledge and competence in his/her discipline” was 4.7 (n=1056) and mean response for “The clinic staff treated me with respect” was 4.8 (n=1048). How great is that University Convocation, opening the 2006-2007 academic year, was held on Saturday, August 12th, followed by the White Coat Ceremonies for each of the colleges at WesternU. This year the CVM admitted 101 new and 4 returning students to comprise the Class of 2010. The class includes 32 men and 73 women from 19 states, including 59 from California. Our White Coat Ceremony keynote speaker was Dr. Temple Grandin, an amazing woman who has transcended autism to earn a PhD in animal science, to create a livestock consulting company that has designed chutes through which more than half of the food animals processed in the United States pass, and to become a best selling author. Read more about her in this issue of the Outlook. Recently, my friend, Dr. Scott Campbell, reminded me of Goethe’s words, “Dream no small dreams, for they have no power to move the hearts of men.” Surely our students dream no small dreams when they determine that they will become veterinarians. The paths to gain admission to veterinary school and the paths through the rigorous four year curriculum fulfill very big dreams. The people of this college also dream a big dream for our students, for we dream that they will thrive in our curriculum, graduate, enter the veterinary profession, and go out to change the world. It is a personal joy to welcome the Class of 2010 to our College. ♥ the Outlook Spring 2006/Volume 8, Issue 1 College of Veterinary Medicine Western University of Health Sciences Editor: Robert V. Mason, DVM, MS 909.469.5628 rmason@westernu.edu Contributing Editor: Leigh Wiemann 909.469.5516 lwiemann@westernu.edu Contributor: Renee Cook 909.469.5651 rcook@westernu.edu Photographer: Jess Lopatynski 909.469.5298 jlopatynski@westernu.edu Graphic Designer: Paul Gettler 909.469.5256 pgettler@westernu.edu ------ 309 E. Second Street Pomona, California 91766-1854 www.westernu.edu/cvm ♥ A Work Of Heart O n T h e C o v e r Dr. Wendell Cole, Chair of the Student Affairs Committee, with Ms. Nicol Alcain, left, and Ms. Amy Andrich, right, both DVM 2010, at the August 12th White Coat Ceremony. Photo by Brian Knight “He had a way of taking Buck’s head roughly between his hands, and resting his own head upon Buck’s, of shaking him back and forth, the while calling him ill names that to Buck were love names.” -- Jack London Shirley D. Johnston, DVM, PhD 2
C V M N e w s Dr. Peggy Barr published Barr, M.: Update – Avian influenza. An emerging feline threat Veterinary Medicine (June 2006) pp 344-347. ♥ Dr. Joe Bertone published Bertone JJ: Excessive drowsiness secondary to recumbent sleep deprivation in two horses. Vet Clin Equine 22: 157-162, 2006. ♥ Congratulations to Ms. Shannan Boss, whose position was reclassified to the CVM Director of Operations effective July 1, 2006. In that capacity, Ms. Boss will serve as CVM Budget Manager, Office Manager and the Dean’s Chief Administrative Officer. ♥ Ms. Cyanna Brauning (DVM 2007) received the American Quarter Horse Foundation $10,000 Telephony Scholarship for 2006. Hooray! ♥ Drs. Carmen Fuentealba, Phil Nelson, Peggy Schmidt and John Tegzes participated in summer workshops in Denver and Knoxville for the Foresight Project of the Association of American Veterinary Medical Colleges. AAVMC is using Foresight Analysis to predict future scenarios for academic veterinary medicine in 2020-2025. ♥ Ms. Vinutha Gowda (DVM 2007) and Ms. Lutfiya Haji (DO 2008) published “Kingdom of the Furthest: Our Travels to Morocco” in Humanism in the Health Sciences, Vol 9: 22-23, 2006. ♥ Dr. Oscar Illanes published Illanes O, Anderson S, Niesman M, Zwick L, Jessen BA: Retinal and peripheral nerve toxicity induced by the administration of a pan-cyclin dependent kinase (cdk) inhibitor in mice. Toxicol Pathol 34:243-248, 2006. ♥ Welcome to Dr. Kristopher Irizarry, Assistant Professor of Genetics. Dr. Irizarry completed his BS in Biochemistry at Renselaer Polytechnic Institute in New York, his PhD in Molecular Biology at UCLA, and a postdoctoral fellowship in pharmacogenomics, also at UCLA. At the CVM he will be a content expert in mammalian genomics and bioinformatics, and will provide data management for research and learning outcomes. ♥ Dr. Malika Kachani spoke on “Epidemiological Aspects of Echinococcosis in the Region; Prevention of Echinococcosis”, and “Diagnosis of Echinococcosis,” at the on European Union 2nd MetaNET-SEE workshop, in Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina, June 22-24, 2006. ♥ Welcome to Dr. Teresa Morishita, Professor of Poultry Medicine & Food Safety. Dr. Morishita was educated at UC Davis (DVM, MPVM, MS, PhD), and is a diplomate in the American College of Poultry Veterinarians. She comes from Ohio State University, where she was Director of the Laboratory for Wildlife and Environmental Health; recent work includes characterization and abatement of ammonia, particulate, pathogen, and odor emissions from egg production facilities. She is Editor of the Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine. ♥ Farewell to Dr. Tracy Murchie, Assistant Professor of Theriogenology, who left her faculty position at the CVM in August, to pursue new opportunities in her homeland in South Africa. ♥ Dr. Phillip Nelson spoke on “Proactive Mentorship: Actively Seeking Diversity in the Veterinary Profession” at the AVMA Veterinary Diversity Symposium in Honolulu, Hawaii, July 17, 2006. ♥ Dr. Heather Nevill was featured in the June 30, 2006, LA Times story, “300 Baby Terns Dead on Shore.” Dr. Nevill is a consulting veterinarian at the International Bird Rescue Research Center in San Pedro. Sixteen surviving Caspian and elegant tern chicks were treated at the center. ♥ Congratulations to Ms. Darlene Sanchez (DVM 2009) who has received scholarships from the Upland Chapter of the American Business Women’s Association and the Zonta Club of Redlands. ♥ Congratulations to Dr. Peggy Schmidt, who became a diplomat by examination of the American College of Veterinary Preventive Medicine in July. ♥ Good job to Ms. Danielle Shaffer (DVM 2008) and Dr. Oscar Illanes for establishing the College’s new Student Chapter of the American College of Veterinary Pathologists. ♥ Mr. Ryan Smith (DVM 2008) published “Human Animal Bond” in Humanism in the Health Sciences, Vol 9: 14, 2006. ♥ Welcome to Dr. Ron Terra, DAVBP, Professor of Food Animal and Production Animal Medicine. Dr. Terra was educated at UC Davis (DVM), and the University of Guelph (MBA). He was recruited from the Lander Veterinary Clinic in Turlock, CA, where he implemented dairy production medicine programs on dairies with emphasis on nutrition and finance. ♥ Welcome to Dr. Christine Tindal, Associate Professor of Small Animal Medicine. Dr. Tindal has her BVSc and a Certificate in Veterinary Ophthalmology from the University of Sydney, and is a member of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons. In Sydney, Australia, she performed referral ophthalmologic consultations. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Erratum: In the Summer, 2006 issue, under Student Awards at CVM Honors Day 2006 (page 4), the Juan Fuentealba Collegiality Award was incorrectly spelled as the Juan Fuentealba Congeniality Award. The Editor apologizes for this error. ♥ 3
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