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Ened McNett holds a baby goat in a stall

Meet Student Ambassador Ened McNett

Ened McNett became an ambassador to help students find their paths.

Certified Veterinary Technician Ami Gilkey pets Ella in a stall in the teaching hospital.

First total ear canal removal surgery performed on Ella the pig at Oregon State veterinary hospital

Ella is a rescue pig living at Morningside Farm Sanctuary in Veneta, Oregon

Veterinary student Mallory Manes holds Bernadette's front limbs while classmate Adi Oz looks on.

After medical testing at OSU veterinary hospital, Oregon Zoo tiger Bernadette happy & healthy

Bernie received an MRI, ultrasound and spinal tap at the teaching hospital.

Jessica Sheets poses with a cat on a lawn.

Meet Student Ambassador Jessica Sheets

Jessica Sheets chose to become a student ambassador to help fellow first-generation college students.

students work on canine CPR manikin Otto during a training exercise in the clinical skills lab

‘Saving’ Otto for CPR certification

Third-year students learned CPR on canine manikin Otto as part of their Clinical Skills Laboratory.

Sabrina Desha works in the hood while Andree Hunkapiller and Alex Bolesky check in samples from a transport cooler.

Molecular Diagnostics: 'Providing answers' for animal and human health

10,000 specimens were processed by the molecular diagnostics team last year.

Miriam Barbour poses with her husband three dogs.

That Indigenous Vet: Miriam Barbour shares her story

Barbour's dream job is to be a zoo vet at the San Diego Zoo.

Certified Vet Tech Becki Francis says goodbye to Lil Buck before he leaves the hospital.

Leg surgery gives Lil Buck a new lease on life

Becki Francis, CVT, says goodbye to Lil Buck before he leaves the hospital.

Equestrian in action, Photo by Андрей on Pexels.com

Furst Aid: Triaging Equine Sports Injuries

In this presentation, Dr. Stacy Semevolos and Dr. Katja Zellmer describe how to handle common sports-related injuries in horses.

The horse herd is rounded up.

‘Good medicine’ for the Warm Springs horse herd

“It was all good feelings today. Good medicine today. The four-leggeds brought us together,” Johnny Smith says.

Dr. Kris Otteman and dog

Veterinarians ‘bring a voice’ to animal victims: Alumna writes book on animal cruelty investigations

Dr. Kris Otteman graduated from the CCVM in 1986.

Oyster being held in human hand.

OSU research discovers probiotic combination drastically improves oyster larvae survival

College's Dr. Carla Schubiger leads the oyster research project.

Dr. Rachael Gruenwald examines a microscopic slide.

Path to pathologist: Residency program trains disease detectives

Dr. Rachael Gruenwald is one of four current pathology residents in the college.

Black and white border collie

NSF grant to OSU researchers will aid development of antibody treatment for dogs with cancer

The research team plans for this treatment to be a gentler, more targeted and effective option for addressing canine cancer.

Veterinary student Kyndall Zieglowsky teaches high school students during a clinical skills lab.

Dissecting careers in veterinary medicine: Hands-on summer experience for high schoolers

Veterinary student Kyndall Zieglowsky teaches high school students during a clinical skills lab.

Dr. Tandi Ngwenyama speaks with Rebecca Camden at an award ceremony.

‘I see you.’ Veterinary educator’s inclusive approach leads to endowed position

Dr. Tandi Ngwenyama speaks with Rebecca Camden during the awards ceremony for Ngwenyama's appointment as the Camden Faculty Scholar.

Veterinary students Kelbi Irvin, Emily Brown, and Brandon Batty give Taz the cat a checkup.

Helping hands for PAW: Portland partnership involves vet students in community outreach

Veterinary students Kelbi Irvin and Emily Brown give Taz a checkup at the Portland Animal Welfare Team's clinic.

Dr. Hadi Mansouri poses in his office with his Zoetis Distinguished Veterinary Teacher Award

‘Raising us as the best doctors we can be’: Dr. Hadi Mansouri wins top teaching award

"To me, teaching anatomy is the most enjoyable and challenging activity."

Photo of bronze beaver statue with the words Awards and Scholarships.

2022 Awards and Scholarships

Thank you donors and sponsors, and congratulations to our recipients.

Dr. Brianna Beechler and friend Brian Dugovich on a trail run with Beechler’s dogs Pippin (left) and Jada.

FURst Aid: Preventing, identifying and treating common dog injuries on the trail

Dr. Brianna Beechler is an avid trail runner.

Veterinary students pose after a yoga class.

Yoked in community: Yoga nights give vet students and staff a space to breathe

The yoga nights are hosted by the Student American Veterinary Medical Association Wellness Committee.

Class of 2022 veterinary student Lindsay Zachary pets a purebred Australian Shepherd at the Linn Co. Kennel Club Dog Show.

A passion for purebreds: AKC community hosts veterinary students

Veterinary student Lindsey Zachary, DVM '22, pets a purebred Australian Shepherd at the Linn Co. Kennel Club Dog Show.

Rude's sculptures line the walkway to the front entrance of the college.

Amongst the animals: Artist Brad Rude’s bronze sculptures welcome all

Rude's sculptures line the walkway to the front entrance of the college.

Orange Tabby Cat Beside Fawn Short-coated Puppy

FURst Aid: Pet Triage and CPR (webinar)

Learn first responder skills for your pet.

Hobbes the tiger

Helping Hobbes: Veterinary team removes mass from ‘Tiger King’ rescue cat

Hobbes is back on the mend.

Dr. Amy Harbord performing surgery

‘I still remember what a uterus looks like.’ Hands-on surgical rotation at Oregon Humane Society shaped alumna’s career

CCVM's partnership with Oregon Humane Society gave Dr. Harbord the experience she needed to make a career change.

Dr. Kurt Williams portrait

Oregon Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory names new director

Dr. Kurt Williams joins from Michigan State University.

Medical lab technologist Bri Babb working in OVDL.

Oregon State Veterinary Diagnostic lab receives 3 grants to expand emergency response capacity

The grants will help the OVDL expand its role in responding to large disease outbreaks.

Jordan Beamer, his hunting dog Jax and dad Dr. Leland Bud Beamer pose after a successful pheasant hunt

'Like hitting an ice cube with a hammer.' Jax shattered his wrists, but the vet team got him back on the hunt.

Bird dog Jax was injured in a fall off a cliff.

Aubrie Piper, Akira and Charlie Beckers running in the snowy forest

Running day by day with Akira

Akira ran into Aubrie Piper and Charlie Beckers lives and they never looked back.

Veterinary student Kyndall Zieglowsky, class of 2023, inspects the eye of an owl.

Researching raptor rehab

Vet students partnered with raptor rehab centers to research which cases were most likely to be successfully rehabbed.

Melanie and her dog Madeline near Joseph, Oregon.

A vet tech, a miniature poodle and the folk music that brought them together

Melanie Garrett, certified vet tech, and her dog Madeline love to travel.

FURst Aid: Managing equine emergencies

Dr. Kate Schoenhals will teach you how to recognize and respond to equine emergencies.

Observer or observed? An adult buffalo cow peers over the fence at the Satara capture corrals. (credit Brian Dugovich)

OSU study on African buffalo offers insights on persistence of highly contagious pathogens

The study, led by CCVM faculty, landed the cover of Science Magazine.

Students from the Shelter Medicine Club get advice from '21 graduate Dr. Eilea Delgadillo while examining a dog at the Street Dawgs & Cats event.

'The housed and unhoused get together over love of pets'

Students from the Shelter Medicine Club get advice from '21 graduate Dr. Eilea Delgadillo (right) while examining a patient at the Street Dawgs & Cats event.

Catherine Skinner examines an alpaca as Dr. Cebra teaches during the camelid course.

Spit happens: Learning camelid health care in the field

Catherine Skinner examines an alpaca as Dr. Cebra teaches during the camelid course.

Tom O'Brien and Jeannine Marshall-O'Brien dedicate the Leilani Comfort Room.

The ‘princess’ sheltie brings comfort over the rainbow bridge

Tom O'Brien and Jeannine Marshall-O'Brien dedicate the Leilani Comfort Room.

Vanessa, a pug-mix, walks on the underwater treadmill during rehab therapy.

These legs weren’t made for walking, but that’s just what they’ll do

Vanessa is a rescue who was abandoned in the California desert because of a congenital limb defect.

Dr. Carla Schubiger surfaces from a dive as a volunteer at the Oregon Coast Aquarium.

What’s in the blood of the butterfish? Research helps fish farmers assess stock health

Dr. Carla Schubiger is leading butterfish (aka sablefish) research at Oregon State

Microbiologist Nelson Osorio prepares a slide for rabies testing.

Did the horse have rabies? Just one of the questions answered by the OVDL

Every day, more than 50 different specimen accessions are run or processed at the OVDL to diagnose a huge variety of animal diseases.

Dr. Masson Blow and son Maddix pose in the middle of the mural gifted to the college by the class of 2021.

Mural, mural on the wall, who’s included? One and all

Dr. Masson Blow ('21) and son Maddix pose in the middle of the mural gifted to the college by the Class of 2021.

Dr. Masson Blow is one of 71 veterinarians graduating as the class of 2021.

Congratulations Class of 2021!

71 graduates earned their doctorates of veterinary medicine.

Dr. Kadie Anderson (right) doing a procedure on a spider crab.

Just another ‘no typical day’ as a zoo vet

Dr. Kadie Anderson and colleagues take care of more than 11,400 animals at Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium.

Dr. Sean Spagnoli and his virtual teaching set up

‘Spagnoli rocks’: Educator takes top teaching award

“It is clear Dr. Spagnoli loves to teach,” wrote one student in the nomination materials.

Dr. Sarah Garver, Benny, Chupi and Mitch Garver

Alumna gives back in memory of Benny the boxer

Though a bit of “trouble,” Benny quickly won their hearts.

2021 Awards & Scholarships

Congratulations to this year's awards and scholarship recipients and a special thank you to our sponsors and donors! 

Campus sidewalk with rhododendrons blooming in the spring.

Creating a community of wellbeing

"I use my active listening ‘superpower’ to give others the chance to share," said Piper Palmgren (D.V.M. '23).

Jorie Clark and her pet Luca Bratsi

Loyal Luca: Memories of a special dog

The Clarks were as loyal to Luca as he was to them.

"Our herd of camelids" by WindRanch is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

'Bringing people together' with virtual and free International Camelid Health Conference

More than 270 people from six continents atttended.

Chester the red wolf

Endangered red wolf from Washington zoo receives novel operation at Oregon State

Chester is one of only about 260 red wolves in the world.

Lois Bates Acheson Dean Susan J. Tornquist

'We get to teach the best': Dean president-elect of AAVMC

Susan J. Tornquist to lead Association of American Veterinary Medical Colleges.

Clockwise: Kyndall Zieglowsky, MaryAlice Coulter, Devin James, Donald Gridiron, Dr. Tandi Nqwenyama, Dr. Troy Holder

Honoring Blackness in veterinary medicine

Students and faculty share their stories.

Tom and Chris Levy and six of their Pumiks.

The pedigreed professorship: Couple’s gift establishes endowed position

Tom and Chris Levy are giving back to benefit their beloved 'pets and partners.'

Image of flags from around the world in the Memorial Union with text saying: Inclusion Diversity Equity Awareness

From IDEA to action: Committing to an inclusive future for veterinary medicine

College's IDEA Committee works for change.

Lactobacillus johnsonii, SEM image by Kathryn Cross, IFR

Research shows a few beneficial organisms could play key role in treating Type 2 diabetes

Research opens the door to possible probiotic treatments.

Arlo getting a CT scan prior to surgery.

TikTok favorite K-9 Officer Arlo receives surgery for bullet wound at OSU veterinary hospital

Arlo was wounded in the line of duty.

Octopus and aquarist at Hatfield Marine Science Center.

Hey, octopus. How ya doing?

Research helps veterinarians and aquarists objectively assess the well-being of giant Pacific octopus.

Debbie, Stephanie and Dr. Mike Bellinghausen at Stephanie's graduation from Oregon State.

Giving back to ‘reflect the world we practice in’

Dr. Mike Bellinghausen's (pictured here with daughter Stephanie) scholarship fund is aimed at providing access for students from historically underrepresented populations.

Lorie Kennerly poses by the Mediterranean Sea in Israel.

Teaching old vets new tricks: Lorie Kennerly retires after 38 years in IT

Lorie Kennerly loves to travel and plans to spend her retirement seeing the world and spending time with her grandkids.

pipetting in the OVDL

Questions about animal disease? The OVDL has answers

The Oregon Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory processes 17,500 samples per year.

Chobe the lioness is prepped for a CT scan.

Lioness rescued from ‘Tiger King’ facility receives surgery at OSU veterinary hospital

Chobe received care for an infected uterus.

Dexter and Alyssa Nitschelm

Nine more months for Dexter: Limb-sparing cancer surgery adds precious time

Dexter was the Nitschelm's "heck of a good guy." Pictured here with Alyssa Nitschelm

Diane Ostergaard sewing kennel blankets.

A Wolf, some fleece and a thousand blankets

Diane Ostergaard sews and donates kennel blankets to our teaching hospital.

ODA State Veterinarian Ryan Scholz checks a chicken.

Own an animal? Meet the state vet helping keep it healthy

New ODA State Veterinarian Ryan Scholz graduated from CCVM in 2011.

Checking samples in the OVDL

Testing the Oregon community for COVID-19

The college's diagnostic lab has run nearly 10% of all human COVID-19 tests in Oregon.

Beaver Champion Award graphic

Beaver champions for COVID-19 testing

Justin Sanders and colleagues from the Oregon Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory were honored with the Beaver Champion Award.

Dr. Kate Schoenhals talks via video chat with a reporter.

What it's like on the ground at the wildfire evac centers

Dr. Schoenhals shares her experience treating animals during the wildfire response.

Researchers trapping mosquitoes in Kruger National Park in South Africa

Human activities promote disease-spreading mosquitoes

Researchers trapping mosquitoes in Kruger National Park in South Africa.

Horses in smoky field

Wildfire response

More than 110 CCVM volunteers are mobilizing to help treat animals in need.

Dean Sue Tornquist

Welcome, new students!

Convocation message from Lois Bates Acheson Dean Sue Tornquist

Max the sea lion is prepared for a CT scan

Sea lion with heart trouble receives CT scan at Oregon State University veterinary hospital

Max the sea lion is prepared for a CT scan.

Cecilia Rosas and her twins Benjamin and Nera.

Ring, ring! It’s your new life calling

Cecilia Rosas receives CCVM's first ever full-tuition scholarship.

Awards & Scholarships

Watch our 2020 Awards & Scholarships Presentation

Learning through Zoom

Dr. Jeremy Redmond examining a foal during the large animal rotation with fourth year students

Thanks to the Corvallis Sewing Brigade for providing the masks!

The Corvallis Sewing Brigade made face masks for our employees in the Acheson Veterinary Teaching Hospital

How pets keep us healthy

A discussion featuring animal and health experts

dog

Save pets’ lives by making radiation treatment available in Oregon

Animal lovers Ken and Celia Austin hope others will join them in donating to a cancer treatment fund.

Grand Opening Celebrates Magruder Hall Expansion

The college added another 22,000 square feet for students and hospital

Dr. Carla Schubiger

Stronger Oysters Help Oregon Economy

An OSU researcher has identified three strains of probiotic that make Pacific oysters healthier..

Rescuing Dogs

A Passion For Animal Rescue Inspires A Career

Volunteer Work Gets Student Jeff Popowich Hooked On Veterinary Medicine

Cancer cells

New Weapon In The War On Cancer

Assistant Professor Brian Dolan is investigating the use of immunotherapy to fight cancer.

Intraoperative Radiotherapy

Cancer Treatment Device Unique To OSU

New treatment of animals with cancer will provide information that can save human lives too.

Zebrafish slide

Little Fish Make Big Impact

The OSU Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory uses molecular diagnostics to help researchers maintain the health of one of their most important tools: Zebrafish.

Moulton Lab

Synthetic Molecules Hold Potential To Cure Many Diseases

Researcher Hong Moulton works to develop revolutionary potential of Morpholino oligomers.

Roxy on agility course

Rehabilitation Gets Roxy Back On The Course She Loves

Experts in the OSU Veterinary Teaching Hospital use targeted therapies to heal injured sport dogs without surgery.

Contact Info

Carlson College of Veterinary Medicine
Oregon State University
700 SW 30th Street
Corvallis, OR 97331-4801
541-737-2141

vetmed@oregonstate.edu

The college is fully accredited by the American Veterinary Medical Association, Council on Education (COE).

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