2022 Awards and Scholarships

 

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

At the Oregon State University Carlson College of Veterinary Medicine, we enjoy educating and training the best and brightest future veterinarians. This ceremony is a special occasion to celebrate their accomplishments.

‘Village of a care team’ saves vaulting horse after barn fire burns

Chrisy Parrish was just sitting down with the family after dinner on a Friday night in July when her phone buzzed with the alert: “Fire at Royal Ridges.”

Parrish is the program director for Royal Ridges Retreat in rural Yacolt, Washington. The retreat offers outdoor and equine programs year-round for kids and adults. Summers are particularly busy with youth campers flooding in day after day. This week had been no exception, and Parrish had just wrapped up an equine vaulting camp.

Bugs in the system: meet the scientists tracking mosquito-borne diseases in Oregon

Matt Hutchinson from the Baker County Vector Control District prepares to set mosquito traps in the Baker Valley. 

Baker County in eastern Oregon has a mosquito problem. 

“We get plenty of mosquitoes, that’s for sure,” said Matt Hutchinson, manager of the Baker Valley Vector Control District (BVVCD), in Baker City, Oregon.