Pfizer Animal Health, American Association of Bovine Practitioners Award 23 scholarships

Pfizer Animal Health and the American Association of Bovine Practitioners (AABP) Foundation are proud to announce that 23 veterinary medicine students received financial support through the 2011 AABP Foundation – Pfizer Animal Health Veterinary Student Scholarship Fund.

“Our ongoing partnership with Pfizer Animal Health on this scholarship program has provided much needed financial support for our veterinary students,” says M. Gatz Riddell Jr., DVM, executive vice president, AABP. “The cost of college can be a significant hurdle for the success of veterinary students, and we want to offer students the opportunity to focus on their studies and future careers, not the cost of tuition.”

This year, the AABP Foundation and Pfizer Animal Health presented 23 students from across the nation with a $5,000 scholarship at the AABP Annual Conference held Sept. 21 to 24 in St. Louis, Mo. Travel and lodging costs also were provided to the scholarship recipients to attend the AABP Annual Conference. In the last three years, the AABP Foundation – Pfizer Animal Health Veterinary Student Scholarship Fund has awarded $315,000 in scholarships to 63 veterinary students. 

The 2011 scholarship recipients are:

• Elisha Adkins, Oregon State University
• Nicholas Barbu, Michigan State University
• Curtis Beidel, University of Pennsylvania
• Joshua Boyden, Cornell University
• Matt Brewer, Iowa State University
• Maranda Gonzalez, The Ohio State University
• Nika Grigsby, University of Florida
• Scott Hamilton, University of California, Davis
• Amber Hazel, University of Minnesota
• Elizabeth Homerosky, The Ohio State University
• Brandy Lengacher, The Ohio State University
• Claire McPhee, North Carolina State University
• Ward Mills, University of Georgia
• Timothy Perano, University of California, Davis
• Cassandra Peterson, University of Illinois
• Andy Pike, Auburn University
• Haley Resler, Purdue University
• Molly Riddell, Auburn University
• Chase Stahl, Iowa State University
• Brandon Treichler, University of Minnesota
• Ben Werkhoven, Washington State University
• Mary Stuart Womack, Texas A&M University
• Jeremi Wurtz, Iowa State University 

Making a difference for large-animal veterinarians

Sally Adams received an AABP Foundation – Pfizer Animal Health Veterinary Student Scholarship in 2010. As a 2011 graduate of The Ohio State University, she currently works at a mixed-animal practice focusing on dairy veterinary medicine in Maria Stein, Ohio. According to Adams, both the scholarship and the support of Pfizer Animal Health and AABP have helped advance her career.

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