{"id":8055,"date":"2025-09-19T07:49:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-19T12:49:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vetmed.iastate.edu\/article\/?page_id=8055"},"modified":"2025-09-19T07:50:14","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T12:50:14","slug":"todd-bell-recipient-of-cvms-reece-advising-award","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/vetmed.iastate.edu\/article\/todd-bell-recipient-of-cvms-reece-advising-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Todd Bell Recipient of CVM\u2019s Reece Advising Award"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n<div\n\tclass=\"paragraph-widget paragraph-widget--text-html\">\n\t<div class=\"text-content\">\n\t\t<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8056\" src=\"https:\/\/vetmed.iastate.edu\/article\/wp-content\/uploads\/toddbell1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Todd Bell in office\" width=\"2531\" height=\"2560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vetmed.iastate.edu\/article\/wp-content\/uploads\/toddbell1-scaled.jpg 2531w, https:\/\/vetmed.iastate.edu\/article\/wp-content\/uploads\/toddbell1-297x300.jpg 297w, https:\/\/vetmed.iastate.edu\/article\/wp-content\/uploads\/toddbell1-1013x1024.jpg 1013w, https:\/\/vetmed.iastate.edu\/article\/wp-content\/uploads\/toddbell1-768x777.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vetmed.iastate.edu\/article\/wp-content\/uploads\/toddbell1-1519x1536.jpg 1519w, https:\/\/vetmed.iastate.edu\/article\/wp-content\/uploads\/toddbell1-2025x2048.jpg 2025w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2531px) 100vw, 2531px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>September 22, 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Dr. Todd Bell, professor of veterinary pathology, is the 2025 recipient of the College of Veterinary Medicine\u2019s William O. Reece Award.<\/p>\n<p>The Reece Award is presented annually to a CVM faculty member for veterinary student academic advising as voted on by the DVM student body. Honorees are recognized as a \u201csincere student advocate who demonstrates compassionate, understanding, and guidance through mentoring and the ability to provide networking for veterinary students.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A faculty member at Iowa State since 2023, Bell is the director of graduate education in the Department of Veterinary Pathology.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think the most important part of advising is active listening and asking lots of questions of students so I can understand what their needs are,\u201d Bell said. \u201cIt helps with understanding how I can best help them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After graduating from a DVM from Iowa State, Bell served in the United States Army including at the U.S. Army\u2019s Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases at Fort Detrick, MD, where he served as director of foundational sciences and acting deputy commander.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHelping students, even in the smallest of ways, can make a huge difference in their lives,\u201d Bell said. \u201cI think of the mentors I had along the way who helped me because they wanted me to be successful and were looking for nothing in return.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to provide that to our students and am passionate about enabling a future generation of veterinary leaders.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-8055","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"site_sections":["VETMED","VPATH"]},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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