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Graham Prize\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<\/strong>Gus Peterson (large animal) &amp; Carolyn Granda (small animal)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Margaret A. Haines Scholarship in Equine Medicine and Surgery<\/strong><em><strong> \u2013\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>Quincie Donth &amp; Leland Ducksworth<\/li>\n<li><strong>Interstate Veterinary Medical Association Scholarship \u2013 <\/strong>Madison Kelchen &amp; Lance Steins<\/li>\n<li><strong>IVMA Rural Practice Incentive Scholarships<\/strong> &#8211; Hannah Pollard &amp; Katelynn Belding<\/li>\n<li><strong>IVMA Bovine Preconditioning Program Scholarship \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>Sydney Hull, Mary Shytles, Devin Ludwing, Alexander Bebb, Ethan Hornbuckle &amp; Jenna Trenhaile<\/li>\n<li><strong>IVMA Sport Field Day Community Engagement Scholarship<\/strong> &#8211; Kassidy Van Maanen, Alek Goll, Jade Paulsen, Sarah Rath, Ben McClain &amp; Nourah Abusada<\/li>\n<li><strong>Bob Rosenthall Senior Student Award for Proficiency in Clinical Oncology \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>Jahalia Baker<\/li>\n<li><strong>Society for Theriogenology Proficiency in Theriogenology Award \u2013 <\/strong>Brian Bochucinski<\/li>\n<li><strong>Veterinary Medicine Alumni Association \u201cGentle Doctor\u201d Award \u2013 <\/strong>Kathryn Dalzell<\/li>\n<li><strong>Veterinary Medicine Alumni Association Scholarship Award<\/strong> &#8211; Emily Nye &amp; Kassidy Van Maanen<\/li>\n<li><strong>American Animal Hospital Association Award for Proficiency in Primary Care \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>Arabelle Jackson<\/li>\n<li><strong>ISU Excellence in Swine Research Award<\/strong> \u2013 Morgan Almeida<\/li>\n<li><strong>ISU Excellence in Swine Practice Award \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>Kristen Cleaver<\/li>\n<li><strong>Dr. Dominic Gentile Virtuous Veterinarian Award \u2013<\/strong>Kathryn Dalzell<\/li>\n<li><strong>VECCS Award for Proficiency in Emergency and Critical Care \u2013 <\/strong>Rachel Ferguson<\/li>\n<li><strong>North American Veterinary Anesthesia Society \/ American College of Veterinary Anesthesia and Analgesia Award \u2013 <\/strong>Molly Eyerly &amp; Cassandra Black<\/li>\n<\/ul>\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-8411","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"site_sections":["VETMED"]},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - 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