Class of 2020 2020 Student Recognition and Oath Recitation
6:00 pm Friday, May 8, 2020 Watch Live at NCStateVetMed YouTube channel at
https://www.youtube.com/user/NCStateVetMed
Program Welcome Introduction of Platform Party Introduction of Class of 2020 Remarks from Associate Dean and Director of Veterinary Medical Services Faculty Address Academic Hooding - DVM Students Veterinarian’s Oath Class of 2020 Message Academic Hooding - Graduate Students Dean’s Address Closing Remarks
Class of 2020 Nicole Allison Natalie Chilton Andrews ~ Catherine Rae Ballard Danielle Barnes Micah Barron Allison Michelle Baucom ~ Ashlyn Terry Beasley Katherine Amanda Bollag * ~ Rebecca Bolton * Ashley Bowyer * ~ Jewell Lynne Bremer Jordan Kennedy Briggs * Jayda Bussey-Spratling Holly Joy Capps Kayla Marie Castevens * Blake Richard Chiappetta Dallas Mackenzie Clontz * Sophia N. Crump Nicole DeAngelis ~ David J. DiPiero Lauren V. Eyrich ~ Miriam Wainman Firth Alexis Paige Fisher Morgan Scout Fitch * Samantha Frable * ~ Justin Lewis Freeby Jennifer Leigh Fulp Keli Nicole Gerken ~ Gabriel A. Gonzalez Avery Goho Gottwalt Steven Gregory * Thomas R. Groneck Kathryn Ann Hamilton ~ Amanda Kay Hampton * Amanda R. Hanley Rebecca Stannard Healey ~ Matthew Cole Hefner Kristen Dawn Henson ~ Clarisa Hernandez Jennifer Loraine Heyward * ~ Nicole Elizabeth Himebaugh * ~ Kelly Elizabeth Holding Amanda Huffman Victoria Isler Laura Jackson Christian J. Kalwa ~ Jonathan Ting Lai Abby Lane ~ Samantha Lin Taylor Locklear
Sarah Martin Long Ashley Michaela Martin Christopher A. Masterson Amanda Maxwell Meghan McAleer Allison Christine McFadden ~ Karie McLamb Snow Isabella A. McMillan Rachel McNeill Chandler Browning Mercer Andrew R. Miller Juliana Mills Picard Elizabeth Garland Noblett Amie Michelle Pflaum Victoria Riggs ~ Jesse Anthony Riker Maria Rodriguez Graham Christopher Rossi Melanie Elizabeth Runkle * ~ William Nolan Shaw Sahar Sheikh-Ahmad Christopher Simkins Tia M. Simon Kathryn Megan Sinko * ~ Ronald Tyrone Smith II Ashley Renee Souza Shannon Steiner Kaitlyn Stempien ~ Mitch Stephens Micah G. Stockwell-Goering Regan Marie Stoneburner Vinita Su Chelsea Gerhart Swain Rachel Anne Thiemann * Frances S. Torres-Otero ~ Jeffrey David Tyrrell * Hannah Leigh Varnell Galen Melaura Vosseller * Maura K. Wade * Elisabeth Wahl ~ Jenna Lee Washburn Sarah Helen Wieland Joseph Emanual Wiggins Nathan Williams Allyson Wilson Janelle Marie Wiser Mandy Ashton Womble, PhD * Shanna Wong ~ Joshua Zlotnick * ~ Madeline Ann Zurowsky
* Members of Phi Zeta, the Honor Society of Veterinary Medicine are represented with Silver cords. Membership is based on high academic achievement. ~ Members of the Veterinary Business Management Association are represented with Black/Silver cords (Business Certificate Program) and Black/Gold (Business Certificate Program with Honors.)
Class of 2020
Trailblazers of the House System
In the 18th century, French veterinary surgeon Claude Bourgelat founded the world’s first veterinary school in Lyon. Voluntas Aegroti Suprema Lex - Autonomy of the patient is the most important law.
Daniel Salmon was the first doctor of veterinary medicine educated in the United States. During the 19th and early-20th centuries, he led organizations in North and South America in the study of animal diseases for the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The disease-causing bacteria Salmonella is named for him. Salus Aegroti Suprema Lex - The well-being of the patient is the most important law. Alfreda Johnson Webb was the first African-American woman to graduate from a United States school of veterinary medicine in 1949. Webb taught at North Carolina A&T University throughout the 1960s and 1970s. She was also on the planning committee for the College of Veterinary Medicine at NC State. She exemplifies the importance of diversity in the veterinary field and broader applications of the discipline. Aequitas Equitas - Fairness, Equity and Justice. Ancient descriptions of veterinary medicine and the “One Health” concept of using the same treatments to heal both animals and humans is attributed to Shalihotra who is thought to have lived in the Indian city of Sravasti around 2350 B.C. Primum Nil Nocere - First, do no harm.
Message from Amanda Maxwell, Class President To Our Friends, Family, Faculty, and StaffI want to thank you on behalf of the Class of 2020. As you see us standing here today (or rather through a computer screen), the day we are taking our veterinary oath, the day that we become doctors, please know that this would not have been possible without you. The love and support that each one of us has had to get us to this point in our lives has been tremendous. No one just becomes a veterinarian without help. It takes years of commitment and support from those around us. We are indebted to you for all your encouragement, and for all the times we needed someone to lean on as we faced challenges over these past four years. Every single individual in this class has special people to express thanks to. While I am saddened that we will not be able to celebrate together with our classmates, our loved ones, faculty and staff, please do not let that take away from the immense appreciation we have for each and every one of you.
Dear Class of 2020, Today, we become doctors. We have been dreaming of this day for at least the past four years, and many years before that. I truly could not have asked for a better group of people to share my veterinary school experience. We have supported each other, and we have shown each other love and encouragement through sharing study guides, class karaoke and potlucks, and even trips to Brick House after a tough anatomy exam. I knew this class was special from the first week that we had our ice-breaker orientation. I honestly have never met people that are so kind, motivated, unique and diverse. I have been honored to serve as your President over the past several years. I was truly gratified by the times I could advocate for our class and help make these past few years just a little easier. I hope that as we move forward in our veterinary careers we will remember this group of people as a group that we can rely on. People who we can reach out to when we’ve had a hard day. People who we can call randomly to ask a question outside of our specialties. Above all else, I hope that we can honor Sam Lin as we embark on our veterinary careers. I hope you all will keep the pin that was given to you as a reminder to take a part of Sam with you into this next phase of your life. I am so eager to see where the next four years takes each and every one of us. If the superlatives that we wrote about each other remain true and if our interests remain the same. It is so difficult to not have the opportunity to celebrate our achievements in person with our classmates that became family over the years. While our ceremony is virtual, and the ending to our fourth year was abrupt. I know that we can adapt, and support each other through it as we have in so many other situations in the past. Today we celebrate as we transition from student to doctor! Congratulations Class of 2020! Sincerely, Amanda Maxwell Class of 2020 President
Academic Regalia
Academic regalia is a code. If properly deciphered it allows understanding of the degree, institution and discipline of study of a graduate. But before we get to that, how did the wearing of a hood and gown become associated with academia? The hood and gown likely dates back to the 12th century, patterned after clothing worn by the clergy. It may have originally served a very practical purpose: keeping warm. Over time, academic regalia has been refined to what we see today. In the United States, the assignment of colors to represent areas of study was not standardized until the 19th century. In the early 20th century, the American Council on Education approved a standardized code of costumes, in effect since then with only minor revisions. The degree we confer today is the doctor of veterinary medicine, thus the gown and hood is in the style of the doctor’s degree. The discipline color of veterinary medicine is gray. For the doctor’s degree, the gown sleeves are bell shaped, and the classic color of the gown is black, although, as you will note with some of our faculty members here today, some institutions allow alternate colors. To indicate the doctor’s degree, the gown is trimmed with velvet down the front and with three bars of velvet across the sleeves. The velvet may be black or may be of the color of the discipline to which it pertains. The hood is black and the length is dictated by the degree. It is 4 feet for the doctor’s degree. The hood is lined with the official color or colors of the college or university, red and white in the case of NC State, and is trimmed in velvet, also of the color of the discipline. The thickness of the trim is related to the degree which, for the doctor’s degree, is 5 inches. In the United States, the cap is generally mortarboard style and has a tassel that is black or colored to match the discipline, except in the case of the doctor’s degree where it may be gold. The tassel may be worn on the left or right unless specified by the institution.
Graduate Students Doctor of Philosophy Kaori Davis ++ Comparative Biomedical Sciences - Cell Biology Jessica Gilbertie, DVM + Comparative Biomedical Sciences - Infectious Disease Andrew R. Kick Comparative Biomedical Sciences - Immunology Yen-Hao (Erik) Lai, DVM, MS Comparative Biomedical Sciences - Cell Biology Emily Mackey + Comparative Biomedical Sciences - Cell Biology Laura Minnema ++ Comparative Biomedical Sciences - Pharmacology Amy Stieler Stewart, DVM, DACVIM + Comparative Biomedical Sciences - Cell Biology Morika Danielle Williams, DVM, PhD, DACLAM Comparative Biomedical Sciences - Pharmacology
Masters Michelle Macugay Balbin + Comparative Biomedical Sciences Vassili Kouprianov + Comparative Biomedical Sciences Blanca Lรณpez de Juan Abad + Comparative Biomedical Sciences Meghan Louis, DVM, DACVPM ++ Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology
+ Denotes Fall 2019 Graduation ++ Denotes Summer 2020 Graduation
Veterinarian’s Oath Being admitted to the profession of veterinary medicine, I solemnly swear to use my scientific knowledge and skills for the benefit of society through the protection of animal health and welfare, the prevention and relief of animal suffering, the conservation of animal resources, the promotion of public health, and the advancement of medical knowledge. I will practice my profession conscientiously, with dignity, and in keeping with the principles of veterinary medical ethics. I accept as a lifelong obligation the continual improvement of my professional knowledge and competence. Thank you for being part of today’s celebration. Congratulations to the newest NC State University College of Veterinary Medicine graduates.