The AASV Foundation and AASV Student Recruitment Committee are pleased to announce the recipients of the 2013 National Pork Industry Foundation (NPIF) veterinary internship stipends. Six first- and second-year veterinary students were selected from a pool of 73 applicants to receive the $3300 stipends. Each NPIF intern will be linked with a volunteer practitioner-mentor with whom they will spend a one-month internship during the summer of 2013. The interns are:
Lauren Glowzenski, University of Pennsylvania
Scott Kramer, Michigan State University
Chad O’Connor, University of Illinois
Chris Olsen, Iowa State University
Chelsea Scheidler, Purdue University
Nathan Sunderman, Iowa State University
The NPIF veterinary internship stipend program is now in its fifth year. The stipend of $3300 per student defrays the cost of travel, lodging, and compensation during the one-month internship. Additionally, the interns are encouraged to utilize their practitioner-mentor as a resource throughout the year, and to attend the AASV Annual Meeting and Leman Swine Conference in an effort to increase their knowledge and exposure to swine medicine. Each intern submits a written report and evaluation upon completion of the program.
The AASV Student Recruitment Committee developed the NPIF veterinary internship stipend program in an effort to attract veterinary students to swine medicine and to provide interested students with exposure to the life of a swine veterinarian. The $20,000 funding for the program is provided by the National Pork Industry Foundation, a charitable corporation that promotes activities in the swine industry related to research and education. The funds are administered by the AASV Foundation.