The American Association of Swine Veterinarians Foundation awarded scholarships totaling $25,000 to 15 veterinary students.
Taylor Williams, The Ohio State University, received the $5000 scholarship for top student presentation. Her presentation was titled "Evaluation of water-based foaming as a mass depopulation method for swine." Zoetis provided the financial support for the Top Student Presenter Award.
Additional scholarships totaling $20,000 were funded by Elanco Animal Health.
Four veterinary student presenters received $2500 scholarships: Madison Durflinger, Iowa State University; Hunter Everett, North Carolina State University; Katyann Graham, Iowa State University; Megan McMahon, University of Minnesota
Five veterinary student presenters received $1500 scholarships: Don Banks, North Carolina State University; Seth Melson, University of Minnesota; Andrea Sisk, North Carolina State University; Glorianne Vazquez, Iowa State University; Kaci Way, The Ohio State University
Those student presenters receiving $500 scholarships were: Amanda Archer, Lincoln Memorial University; Shelby Haryslak, University of Pennsylvania; Kyle Nisley, Iowa State University; Donna Presnell, Lincoln Memorial University; Nathan VanKley, Michigan State University
Thirty-seven veterinary students from 12 universities submitted abstracts for consideration by student abstract volunteer judges Drs Alex Ramirez, Christa Goodell, Jessica Higgins, Marlin Hoogland, Russ Daly, and Thomas Painter. From those submissions, 15 students were selected to present during the annual meeting. Drs Andrew Bowman and Perle Zhitnitskiy chaired the student seminar which was judged by Drs Russ Daly, Alex Ramirez, Jessica Higgins, Marlin Hoogland, Tom Painter, and Christa Goodell. Zoetis, sponsor of the Student Seminar, provided a $750 stipend to each student selected to participate.