Are you interested in speaking to Veterinary students and pre-Veterinary students about Swine Medicine related topics? Would you be willing to volunteer your time to teach the next generation of veterinarians about what swine veterinarians do? The AASV Communications Committee is inviting members who are willing and able to do public speaking engagements about Swine […]
Category Archives: Student
Encouraging Students to Be the Pig’s Champions at the Annual Meeting
The American Association of Swine Veterinarians (AASV) encourages veterinary students to attend the AASV annual meeting and offers a variety of activities for student participation during the conference to help fulfill part of AASV’s mission: “mentor students, encouraging life-long careers as swine veterinarians.” Once again, the AASV Annual Meeting offered excellent opportunities for students to […]
Merck Animal Health Awards $50,000 in Scholarships to Future Swine Practitioners
Merck Animal Health continued its commitment to the swine industry’s next generation of veterinarians by partnering with the American Association of Swine Veterinarians Foundation (AASVF) to sponsor the 2025 recipients of the AASVF and Merck Animal Health Veterinary Student Scholarships. Scholarships, totaling $50,000, were awarded to 5 veterinary students for 2025. The recipients were announced […]
AASV Foundation Announces Student Seminar Awards and Scholarships
The American Association of Swine Veterinarians Foundation awarded scholarships totaling $25,000 to 15 veterinary students who participated in the AASV Student Seminar at the Annual Meeting. Sloane Murray, University of Guelph, received the $5000 scholarship for top student presentation. Sloane’s presentation was titled “Could we reduce vaccine reactogenicity in pigs?” The Zoetis Foundation provided funding […]
Kansas State University veterinary student receives David A. Schoneweis Scholarship at AASV Annual Meeting
Annika Senn, a first-year student at Kansas State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine, was awarded the David A. Schoneweis Scholarship during the American Association of Swine Veterinarians Annual Meeting held in San Francisco, California. The children of the late Dr. David Schoneweis established a scholarship in his memory to benefit swine-interested students from Kansas State […]
AASV Announces Student Poster Competition Awardees
The American Association of Swine Veterinarians (AASV) provided an opportunity for 15 veterinary students to compete for awards in the Veterinary Student Poster Competition. United Animal Health sponsored the competition, offering awards totaling $4000. Additionally, a grant from the Zoetis Foundation supports $500 awards for each student selected to participate in the poster session. Dr. […]
AVMA Animal Welfare Assessment Contest Registration Open
The Animal Welfare Assessment Contest (AWJAC) provides a unique educational experience while strengthening student reasoning and communication skills. The competition teaches students to assess the welfare of animals in a variety of settings using science-based methods and reasoning. Students are given the opportunity to weigh evidence and present sound evaluations. This contest ensures that tomorrow’s […]
Two Acosta Scholars Receive Annual Meeting Attendance Stipends
The AASV Foundation has awarded two $2500 stipends to veterinary students in Mexico to facilitate their attendance at the 2025 AASV Annual Meeting in San Francisco, California. The recipients, Yaneli Hernández Flores, a student of Centro Universitario del Sur, and José de Jesús González Franco, a student of Centro Universitario de los Altos, were selected […]
AASV Speaker Bank
Are you looking for a swine veterinarian to speak during a student chapter event, deliver an academic lecture, or present during a conference? The AASV Communications Committee has compiled a list of volunteer swine veterinarians willing to speak to various audiences about a variety of swine health topics. AASV members from all disciplines, backgrounds, locations, […]
University of Illinois Partnership Helps Solve Critical Need to Develop Food Animal Veterinarians
High-achieving students with an interest in food animal veterinary sciences will now have an expedited pathway for admission at the College of Veterinary Medicine (Vet Med) at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. A new program allows animal sciences majors to gain early acceptance at Vet Med if they maintain a 3.5 GPA, complete livestock-related courses […]