Pre--Vet Club Newsletter - University of Findlay · 2015-08-09 · Pre--Vet Club Newsletter Pets of UF: Meet Archy By: Ellen Pritschau Meet my cat Archy, he will be fourteen years

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Pets of UF 1

Letter from the editor 2

Symposium Review 3

ANSC Barn News 4

Animal Health 5

Breed of the Month 6

Animal Funnies 7

The Royal Family 8

An Ethics Opinion 9-11

Senior Farewell 12

Inside this issue:

Editor: Ellen Pritschau

Contributors: Lauren Bates, Tracy Swanson, Katie Mehlow, Beth Mikel, Meredith Evans, Brooke Pepin and

Sabreena Escamilla.

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Pets of UF: Meet Archy

By: Ellen Pritschau

Meet my cat Archy, he will be fourteen years old this June. One day over thir-teen years ago my mom, sister and I went to our local Kmart to go shopping. My sister and I noticed some type of animals running around by the dumpster behind the bank next store. My Mom said we had to go shopping first, and then we could go check it out. So, after what seemed like a really long shop-ping trip we did and discovered two cats. One was a young gray and white kitten and the other cat looked a little older. A lady from the bank came out and told us she had been feeding the cats because they had been hanging around there for a few weeks. After 45 minutes, a cardboard box and a can of tuna we managed to catch the young kitten. We could not catch the other cat. We brought him home and bought him a bed, toys, bowls, food and a litter box. My dad was not happy at first when we showed him our new little kitty, but they warmed up to each other in time. Archy got a brother when we got our first dog a year later. Our poor kitty has always lived in a house with a parakeet he was told he could not eat though. He enjoys watching birds out the window, playing with marbles and rolling on the cement. Now we call him our “little old man” but we still love him and are grateful we could give him a comfortable indoor home for his life.

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Up Coming Events:

4/21—No Classes

4/25—Last Day of

regular classes

4/28—5/1 : Finals

Week

In the past couple of issues this semester I have shared with you my thoughts on life and careers. I, myself am

working on my career plans. This is the last issue of the Pre-Vet Club Newsletter I will publish as the editor, as I

will only be at UF one more semester. I am hoping to obtain an internship in New York for the other semester

next year and will return for commencement in May. It has been a pleasure to be your newsletter editor for the

past two years. Though the job can be taxing sometimes; I will miss it. I will still write an article occasionally next

year when I have time. I know most of you will be busy this Summer working and getting shadowing hours; but I

hope everyone has a wonderful Summer! I know I am looking forward to it. School can sometimes seem like a

very stressful burden that takes over our lives, so going into finals I leave you with this quote:

“ Life is an adventure we all must take,

And we will gracefully celebrate it’s joys,

As the leaves on the trees gather the sun;

And courageously embrace it’s rough times,

As the worn path bares ridges and cracks;

Knowing that there is always light at the end of the tunnel.”

Ellen Pritschau

Important Information Regarding the Newsletter next semester:

Meredith Evans will be your new editor for the 2014-2015 semester. She has contributed to the newslet-

ter several times while I have been the editor, so please take a look at her previous work if you have time. I wish

Meredith the best of luck, I know she will do a good job! If you would like to join the newsletter staff next year

or would like to continue writing please contact Meredith Evans at [email protected].

Letter from the editor...

I am shocked every year by the number of sophomores, juniors, and seniors who have no idea what the Symposium for Schol-arship and Creativity is. One of the reasons students from the University of Findlay do so well in graduate school applications is the relative ease for most students to get involved in undergraduate research projects. The Symposium for Scholarship and Creativity em-bodies this mentality by giving students not yet in research an opportunity to search of possibilities as well as get practice presenting their findings to an audience. There are also prizes, free food, and T-shirts. For this reason, the Symposium can be described as a “carnival for science.”

The Symposium is typically scheduling at the beginning of April from noon to five, and has the same general format each year. Programs are handed out and include the schedule of events. This includes an alumni speaker and awards presentation for each college, 20-minute oral presentations by students about their projects, and an hour-long poster session that is concluded with free food and a prize drawing in Croy Gym. These events are blocked off in specific time slots, and students can choose what they want to go and see. “Passports” are given to students to get stamped at each presentation they go to, and these can be turned in at the end of the day for the T-shirt and prize drawing. In addition, many professors require attendance for classes, or give extra credit for going if one is lucky.

This year, some oral presentations were scheduled in the Davis Street building lecture halls instead of the smaller, stuffy rooms in Old Main. This was a welcome change, although it did force people to walk across campus more. The Scholarship and Research So-ciety (a cool, newer club on campus!) contributed many volunteers to the Symposium. Just to spark some additional interest, here are some of the titles of projects presented by your fellow students:

The Prevalence and Treatment of Toxocara canis in the Hancock County Humane Society

Redefining Popularity: How and Why Independent Musicians Are Able To Top The Charts

The Effects of Environmental Stressors on Cryptosporidium parvum and Giardia lamblia in Bucket Calves

Effects of Caffeine on Leukemia Cell Growth

The Symposium occurs during what undergraduate students and professors like to call “research season.” This phenomenon occurs between February and April. It is both a stressful and exciting time when posters must be prepared, oral presentations must be practiced, and countless emails are sent between research teams and professors. Other research conferences and symposiums during this time that our students regularly present at include the Posters at the Capital (in Columbus), Ohio Academy of Science (OAS), Tri-Beta Biological Honor Society Conference, and the Ohio Natural History Conference.

If you did not get to attend the Symposium for Scholarship and Creativity this year, I highly encourage you to take advantage of this event—you may find something you never thought you would be interested in, learn something new, and support your peers in their endeavors across all of the colleges at the University of Findlay.

Photography by: Lauren Bates

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A Carnival for Science: Symposium for Scholarship and Creativity in Review

By: Tracy Swanson

I am shocked every year by the number of sophomores, juniors, and seniors who have no idea what the Symposium for Schol-arship and Creativity is. One of the reasons students from the University of Findlay do so well in graduate school applications is the relative ease for most students to get involved in undergraduate research projects. The Symposium for Scholarship and Creativity em-bodies this mentality by giving students not yet in research an opportunity to search of possibilities as well as get practice presenting their findings to an audience. There are also prizes, free food, and T-shirts. For this reason, the Symposium can be described as a “carnival for science.”

The Symposium is typically scheduling at the beginning of April from noon to five, and has the same general format each year. Programs are handed out and include the schedule of events. This includes an alumni speaker and awards presentation for each college, 20-minute oral presentations by students about their projects, and an hour-long poster session that is concluded with free food and a prize drawing in Croy Gym. These events are blocked off in specific time slots, and students can choose what they want to go and see. “Passports” are given to students to get stamped at each presentation they go to, and these can be turned in at the end of the day for the T-shirt and prize drawing. In addition, many professors require attendance for classes, or give extra credit for going if one is lucky.

This year, some oral presentations were scheduled in the Davis Street building lecture halls instead of the smaller, stuffy rooms in Old Main. This was a welcome change, although it did force people to walk across campus more. The Scholarship and Research So-ciety (a cool, newer club on campus!) contributed many volunteers to the Symposium. Just to spark some additional interest, here are some of the titles of projects presented by your fellow students:

The Prevalence and Treatment of Toxocara canis in the Hancock County Humane Society

Redefining Popularity: How and Why Independent Musicians Are Able To Top The Charts

The Effects of Environmental Stressors on Cryptosporidium parvum and Giardia lamblia in Bucket Calves

Effects of Caffeine on Leukemia Cell Growth

The Symposium occurs during what undergraduate students and professors like to call “research season.” This phenomenon occurs between February and April. It is both a stressful and exciting time when posters must be prepared, oral presentations must be practiced, and countless emails are sent between research teams and professors. Other research conferences and symposiums during this time that our students regularly present at include the Posters at the Capital (in Columbus), Ohio Academy of Science (OAS), Tri-Beta Biological Honor Society Conference, and the Ohio Natural History Conference.

If you did not get to attend the Symposium for Scholarship and Creativity this year, I highly encourage you to take advantage of this event—you may find something you never thought you would be interested in, learn something new, and support your peers in their endeavors across all of the colleges at the University of Findlay.

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Usually Spring is the time of year you see lots of

baby animals down on the farm, but our animals

out at the Animal Science building are already

growing up. Our animals are bred so they deliver

at the beginning of each semester so students can

learn how to process the young. The young lambs

and kids have been separated from their mothers in

the last few weeks. So, that is why you hear lots of

baby animal calls across the barn. The farrowing

room and nursery are empty, but there are still gilts

and barrows in the large pig pens. The cattle are

out in the pastures grazing in the Spring sun. If

you are craving to see a baby animal to remind you of your farm back home, over at the Western Equine Farm

there may be a couple new foals that were born recently. Only two more weeks to say goodbye to the animals at

the barn before heading home for the Summer so do not forget to make your last stop out there before or during

finals!

Photography by: Lauren Bates

Animal Science Barn News

By: Ellen Pritschau

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Endemic in Pork Industry: Can new tests prevent it?

By: Katie Mehlow

New enteric diseases are ravaging the pork industry causing pork product prices to rise about 10 percent in the past year, with a predic-tion of the trend continuing.

This is due to large numbers of pigs, almost 6 million, dying due to diarrhea viruses.

In response, researchers at the Kansas State Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory at Kansas State University have developed new tests they hope will mitigate the spread of these viruses.

Dick Hesse, the director of diagnostic virology at the lab and professor of diagnostic medicine and pathobiology says that there are at least three viruses that they have identified that are affecting pigs, all with similar symptoms. Two of these diseases are the Porcine Epi-demic Diarrhea Virus (PEDV) and delta coronavirus. PEDV has only recently been identified as first entering the United States through testing with the National Veterinary Services Laboratory. PEDV is not a zoonotic disease, nor does it affect food safety, however it does cause severe diarrhea and dehydration in the pigs it affects, and newborn pigs contracting the virus die within 5 days. Delta coronavirus is very similar.

Clinicians at the laboratory are working to develop tests to detect which virus is affecting the pigs. “If you know what they’ve been ex-posed to and how high the immunity is, you can make adjustments on how you treat the virus.,” Hesse said.

PEDV has already killed an estimated 6 million pigs, and the Kansas State University laboratory is only 1 of 4 labs in the United States with the new tests to identify the viruses. The researchers hope the tests will stop the spread of these diseases before they become endem-ic. “Enteric disease in pigs has turned into a huge, huge problem and we’re developing all kinds of new tests to address the old problems but also to address the new diseases that are just destroying everything,” Hesse says, “(The tests) are management tools. With enough information, you can make informed decisions and minimize the impact of disease.”

Kansas State University. "Endemic in pork industry: Will new tests prevent it?." ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 14 April 2014.

3) Cross section of a small intestine of a pig infected with PEDV 4) Normal cross section of a small intestine

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Breed of the Month: Betta Fish

By: Sabreena Escamilla

Betta fish, also known as Siamese Fighting-Fish are well known for their

beautiful colors and long flowing tails. They are normally seen swimming alone in a small bowl or vase inside an

office or home. The Betta was first discovered in Southeast Asia. The Cyclic drastic change in the environment

helped Bettas adapt and become true Labyrinth fish. Labyrinth fish are fish that can both breathe oxygen directly

from the air and also take in oxygen from their gills. This is why you will see Bettas in tanks without any special

equipment, normally seen in tanks containing other fish. A good diet consists of dried bloodworms, brine shrimp

or daphnia, but a pelleted mixture of these three things and other vitamins and minerals found in a pet store will

do just fine. Bettas, unlike other species, are not schooling fish and will fight with each other, regardless of gender.

Bettas prefer to swim alone and also need a comfortable place to hide. Bettas have several different tail shapes - the

most common being the veil tail. Other tail shapes include the half-moon, double tail, short-finned fighting-style

tail and crown tail. Bettas normally live 2 - 3 years, but there have been a few cases of bettas living well into their

teens. I myself own two betta’s; Hector, and Little Blue, I have had them since my freshman year of college, and I

love them like they were a part of my family. They are great companions for college students, they do not require a

lot of work to take care of, and they will always be there for you if you need to talk. Pet sitters International. The

Beauty of the Betta. http://www.petsit.com/facts-about-betta-fish?id=327278 .web.

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Animal Funnies

By: Brooke Pepin

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The Royal Family

By: Beth Mikel

Foal watch 2014 is underway. With the arrival of spring, Zenyatta fans are anxiously awaiting the arrival of Zen-yatta’s third foal. 2010 Horse of the Year Zenyatta who re-sides at Lanes End Farm in Versailles, Kentucky and is owned by Jerry and Ann Moss was bred to War Front last year and is due to give birth any day. Owners Jerry and Ann Moss and Zenyatta’s former racing manager, Dottie Ingordo-Shirreffs, held a contest that began March 19th and ran through April 1st where fans could guess the birthdate of Zenyatta’s third foal right down to the minute. The winner of the contest, who will be announced the day after the foal is born, will receive an 11’’x 14’’ print of the new foal signed by the photographer and Zenyatta’s owner’s Jerry and Ann Moss. Zenyatta’s first foal, Cozmic One, is now a 2 year old in training at Mayberry Farm in Ocala, Florida being prepped for a hopeful racing career. Jeane Mayberry, who runs the training operation, told the Daily Racing Form in March “ …he isn’t afraid of anything. I’ve never had a horse quite like that…He’s special and he knows it.” It is not known yet when Cozmic One will begin his racing career. His family is noted as being “notoriously late blooming” so his racing debut could be awhile down the road yet. As for Zenyatta’s second colt, an announcement on Zenyatta’s blog on April 16 stated that he has officially been named Ziconic. The “Z”, the first letter of his name, represent-ing Zenyatta. This announcement was met with excitement from Zenyatta’s blog fans and mixed with a little anx-iousness from other fans as they await the arrival of Z14. Hooves crossed that all goes well for Mamma Z and her soon to arrive foal. For the latest news and updates on Zenyatta and her family visit her blog at www.zenyatta.com or find her on Facebook.

Sources: (for information and pictures) www.zenyatta.com

Russo, Nicole. “DRF.com.”, Daily Racing Form, 29 March 2014. Web. 17 April 2014

Cozmic One in training.

Ann Moss Visits with Ziconic. Photo by Kyle Acebo.

Zenyatta fan listens for baby Z14. Photo by Alys Emson.

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An Ethics Opinion

By: Meredith Evans

**The opinions and observations expressed within this article are mine, and not those of the University of

Findlay, its employees or the Pre-Vet Club.**

If you are reading this newsletter, you, more than likely, care about animals and have plans to include them

in your career, whether as a veterinarian, veterinary technician, clinic or barn manager, as well as in your personal

life as pets.

Fast forward ten years and picture yourself as a veterinarian in a clinic, particularly a private clinic, since

many veterinarians enter that part of the field. In walks an owner and a pet, neither of whom you have seen before,

and the animal is bleeding from an incision made by another veterinarian at a different clinic, who performed a

routine surgery. You examine the animal and determine it needs emergency surgery to ascertain the root of the

problem and, hopefully, to correct it. However, the animal’s condition is guarded and the owner lacks the finances

to go proceed with the recommended treatment. What do you do?

This was the unfortunate situation a animal hospital found itself to be in earlier this month. The owners of

a one-year old dog had their pet spayed, but later, after the dog had been picked up, the owners became concerned,

the dog was bleeding from the incision. They called the clinic where the surgery had been performed, however that

clinic was closed and a message on the answering machine referred them to the animal hospital, which is a 24/7

emergency clinic. Upon examination at the clinic, emergency exploratory surgery was recommended and the dog

was given a guarded prognosis, even with surgery due her condition, which the practice owner. The veterinarian

cited her as being “…critical condition, she’s in shock.” The owners were told that half of the estimated bill is re-

quired as a deposit before treatment would proceed and in this case, the required deposit was to have been about

$1,000. The owners had only $400 in cash, no major credit cards, and were denied Care Credit, as was a relative.

Care Credit is a credit card which can be specifically used for veterinary expenses, but, like any other credit card,

requires good credit, built by things such as on-time bill payments, for approval. The hospital refused to accept the

money as a down payment or to arrange a payment plan outside of the previously listed options, as the attending

veterinarian said he would be fired if he did so. The dog was wrapped in a compression bandage and sent home

where she later died. The owner took her experience to Facebook and it has been shared over 4,000 times and re-

sulted in a barrage of insults and threats directed at the emergency clinic.

What would you do, as the veterinarian, in this situation? Is the emergency clinic at fault? Is the daytime

clinic at fault? Should the emergency clinic have suggested euthanasia, rather than sending the dog home with a

compression bandage?

In formulating your response, consider several things.

Examine the Veterinarian’s Oath below.

Being admitted to the profession of veterinary medicine, I solemnly swear to use my scientific knowledge and skills for the bene-

fit 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.

Owning a pet is PRIVELGE, not a right. Many people do not take this into consideration when getting a

pet. Pets are like family, or are family, in many cases. Most people mean no harm when they take in animals they

should not or cannot afford, on the contrary, and wish to only to help, but few realize the economic requirements

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of a pet. The owners said they had never considered the thought of needing an emergency fund for their pet but it

is a reality. No one wants see a veterinarian on an emergency basis, but life, including emergencies, happens. Veter-

inary medicine, unlike human medicine, does not receive government assistance, nor do many pets have insurance

and even if they do, it seems to work differently than that of human’s insurance and it may be quite costly. By the

oath taken upon entering the field, veterinarians are required to prevent and relieve the suffering of animals but

this does not require the veterinarian to immediately take an animal to surgery, even if surgery may save the ani-

mal’s life.

Private veterinary medicine is BUSINESS and there are expenses like any other business- heat, electricity,

medicine, supplies and many others. Bills, mortgages and salaries must be paid and cannot be missed or the clinic

will close. This is often taken for granted in veterinary medicine. Every day veterinarians and their staff see cases

that pull at their heartstrings or verbally abused for refusing to do pro bono work because people do not see, due

to high emotions, lack of knowledge or simple blindness, the work veterinarians and their staff do for free by vol-

unteering their energy and time at shelters, or the times they “forget” to put something on the bill. Some veterinar-

ians are accused of price gouging in order to “get rich” and are accused of not actually caring about animals. How-

ever, think of all the debt a veterinarian has undertaken to just obtain his or her degree, it is close to $200,000 just

for veterinary school, before addition of interest on the loans, undergraduate school or the cost of buying a clinic.

A veterinarian is a person just like any other and also needs to have an income to pay the rent or a house payment,

car payment, or buy groceries. Just incurring the debt, let alone the years and energy spent educating himself or

herself to earn the degree, justifies fair compensation. Each member of a clinic’s staff has the same basic financial

needs and this is what the payment of a client’s bill works to fulfill. A practice owner cannot tell a staff member

that, because “Fuzzy’s owner can only pay $50 a month on her $300 bill, I can only pay you $20 this month.” It

just does not work. Is that an exaggeration? Yes, but it is relatable.

Another thing to consider is the HISTORY OF THE CLIENTS that have come before those of the

current one. The emergency clinic may have at offered payment plans at one point, but were burned by too many

others who promised to pay on a payment plan, but then did not. At this point, the clinic takes a loss and it can

only handle so many losses before it must close its doors. In addition, after a few experiences of this veterinarians

or office managers become “gun-shy” of making these types of arrangements. For example, posted in the lobby at

one of clinics I have shadowed at is a list of overdue accounts, clients that claimed they would pay but have not.

The list is probably over three feet long and cites tens of thousands of dollars owed to the clinic, many of which

have been sent to a collections department with no resolution, leaving the clinic without any more options. Even if

the clinic had agreed to a payment plan and gone ahead with the surgery, yet but the dog still died or required eu-

thanasia, perhaps on the table or after surgery, would the clients still have paid? Many people seem to lose the in-

clination to pay their bill if their pet is no longer alive to serve as an incentive and a reminder, at which point the

clinic has already invested in the work and cannot recover those costs, hence another reason on the requirement of

a down payment.

Also, take into consideration the RELATIONSHIP this clinic had with the dog’s owners. The clinic had

no previous relationship with these clients, there was no history available other than a limited amount of cash

available and the refusal of Care Credit to give the clients a line of credit, indicating they were a high risk and that

it was probably not advisable to loan money to them. As an emergency hospital it would be difficult to establish a

relationship with clients due to the nature of the work, however, in other types of practices this is another reason

why it is vital for a client to maintain a good relationship with his or her veterinarian, as the veterinarian may be

An Ethics Opinion Continued…

By: Meredith Evans

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more willing to work with a client if they have a good reputation of paying smaller bills in a timely fashion and take

good care of their pets.

The owners also cited the higher costs of the emergency hospital as being an unfair surprise, however, logi-

cally, an emergency hospital would have higher overhead costs, due to keeping the clinic staffed at all times and

prepared to jump into emergency stabilization and surgeries at a moment’s notice. This type of preparation would

require more advanced technology, such as digital x-ray machines and on-site advanced blood work machines, and

perhaps, staff with more advanced training or experience. Also, in addition to the surgery, the dog may have need-

ed blood transfusions, antibiotics and intensive care. It has not released what the estimate included. It is also the

responsibility of the owner to ask his or her veterinarian what to do in case of an emergency, especially in relation-

ship to a complex surgery, such as a spay. While a spay may not extremely complicated, it is an abdominal surgery

and is not without risk. Perhaps the veterinarian who performed the initial surgery could have been called for a

consultation and might have been willing to front the deposit until it could be determined what the cause of the

complications was, although that gets very complicated very, very quickly.

And, last but not least, before the emergency clinic or the daytime clinic, which performed the spay, can be

faulted, consider the patient and the information available. As a veterinarian or a member of the general public

wishing to declare an opinion, make sure all of the requisite facts are present and known. No information has

been released regarding the cause of death of the dog. It is not known whether the pre-surgical blood work or clot-

ting tests were performed, which could have identified an underlying problem that caused the post-surgery compli-

cations. Perhaps the dog had an unknown medical condition, such as a clotting disorder. Nor can it been proven,

without a doubt, that the probable post-surgery instructions of quiet rest with restricted movement, were followed

by the owners once the dog left the daytime clinic.

In an ethical dilemma, whether you are the person having to call the shots or a just the person passing

judgment on those that did, make sure you have all of the information possible and carefully consider each situa-

tion individually. As a pet owner, make sure you have a fairly significant emergency fund set aside for pet-related

expenses or a line of credit available in case of an emergency. As a student, this begins with being financially re-

sponsible NOW. As many of you are probably shadowing at a veterinary clinic this summer, pay attention to the

financial side of things, as well as the medical. Observe how your veterinarian handles financially difficult cases and

even take a glance at invoices as shipments of medications and supplies arrive and figure out just how the pricing

of products and services at your clinic are determined.

**The opinions and observations expressed within this article are mine, and not those of the University of

Findlay, its employees or the Pre-Vet Club.**

Sources

"Veterinarian's Oath." American Veterinary Medical Association. N.p., n.d. Web. https://www.avma.org/KB/

Policies/Pages/veterinarians-oath.aspx

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Beyond UF: A farewell to the Class of 2014

By: Ellen Pritschau

Some number of years ago, four for most; you began a journey. This journey will now come to a close on May 3, 2014. Whether your years at Findlay have gone as smoothly as you hoped for; or if you have hit a few (or several) bumps along the way it’s the journey that matters. What have you learned (not just educationally, but about yourself)? What have you overcome? How have you changed? What new experiences have you had in college that you will take something away from? What relationships have you made with others that you will keep after leaving UF? These are all questions to consider before you walk through that arch on Saturday.

Saturday will be a busy and hectic day surrounded by family and friends, but remember to just take a moment to look around, breathe and smile; because YOU made it!!!

CONGRATULAIONS to all graduating seniors, and remember there are so many incredible opportuni-

ties out there for you to explore; in some ways your life is just beginning even though your time at UF is coming to a close!!!

*The following seniors replied to the request for their after graduation plans. Rachel N. Hallman I will be attending the University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine. Sara Skoczen I applied for a Customer Service Representative Job at Pet Supplies Plus' Corporate Headquarters in Li-

vonia, Michigan. If I do not get that job, I am enrolled in the Cuyahoga Community College Veterinary Tech-nology Program for the fall of 2014. After I complete that, I would like to get a job with a Veterinary Pharma-ceutical Company.

Alexandra Beery I will be attending The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine. Katharine Kehrt I will be attending the London Study Abroad program in May with the University of Findlay. Then I will

be attending Auburn Veterinary School in the Fall, class of 2018. Go War Eagle! I plan to one day own my own mixed animal practice and I hope to live in the deep south and love life!

Tyler Fields I will be attending The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine this fall and my current interests are mixed animal, research, pathology and public health.