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| Spotlight on Youth - June 2, 2010 |
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Pfizer Animal Health names scholarship recipients
NEW YORK, N.Y. — Pfizer Animal Health announced today the first recipients of a new $2 million scholarship program for U.S. veterinary students.
The initiative, designed to support the future of the veterinary profession, will provide up to $2 million in scholarships over its first three years. Administered in partnership with the American Veterinary Medical Foundation (AVMF), the program is an opportunity for Pfizer Animal Health to further demonstrate its support of veterinary education, as well as its commitment to encouraging more students to focus on food-animal practice and increasing diversity in the profession.
In the initial year of the program, Pfizer Animal Health has awarded 222 second- and third-year U.S. veterinary students with a total of $555,000 in scholarships. Scholarship recipients, who hail from 28 U.S. veterinary schools accredited through the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA), are from diverse backgrounds, ages, genders, physical disability and ethnicity. Although open to all students, 18 percent represent students from diverse backgrounds, and two-thirds are studying to practice food-animal veterinary medicine.
Scholarship recipients were selected based on several criteria, including academic excellence, leadership, diversity and potential for contributing to food-animal or food-safety veterinary medicine, and will each receive $2,500 this year.
The scholarship program is part of a broader commitment from Pfizer Animal Health to support the future of the veterinary industry—including scholarships, training and education, and research and development.
“Rising debt, insufficient diversity and fewer practicing or skilled food animal veterinarians in rural America are serious challenges to the veterinary profession,” said Michael McFarland, DVM, Group Director, Veterinary Medical Services & Corporate Citizenship, for Pfizer Animal Health. “As a market leader, we have a responsibility and an obligation to help support the future of the veterinary profession.”
The U.S. Department of Agriculture currently projects a shortage of 600 veterinarians and anticipates demand for food-animal veterinarians will increase 12 to 13 percent by 2016. Over the last few years, about 2,600 veterinarians graduate annually from U.S. veterinary schools. The average debt a veterinary student incurs by graduation is approximately $120,000.
“This scholarship program is a huge investment in the future of veterinary medicine,” says AVMF Executive Director Michael Cathey. “Pfizer has recognized the gaps and has set out to proactively and generously help address them.”
Ohio Sheep offers Ralph H. Grimshaw Memorial Scholarship
COLUMBUS, Ohio — For Ohio sheep producers interested in attending college, the Ohio Sheep Improvement Assoc. (OSIA) will provide applications for the Ralph Grimshaw Memorial Scholarship.
The Ralph H. Grimshaw Scholarship is awarded annually to deserving young persons involved in Ohio’s sheep industry. The scholarship is given in honor of Ralph H. Grimshaw, former executive director of the Ohio Sheep Improvement Assoc.
Grimshaw, a dedicated educator, truly believed in our youth and the sheep industry. The Ohio Sheep Improvement Assoc. offers this scholarship to college age students on an annual basis. This year there will be one $1,000.00 scholarship awarded to a deserving young sheep producer. The deadline for submission of the scholarship application is June 30. For more information and an application, visit www.ohiosheep.org or call OSIA at 614-246-8299.
Deadline for Jersey youth scholarship application approaches
REYNOLDSBURG, Ohio — July 1 is the deadline to submit applications for 2010-11 academic scholarships administered by the American Jersey Cattle Assoc., Reynoldsburg, Ohio.
The AJCA Scholarship Program provides over $17,000 in annual financial support for Jersey youth enrolled in colleges or universities or, in some cases, youth seeking hands-on experience in the development and management of Registered Jersey™ cattle.
Applicants must be a junior or life member of the American Jersey Cattle Association upon submitting their application. A minimum grade point average of 2.5 (on a 4.0 scale) is required to apply for these scholarships. A copy of the applicant’s high school or college transcript must be included with the application form.
A Russell–Malnati Scholarship for Advanced Studies of $5,000 will be awarded. Undergraduate students who have completed at least one-half of coursework credit hours required for a degree in dairy science, animal science (dairy emphasis), large animal veterinary practice, dairy production or manufacturing, or dairy product marketing, and graduate students in those program areas are eligible to apply.
The William A. Russell Memorial Scholarship of $1,000 will be presented to a student who will begin a program of study at an accredited college or university in the fall of 2010.
The Cedarcrest Scholarship of $1,500 will be awarded to an undergraduate or graduate student seeking a degree in large animal veterinary practice, dairy production, dairy manufacturing, or dairy product marketing.
Also to be awarded is the $1,500 Bob Toole Jersey Youth Award, which can be used for either college expenses or a well-defined practical experience related to breeding, developing and showing Registered Jerseys.™
The V. L. Peterson Scholarship and Paul Jackson Memorial Scholarship will be awarded to students who have completed at least one year of college or university work. The award amount for each scholarship is $1,000.
Applications for these scholarships are posted on the USJersey website at www.usjersey.com/YouthProgram/scholarshipinfo.html
These awards will be presented Saturday, Nov. 6 at the annual Junior Banquet held during The All American Jersey Shows and Sales in Louisville, Ky. |
| 6/2/2010 |
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