
CVM Awards & Honors
Recognizing the accomplishments and contributions of the CVM Community
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Class of 2023 Oath & Hooding: ‘Your Path Has Been Unlike Any Other’
For the NC State College of Veterinary Medicine Class of 2023, memories of maneuvering through the COVID-19 pandemic will always be intertwined with surviving the first anatomy lab, third-year finals and fourth-year clinical rotations.
College of Veterinary Medicine Bestows Honors, Celebrates Award Winners
The NC State College of Veterinary Medicine community gathered Thursday for festivities to honor faculty and staff members, including those who have won awards throughout the academic year, and to bestow the college’s own awards.
NC State’s Olby Wins 2023 AVMA Career Achievement in Canine Research Award
Dr. Natasha Olby, the Dr. Kady M. Gjessing and Rahna M. Davidson Distinguished Chair in Gerontology at the NC State College of Veterinary Medicine, is the 2023 winner of the AVMA Career Achievement in Canine Research Award.
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Pride of the Wolfpack on-the-spot award info and nomination link: https://hr.ncsu.edu/extraordinary-pack/pride-of-the-wolfpack/
Faculty & Staff Awards
The Ruth L. & Ned E. Huffman Leadership Award
About this award and nomination link
In January of 1988 the friends of Ned Huffman, and his late wife Ruth, established a fund to honor Mr. Huffman at his retirement from the Research Triangle Foundation, and to recognize his long-standing commitment to the College of Veterinary Medicine and the North Carolina Veterinary Medical Foundation, Inc. The Award is designed to recognize in a faculty or staff member the qualities of leadership, vision, and achievement that Mr. Huffman values highly and his career exemplifies. The winner receives a $1,000 check and a certificate.
All NCSU CVM Faulty & Staff members are eligible for this award. Nominations are collected via Google Form. More information is available here.
2023 Award Winner
Linda Manning Memorial Award for Veterinary Technicians
About this award and nomination link
This award is given in recognition of two veterinary technicians who display endless patience and compassion for animals in their care, provide exceptional patient care and treatment, anticipate the needs of their patients and the veterinarians they work with, encompass honesty and integrity, are often recognized as the most reliable and dependable team members, provide the organizational center of their team or department, and respect the veterinary technician profession by giving back through teaching, lecturing, training, conference participation, or volunteerism. Each recipient is presented with a $500 check and a certificate.
All NCSU VTH technicians are eligible for the award. Nominations are collected via Google Form.
2023 Winners
CVM Living Our Values (LOV) Community Spirit Awards
About this award and nomination link
These awards recognize individuals who positively demonstrate or model at least one of the CVM Core Values (Community, Inclusivity, Innovation, Passion) in their work life. Results of these actions should have resulted in an exceptional experience for CVM colleagues, teams, students, or clients.
All CVM employees are eligible for this award. Nominations must be received from a peer, colleague or trainee. No self-nominations will be accepted. Nominations should reference examples of specific behaviors aligned with at least one core value and should be 350-600 words.
We will review all submissions and notify the winners at the spring faculty/staff awards celebration.
LOV Awards Nomination for 2023-2024 awards season
2023 Award Winners
and Dr. Greg Wilkerson
Outstanding Early Career Faculty Achievement Award
About this award
This award recognizes early-stage career faculty who have demonstrated outstanding achievement in education, research, clinical service, or leadership, and have significantly contributed to driving forward the mission of the CVM.
Eligibility is limited to pre-promotion faculty. Nominations are solicited in the beginning of the calendar year and selection by CVM leadership is appropriate. Winners will be notified at the faculty & staff awards celebration.
2023 Award Winner
CVM Awards for Excellence
About this award
Awards for Excellence is the most prestigious honor bestowed upon non-faculty employees. This award recognizes the outstanding accomplishments and contributions of individual employees, above and beyond an employee’s normal job responsibilities. Individuals can be recognized who demonstrate one of the following award categories: Customer Service, Efficiency & Innovation, Human Relations, Outstanding State Government Service, Public Service, Safety & Heroism, and Spirit of North Carolina.
This is a campus award
https://hr.ncsu.edu/extraordinary-pack/awards-for-excellence/#nomination
2023 Award Winners
Other Faculty, Staff and Resident Awards
Award Winner | Awarded From | Name of Award | Year |
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Danielle Meritet | American Association of Veterinary Medical Colleges | AAVMC Leadership Academy | 2023 |
Kelsey Mills | State of North Carolina | 2023 Governor's Award for Excellence for Efficiency and Innovation | 2023 |
Cameron Ellington | World Veterinary Poultry Association | Bart Rispens Research Award | 2023 |
Laurianne Van Landeghem | NC State | Goodnight Early Career Innovator Awards | 2023 |
Caroline Laplante | NC State | Goodnight Early Career Innovator Awards | 2023 |
Anthony Blikslager | NC State | Research Leadership Academy | 2023 |
Tal Ben-Horin | NC State | Outstanding Extension Award | 2023 |
Duncan Lascelles | NC State | Alumni Association Distinguished Graduate Professorship Award | 2023 |
Katie Sheats | NC State | Outstanding Teacher Award | 2023 |
Margaret Gruen | NC State | University Faculty Scholars | 2023 |
Ben Callahan | NC State | University Faculty Scholars | 2023 |
Santosh Mishra | NC State | University Faculty Scholars | 2023 |
Glen Almond | NC Pork Council | WW Shay Award for Industry Dinstinction | 2023 |
Laura Castro | SAVMA | Fall 2022 Champion of Student Wellbeing | 2023 |
Ashley Parsley | ASVCP/ACVP Annual Meeting | ASVCP Young Investigator Award | 2022 |
Amber Wallace | ACVAA | ACVAA Resident Research Abstract Award | 2022 |
Benjamin Callahan | American Society for Microbiology | Microbiome Data Prize | 2022 |
Rocio Crespo | AAAP | President | 2022 |
Duncan Lascelles | The Kennel Club | International Canine Health Award for Outstanding Contribution to Canine Health | 2022 |
Mike Nolan | AVMA | AVMF/EveryCat Health Foundation Research Award, | 2022 |
Jess Briley | ACVAA | small animal resident abstract award | 2021 |
Beth Salmon | AALAS | 2021 Purina Prolab Award | 2021 |
Brian Gilger | Association for Research in Vision and Ophthamology | 2021 ARVO fellow | 2021 |
Student and Alumni Awards
Award Winner | Awarded From | Name of Award | Year |
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Jamirelis Carrero | ACVB Veterinary Behavior Symposium | Whitney Engler Student Research Award | 2023 |
Ankita Gupta | American Veterinary Medical Foundation | Harold Wetterberg Foundation Board of Trustees | 2023 |
Ashley Parsley | ASVCP/ACVP Annual Meeting | ASVCP Young Investigator Award | 2022 |
Amber Wallace | ACVAA | ACVAA Resident Research Abstract Award | 2022 |
Hunter Everett | 2022 Allen D. Leman Swine Conference | Morrison Swine Innovator Prize | 2022 |
Allison Boone | AAAP | Richard B. Rimler Memorial Paper Award: | 2022 |
Wes Beamon | World Orthopedic Veterinary Conference | Young clinical investigator award | 2022 |
Rosemary Bayless | Grayson-Jockey Club | Research Career Development Award | 2022 |
Allison Boone | AAAP | Richard B. Rimler Memorial Paper Award: | 2022 |
Allison Boone | AAAP | Reed-Rumsey Award for Basic Research | 2022 |
Rosemary Bayless | Grayson-Jockey Club | Research Career Development Award | 2022 |
Wes Beamon | World Orthopedic Veterinary Conference | Young clinical investigator award | 2022 |
Gregory Kane | Society for Toxicologic Pathology | Capen award (trainee manuscript of the year award) | 2021 |
Wes Beamon | World Orthopedic Veterinary Conference | Veterinary Orthopedic Society Surgeon In Training Award | 2021 |
Drew Koch | AAEP | AAEP Past Presidents’ Research Fellow | 2021 |
Alex Grobman | AAEP | Dr. Bill Rood Leadership scholarship | 2021 |
Alex Grobman | AAEP | Coyote Rock Ranch scholarship | 2021 |
Emily A. Hellstrom | The Foundation for the Horse | EQUUS Foundation Research Fellow | 2021 |
Liz Rose | NC State | U Award | 2021 |