Do you know an AASV member whose dedication to the association and the swine industry is worthy of recognition? The AASV Awards Committee requests nominations for the following awards – including a new one – to be presented at the 53rd AASV Annual Meeting in Indianapolis. If you are wondering who has (or has not) received each award in the past, visit aasv.org/aasv.awards.htm.
Outstanding Swine Academic (new) - Given annually to an AASV member employed in academia who has demonstrated excellence in teaching, research, and service to the swine veterinary profession. Faculty members, graduate students, and researchers are eligible to receive this award.
Howard Dunne Memorial Award – Given annually to an AASV member who has made a significant contribution and rendered outstanding service to the AASV and the swine industry.
Meritorious Service Award – Given annually to an individual who has consistently given time and effort to the association in the area of service to the AASV members, AASV officers, and the AASV staff.
Swine Practitioner of the Year – Given annually to the swine practitioner (AASV member) who has demonstrated an unusual degree of proficiency in the delivery of veterinary service to his or her clients.
Technical Services/Allied Industry Veterinarian of the Year – Given annually to the technical services or allied industry veterinarian who has demonstrated an unusual degree of proficiency and effectiveness in the delivery of veterinary service to his or her company and its clients as well as given tirelessly in service to the AASV and the swine industry.
Young Swine Veterinarian of the Year – Given annually to a swine veterinarian who is an AASV member, 5 years or less post graduation, who has demonstrated the ideals of exemplary service and proficiency early in his or her career.
Nominations are due December 15th. The nomination letter should specify the award and cite the qualifications of the candidate for the award. Submit to: AASV, 830 26th Street, Perry, Iowa 50220; Email: aasv@aasv.org.
Early-career swine vets to meet November 5
To encourage and support swine veterinarians in the early stages of their careers, AASV is offering the first-ever Early Career Swine Veterinarian Conference on November 5th in Ames, Iowa. The meeting will be held in conjunction with the James D. McKean Swine Disease Conference at Iowa State University (ISU), and is intended for AASV members who have received their veterinary degree within the past ten years.
The conference was proposed and the program prepared by AASV’s recently established Early Career Committee (see agenda on facing page). The committee desired to offer a welcoming, interactive conference where early career veterinarians could socialize, collaborate, and communicate with others working in swine veterinary medicine.
The program presentations, panel discussions, one-on-one networking, and small group discussions – led by an elite group of AASV-member swine veterinarians - are designed to enable attendees to learn how to confront career development challenges with a focus on the “pearls, possibilities, and opportunities” of the swine industry.
Because the conference is being held in conjunction with the ISU-McKean Swine Disease Conference, attendees must register for the ISU meeting in order to sign up for Friday afternoon’s Early Career Conference. Thanks to support from the AASV Board of Directors, registration for this first Early Career Conference is free, but attendance is limited to 50. If this inaugural event is deemed successful, the Early Career Committee hopes to continue and expand it in the future.
The afternoon’s educational presentations will be followed by an evening social gathering at a local restaurant, sponsored by Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health and Merck Animal Health.