2013 reCiPients of the texas & southwestern Cattle raisers foundation Veterinary MediCine sCholarshiP
Congratulations
The TSCRF proudly awarded six $5,000 scholarships to students nearing completion of a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree from Texas A&M’s College of Veterinary Medicine and planning careers in a large animal practice. These scholarships are made possible by private donations, proceeds from the Trail Rides and support of the TSCRA.
Justin Box Justin received a BA of Science from Texas A&M. After graduation next May, he plans to move to rural Texas and practice food animal medicine. He would like to work for a practice that has a heavy beef cattle case load whether that is a feedlot or a private practice with mostly cow/calf or stocker operations.
Jennifer Ballard
Jennifer received a Bachelor of Science from Texas A&M. She plans to return to her hometown of Victoria, TX after graduation and work as an associate large animal practitioner. Her ultimate goal is to open her own practice.
Megan Boening Megan graduated Magna Cum Laude from Texas A&M in 2009 with a Bachelor of Science in Animal Science. Her career goal is for she and her husband to have their own mixed animal veterinary practice near their hometown in Wilson County, TX with the practice being predominantly large animal with an emphasis on beef cattle.
lukas ChaChere Lukas received a Bachelor of Science in Animal Science from Texas A&M. Upon
completion of veterinary school next May, he plans to enter a mixed animal practice in a rural Texas community. He would prefer a practice that is predominately large animal with most of the focus being on food animal medicine. He eventually plans to return home and become part owner of his father’s mixed animal practice in Dayton, TX.
John niCholson John received a Bachelor of Science and a Master of Science degree from Texas A&M. His career goals include improving the health and welfare of client’s animals and incorporating his Beef Quality Assurance knowledge to improve the profitability and productivity of beef cattle and other livestock through sound medical practices, while educating producers about these principles. His goal is to return to the rural scene and practice medicine as a food animal veterinarian in a mixed practice.
Joe Pluhar Joe received a B.S. degree in Biomedical Sciences/Business from Texas A&M as well as a MBA.
Following graduation he plans to practice large animal medicine while also creating a veterinary business consulting firm aimed at large animal practices. He would like to help large animal practitioners create more efficient practices that will lead to even better medicine and encourage
more young veterinarians to pursue their love of large animal medicine. He also plans to continue to be involved in the public policy sector with a goal of educating lawmakers and the public about animal agriculture.
Supporting the Next Generation in Veterinary Medicine
If you would like to make a contribution to the TSCRF scholarship program, please contact Kim Smith at 817-509-8964 or
ksmith@cowgirl.net.
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