Awards and Recognitions

The Graduate and Professional Student Association conducts the GPSA TA Excellence Awards each year. The award is given to recognize and encourage excellence in teaching by graduate assistants. A total of eight awards are given: four to TA's who independently instructed lecture sections and four to TA's who performed support functions including grading, teaching lab sections, and leading tutorials.

Dr. Murphy was the TA for VM546 Systemic Pathology course, where he taught the Gross Pathology lab, helped conduct the Diagnostic Challenges, and played cameo roles in lecture. He was nominated by faculty and a number of second year veterinary students.

Resident Awards April 2003

	Dr. Lynn A. George Scholarship Given in memory of Dr. Lynn A. George II to a graduate student in veterinary science who is studying a basic research problem. Chantal Rothschild
	Dr. Richard L. Ott Endowment For Graduate Research In Small Animal Medicine Given to a veterinary graduate student actively engaged in small animal research. Tamara Wills
	Dr. Ghery Pettit And Dr. Jack Robinette Surgery Scholarship Given to a resident in small animal surgery. Boel Fransson
	Outstanding House Officer Award Given to the House Officer (intern or resident) chosen by the fourth year students based on his/her excellence in teaching, mentoring, acting as a role model and demonstrating compassion for clients and patients. Sanjeev Gokhale

Program in Neuroscience 2003 Graduate Students Honors and Awards
(January 2002 - February 2003)

Ph.D. Candidates in Neuroscience

• Jeremy Alt
  1. Achievement Rewards for College Scientists (ARCS) Scholarship
  2. National Institutes of Health Minority Supplement
• Scott Bright
  Achievement Rewards for College Scientists (ARCS) Scholarship
• John Hershey
  WSU Graduate Scholars Award
• Jim Peters
  Achievement Rewards for College Scientists (ARCS) Scholarship
• Janice Siegford
  Achievement Rewards for College Scientists (ARCS) Scholarship
• Evan Sleipness
  1. Achievement Rewards for College Scientists (ARCS) Scholarship
  2. WSU Graduate Scholars Award

Veterinary and Comparative Anatomy, Pharmacology and Physiology (VCAPP)  2003 Graduate Students Honors and Awards

Ph.D. Candidate in Veterinary Science

• Sunshine Lahmers
  Achievement Rewards for College Scientists (ARCS) Scholarship
• Briedi Treece
  Poncin Fellowship

Graduate Students Honors and Awards (January 2001 - February 2002)

Program in Neuroscience
M.S. Candidate in Neuroscience

• Chris Sanchez
  1. National Institutes of Health Minority Supplement
  2. Graduate School Scholar Award

Ph.D. Candidates in Neuroscience

• Jeremy Alt
  1. Achievement Rewards for College Scientists (ARCS) Scholarship
  2. National Institutes of Health Minority Supplement
  3. 2001 Pharmacology-Toxicology/Neuroscience Graduate Research Day, 2nd Place Poster Presentation
• Jim Peters
  1.  Achievement Rewards for College Scientists (ARCS) Scholarship
• Nicole Sanders
  1. 2000-2001 AFW Harriett B. Rigas Award, Honorable Mention
• Sean Sanders
  1. Poncin Scholarship
  2. Achievement Rewards for College Scientists (ARCS) Scholarship
  3. 2001 College of Veterinary Medicine Resident of the Year
  4. Graduate School Scholar Award
• Janice Siegford
  1. Achievement Rewards for College Scientists (ARCS) Scholarship
  2. 2001 Pharmacology-Toxicology/Neuroscience Graduate Research Day, 1st Place Seminar Presentation
  3. 2001& 2002 Arturs Vitum Award
• Evan Sleipness
  1. Achievement Rewards for College Scientists (ARCS) Scholarship

Veterinary and Comparative Anatomy, Pharmacology and Physiology (VCAPP) (January 2001 - February 2002)

Ph.D. Candidate in Veterinary Science

• Sunshine Lahmers
  1. Achievement Rewards for College Scientists (ARCS) Scholarship
• Briedi Treece
  1. College of Veterinary Medicine Lynn A. George Scholarship

School of Molecular Biosciences

Ph.D. Candidates

• Rob Yamasaki
  1. American Heart Association Predoctoral Fellowship, Washington State Affiliate
  2. Graduated August, 2001.
• Alex Masino
• Army, Predoctoral Fellowship in Cancer Research

Veterinary Clinical Sciences (VCS) (January 2001 - February 2002)

Mary Kate Biddle was a recipient of the Ralph E. Erb Scholarship Award

Achievement Rewards For College Scientists (Arcs) 2002 Awards April 2002

ARCS (Achievement Rewards for College Scientists) Foundation, Inc. is a national organization dedicated to helping the best and brightest U. S. graduate and undergraduate students by providing scholarships in natural sciences, medicine and engineering.

2002 Recipients:

• Jeremy Alt - Veterinary Comparative Anatomy, Physiology, & Pharmacology
• Shawn Berens - Veterinary Microbiology & Pathology
• Job Lopez - Veterinary Microbiology & Pathology
• Jim Peters - Veterinary Comparative Anatomy, Physiology, & Pharmacology
• Sean Sanders - Veterinary Clinical Sciences
• Evan Sleipness -Veterinary Comparative Anatomy, Physiology, & Pharmacology
• Janice Siegford -Veterinary Comparative Anatomy, Physiology, & Pharmacology
• Sunshine Lahmers -Veterinary Clinical Sciences

Achievement Rewards For College Scientists (Arcs) 2001 Awards April 2002

ARCS (Achievement Rewards for College Scientists) Foundation, Inc. is a national organization dedicated to helping the best and brightest U. S. graduate and undergraduate students by providing scholarships in natural sciences, medicine and engineering. In 2001 there were 5 recipients of this award in the College of Veterinary Medicine

• Theresa Bjorness - Veterinary Comparative Anatomy, Physiology, & Pharmacology
• Tanya LeRoith - Veterinary Microbiology & Pathology
• Brian Murphy - Veterinary Microbiology & Pathology
• Sean Sanders - Veterinary Clinical Sciences
• Janice Siegford - Veterinary Comparative Anatomy, Physiology, & Pharmacology

Additionally, Dr. Sanders was invited to present at the National Meeting of ARCS held in Seattle in 2002.

Dr. Sean Sanders Receives the American Association of Veterinary Clinicians 2002 AAVC Resident of the Year Award March 2002
	Each year in a nationwide competition, residents from AAVC institutions are evaluated by a committee of academic clinicians. Nominees are assessed for their scholarship, professional growth, contributions to the profession and their contributions to their University's academic programs. Dr. Sanders is a neurology resident in the College of Veterinary Medicine.

Dr. Sean Sanders is awarded the Outstanding House Officer Award for 2002 as voted on by the Class of 2002. April 2002

Dr. Sean Sanders is awarded the Dr. Lynn George II Fellowship in Basic Science Research, April 2001 

Dr. Sean Sanders, neurology resident, was awarded the Dr. Lynn George II Fellowship in Basic Science Research and was selected by the Senior Class to receive the House Officer Award.