Clemson University Animal & Veterinary Sciences

We hope all of our students, faculty, and staff enjoy a safe and happy 4th of July! 🇺🇸

CAFLS wishes you a safe & happy Independence Day! 🇺🇸✨

Happy Thursday, Tigers! 🐅 We want to celebrate the first official day of Summer with you by sharing our awesome students who made the President's and Dean's List. Our students make us continuously proud, and we hope they enjoy a relaxing, exciting and fulfilling summer! 🤩 We will see you all soon!

President's List: https://news.clemson.edu/spring-of-2024-presidents-list/
Dean's List: https://news.clemson.edu/spring-of-2024-deans-list/

We are saddened to learn of the passing of former student Lane Ham. He was a wonderful representation of the Clemson Family and will certainly be missed beyond measure. Our hearts are with his family and friends during this time. 💜

With a heavy heart, we announce the passing of one of our own, Animal Health Programs’ Livestock Control Officer Lane Ham.

Lane graduated from Clemson University in 2012 with an Animal and Veterinary Sciences degree, and joined Clemson University Livestock-Poultry Health as a Livestock Inspector in May 2014 and became a Livestock Control Officer in August 2015. Many of you may have met Lane in our livestock markets or at the check-ins for dairy or cattle shows held at the Garrison Arena during the 10 years he was with LPH.

Please keep Lane's family and co-workers in your prayers during this difficult time. We remember and appreciate all the work Lane has done protecting the animal health and serving the people of South Carolina.

He will be missed.

We are so proud of our wonderful students and their great success! 🤩 We can't wait to see the impact you each have on the world! Go Tigers! 🐅🎓

Happy Tuesday, Tigers!🐅 Today, we are reminiscing on our "End of Semester" Ice Cream Social! We had a fantastic time with over 100 students, faculty and staff celebrating with ice cream from the '55 Exchange. Thank you to everyone who came out and spent time with us reflecting on this semester! 🧡 We also celebrated with some awards, recognizing outstanding students and faculty members. These are listed below:

Student Awards: (Voted on by Faculty)
Mr. Niklas Kronlein received the Anna Calhoun Clemson Award, which is given to a student who embraces Clemson's educational and experiential learning opportunities and demonstrates leadership, integrity, respect, diversity, patriotism, excellence, and self-reliance.

Ms. Kailin Hawes received the Outstanding Student Award, which is given to a student who has the highest cumulative GPA and has been a good citizen within AVS as well as in CAFLS, Clemson, and Society.

Faculty Award: (Voted on by Students)
Dr. Kristine Vernon received the Anna Calhoun Clemson Faculty Award, which is given to a faculty member who embodies the Clemson educational experience and has values of integrity, respect, diversity, patriotism, excellence, and self-reliance.

Dr. Jim Strickland received the G.O.A.T (greatest of all time) Award, which is given to the selected Professor or Faculty member who respects students and builds a sense of community and belonging in the classroom that sets high expectations for students but demonstrates their love of teaching by helping students learn. (Not Pictured)

Happy Exam Week Tigers!! 🐅
To help you get through this week, we are going to have some snacks in the AVS corner of the Poole Agricultural Building. They will be located around offices 133-129. Please come grab some brain fuel either to study or before your exam! 🧠 We wish you all good luck and success on your exams! 🤩

Happy Thursday, Tigers! 🐅
Today, we want to share an awesome trip the Pre-Vet Club took this past weekend! This trip was very focused on the equine industry and the variety of jobs it can provide for students. 🐎 They started the trip in Lexington, KY, by watching the Keeneland Horse Races and had a behind-the-scenes tour of the racing industry. Then they toured several Equine Hospitals, including Hagyard and Rood & Riddle, as well as a few Equine Farms, including Taylor Made. On their way back, they toured the University of Tennessee Veterinary School and Hospital with Dr. Stafford! We hope the trip has provided great insight for our students about the equine industry and we are so proud of how well they represent Clemson! 🤩

Happy Tuesday, Tigers!! 🐅 This Thursday, we will be hosting our end-of-semester ice cream social! All AVS Students are welcome to attend and celebrate; we will cover the ice cream! 😉 Be sure to drop-in to '55 Exchange, April 18th between 11:30 AM & 1:00 PM to get your free scoop! 🍦🍨

Student Spotlight 🔦
Ashlee Romp | Junior AVS PreVet

Hi! My name is Ashlee Romp and I'm currently a junior majoring in Animal and Veterinary Sciences at Clemson University, set to graduate this December! Following my graduation, I'm looking forward to pursuing Veterinary School in the Fall with aspirations of specializing in small animal surgery. Recently, I had the honor of participating in the CAFLS Undergraduate Research Initiative Competition and was thrilled to be awarded 1st Place! I can not thank Clemson's CAFLS college enough as they have equipped me with invaluable skills for life, provided rigorous academic challenges, and fostered a supportive community for my personal growth. Throughout my time here, I've actively engaged in leadership roles such as President of the Pre-Vet Club, Fundraising Chair for Block and Bridle, and opportunities to give back to the college as a CAFLS Ambassador.

I'm deeply passionate about supporting success and nurturing a supportive environment for fellow AVS majors through the Pre-Vet club. Recognizing the competitiveness of vet school applications, I believe it's crucial that we support one another on this journey toward our shared goals.

Lastly, I have to emphasize how incredibly supportive and encouraging the faculty at Clemson is; they continue to guide and challenge me! Clemson has equipped me with the resources, expertise, and encouragement needed to pursue my career aspirations!

-Ashlee

Happy Thursday, Tigers!! 🐅 This time next week, we will be hosting our end-of-semester ice cream social! All AVS Students are welcome to attend and celebrate; we will cover the ice cream! 😉 Be sure to drop-in to '55 Exchange, April 18th between 11:30 AM & 1:00 PM to get your free scoop! 🍦🍨

This past Saturday, we held our annual Little North American Livestock Show. This event allows students to display what they have learned throughout the semester about showing their selected species of livestock. We offer Dairy, Beef, Sheep, Equine and Poultry for them to choose from, and all of our students did a fantastic job! 🤩 Champion and Reserve Champion exhibitors were selected from each species. Then, those two individuals competed for overall Grand and Reserve Grand Champion through a round-robin competition with all Champion and Reserve species winners. The winners of each species are listed below. We are so proud of all of our students and look forward to seeing what they accomplish in the future! Go Tigers! 🐅
Poultry: Champion - Shelby Barrineau, Reserve Champion - Demi Brinkley
Sheep: Champion - Elizabeth McCabe, Reserve Champion - Skye Richardson
Dairy: Champion - Anja Norcross, Reserve Champion - Harlie Wilson
Beef: Champion - McKenna Johnson, Reserve Champion - Langley Vernon
Equine: Champion - Lauren Cunico, Reserve Champion - Kaitlyn McDonagh
Overall Grand Champion: McKenna Johnson
Overall Reserve Grand Champion: Langley Vernon

Join us this Saturday, April 6th, as we host the 2024 Little North American Livestock Show! 🐑🐔🐄🐴 This show allows students to display what they have learned this semester about showmanship for their selected species. They were able to select from beef cattle, dairy cattle, sheep, horses, and poultry. This makes for a fun-filled, busy show day that all may come and enjoy! See the details on the included image, and we hope to see you there! 🤩

Happy St. Patrick's Day! 🍀 We hope all of our students enjoy Spring Break and get some well-deserved relaxation! We look forward to seeing you next week and wish you all safe travels. May the luck of the horseshoe be with you! 🐎

Happy National Oreo Cookie Day! 🥳 Come celebrate with us in the AVS Corner in the Poole Agriculture Building (Offices 133-129) from 8:45 AM until 4:00 PM with Oreos and Chocolate chip cookies. The rain is supposed to make a slow exit today, so come by and remember it will be a great snack to grab and take to class! 🏃

Come celebrate National Oreo Cookie Day with us this Wednesday, March 6th! 🥳 We will be in the AVS Corner in the Poole Agriculture Building from 8:45 AM until 4:00 PM with Oreos and Chocolate chip cookies. They are individually wrapped, so it will be a quick snack to grab and take to class! 🏃

We want to congratulate our amazing AVS students on their academic successes this past fall! 🤩 To view the President's and Dean's list, you can follow the links below:
President's List: https://news.clemson.edu/fall-of-2023-presidents-list/
Dean's List: https://news.clemson.edu/fall-of-2023-deans-list/

Exciting news about some of our amazing students! 🤩
A group of our students competed in the Undergraduate Student Poster Competition held by the International Embryo Technology Society (IETS). Their poster was awarded runner-up, and these students were able to accept the award in person! The competition was during the IETS 50th Anniversary, 2024 Annual Conference in Denver, CO, January 8-12. The group we are referring to was led by Dr. Celina Checura and graduate student Kendall Richey, and the presenters were Logan Thomason, Katie Kirkman, Christian Wilhelm, and Carolina Elgarresta. Additional help was provided by Dr. Matt Hersom and AVS graduate Hannah Culler. We are so proud of this group and their dedication to research and development!

We want to wish everyone a very happy New Year! 🎆
We hope that 2024 brings all of our followers happiness, excitement, and challenges that help us grow in the best way! Thank you all for making 2023 great, now let's get 2024 started! 🤩
Have any fun resolutions? Share them below!

Last week, we highlighted our undergraduate award winner, so this week, we want to highlight our graduate award winners! 🤩

Mr. Luke Jacobs received the Outstanding Graduate Student Award, which is given to a student who has an exemplary academic record and who advanced the AVS educational and research missions during their time here.

Ms. Alexa Johnson received the Anna Calhoun Clemson Award, which is given to a student who embraces Clemson's educational and experiential learning opportunities and demonstrates leadership, integrity, respect, diversity, patriotism, excellence, and self-reliance.

We want to congratulate these two and thank them for all of their hard work and dedication to AVS. We also look forward to seeing everything else they accomplish! 🥳

In honor of the December graduation being today, we want to share a few pictures of our seniors from our recent Student Awards Drop-In. At the event, we presented graduate Logan Griggs with our Outstanding Student Award for her exemplary academic performance while still being involved in numerous extracurricular activities, her community, and more. 🤩

We want to congratulate Logan and our other graduates! 🥳 We will, of course, miss them in the AVS department, but we can't wait to see what they each achieve! Just don't forget to come home to Clemson when you can! 🐾

Happy Winter Break, everyone! ❄️
We hope you all enjoy a much-deserved break from your courses and are able to get some rest before the Spring semester. To send you into the holiday season with some joy, we have added a few pictures one of our students sent from her time at the Clemson Dairy Farm! 🐄
Happy Holidays and Happy New Year! 🤩
-Clemson Animal and Veterinary Sciences

AVS Students, remember to join us for our Drop-In Celebration TOMORROW from 11:30 AM-1:30 PM! 🤩

It is at the Barnes Center on campus, complete with an awards presentation and festive food and drinks. Come celebrate the end of another successful semester with us!

(Full details are on the attached flier)

Student Spotlight 🔦
Heather Sarver
Junior, AVS, Pre-Vet Concentration
📍Spartanburg, SC

Currently, Heather is the president of the Clemson Collegiate Horsemen’s Association, a mentor for SAVS, the vice president of the Clemson Dairy Science Club, and a member of the Dairy Science Show team. She also works at the Clemson Dairy farm, taking care of all the calves! With 3 pets of her own here in Clemson, there’s rarely a moment that she isn’t surrounded by animals. Heather will be graduating in December 2024 and then heading to vet school in the Fall of 2025 with hopes of becoming a livestock veterinarian upon graduation.

We want to thank Heather for telling us about her Clemson Experience and wish her the best on her upcoming exams! Interested in being featured during our next spotlight? Have any projects you want to share? DM us and we will be in touch!

AVS Students, be sure to join us for our upcoming Drop-In Celebration! 🤩

On Friday, December 8th, we will host a drop-in at the Barnes Center on campus, complete with an awards presentation and festive food and drinks. Come celebrate the end of another successful semester with us!

(Full details are on the attached flier)

Happy Thanksgiving, Tigers! 🦃

We are so thankful for all of our students, professors, faculty and staff and all they do in AVS! We can’t forget the farms and animals that give us many opportunities for learning and work.

What are you thankful for today? 🍁