While we spend a lot of time talking about the achievements of our students while obtaining their degrees and working on research in labs here at CWRU, it’s also important to recognize the great work and achievements of our students even after they leave. Many take the lessons and skills they learned in labs here and go on to make big changes in other ways. Thank you to Dr. Ron Oldfield for bringing these past students’ achievements to the department’s attention!
Josie Thal graduated from CWRU in 2019 with a double major BA in Biology and BA in Cognitive Science. She also graduated veterinary school at The University of Pennsylvania in 2023, ranking #1 in her class of 127 students. She is Currently finishing up a one-year rotating veterinary internship at VCA Valley Animal Hospital and Reid Park Zoo in Tucson, AZ. Her primary interest in veterinary medicine is zoological medicine, particularly aquatics. She has multiple full-time zoo vet job offers for next year, and is very excited to continue to work in Zoo Medicine!
Olivia Perkins graduated from CWRU in 2022 with a B.A. in Biology and a secondary major in Evolutionary Biology. She is now in her second year of veterinary school at Cornell University. Her primary interest within veterinary medicine is food animal health, public health, and epidemiology.
Max Svensson graduated from CWRU in 2023 with a BSc in Biology and is currently a Masters student at Cornell University studying Veterinary Parasitology. He has been accepted into Cornell University’s Doctor of Veterinary Medicine program and will be attending this August, after the conclusion of the Master’s program. His primary interest is in small animal medicine with a goal to eventually specialize in small animal surgery.
Kathleen Tetteh graduated from CWRU in 2023 with a BA in Biology. She has been accepted to three schools, Ross University, Long Island University and Virginia-Maryland, but after careful consideration has decided to join the class of 2028 at Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine! Ever since graduating, she has been working as an emergency veterinary assistant at a small animal hospital. Her primary interest going into vet school is small animal emergency and critical care. With that being said she is most excited to start vet school for the opportunity to work with all different types of animals and all different types of medicine!!
Congratulations everyone on your acceptances and best of luck on everything ahead!