Clerk in dean’s office gets “Healthy Gator” Award
Sylvia Jackson poses with Za Za, a red boa, outside UF's new Small Animal Hospital.
Sylvia Jackson, whose health improvement efforts through weight loss was captured in AvMed Magazine recently, was honored closer to home March 28 when she was named a recipient of the Healthy Gators Recognition Award.
Nominated by Barbara Dupont, an administrative assistant for the department of small animal clinical sciences, Jackson, a senior clerk in the dean’s office, lost 70 pounds by participating in AvMed’s “Weight Watchers at Work” program, which enables participants to attend meetings during the work day.
Jackson was one of 14 UF employees chosen for the award. All recipients will be publicly recognized on the Healthy Gators website the week of April 18.
April 2011
Veterinary forensics course, one of few in country, kicks off second year
New veterinary forensics course offers students a unique learning opportunity.
FARMS intern wins scholarship to conference
A resident veterinarian with the Food Animal Reproduction and Medicine service recently won a scholarship to attend the Western Veterinary Conference in Las Vegas.
Wamsley is College’s Teacher of the Year
Dr. Heather Wamsley, a clinical pathologist, has been named the collegewide Teacher of the Year for the UF CVM.
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People
- Award-winning artist is Megan Greene
- FARMS intern wins scholarship to conference
- Dean’s office clerk is “Healthy Gator”
- Veterinary graduates, longtime friends, now business partners
News
- Veterinary forensics course, one of few in country, kicks off second year
- Wamsley is College’s Teacher of the Year
- New LINAC up and running
