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Senior student receives Markel-AAEP scholarship

Kelly McGowan, a senior UF veterinary student, has received the AAEP-Markel scholarship. She is shown here with her horse.

University of Florida senior veterinary student Kelly McGowan has received one of eight national scholarship awards given yearly by the American Association of Equine Practitioners Foundation and Markel.

McGowan and the other student recipients were presented with the $2,500 award on Dec. 8 during the AAEP’s national meeting in Nashville.

Now in its 25th year, the annual scholarship program awards financial support to fourth-year veterinary students who are proven leaders at their veterinary schools, advocates for equine welfare, and academic achievers who have an interest in pursuing equine practice.

Since the program’s inception in 1989, 178 veterinary students have received more than $380,000 in scholarship support.