Alumni

Welcome, Vet & Animal Sciences Alums!

The Life Sciences Alumni Network invites you to connect with fellow alumni and life sciences professionals.

Become an Alumni Advisor! UMass Alumni Advisors program is a quick and easy online platform that facilitates one-to-one career conversations.

The annual Bay State Livestock Classic will be held on April 22, 2023. For additional Information, please contact mgennings [at] umass.edu (Meg Gennings).

Dr. Anthony Borton, retired faculty member passed away on his 88th birthday, June 6, 2021. To make a donation to the Anthony Borton Equine Studies Scholarship in memory of Dr. Borton, please click here.

The Department of Veterinary and Animal Sciences is proud to congratulate the Class of 2021!

Please enjoy our VASCI Class of 2020 Celebratory Video recognizing our Animal Science and Pre-Veterinary Science Majors.

The Department of Veterinary and Animal Sciences is proud to congratulate the graduates of our new major, Veterinary Technology!

News from the Farms

Dairy Calf Management Class

Watch the video of VASCI students with Dr. Huyler and Dr. Duby at Devine Farm.

Courtney Babcock

 

Updates from Graduates

Position Available - Assistant Farm Manager - College of the Atlantic

College of the Atlantic located in Bar Harbor, Maine is seeking an Assistant Farm Manager

Snoeyenbos Prize Awarded to Darya Tourzani

The Department of Veterinary and Animal Sciences Animal Biotechnology and Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program is pleased to announce that Darya Tourzani has been selected as the 2022 recipient of the Snoeyenbos Award for Excellence in Graduate Research.

Volunteers needed for study designed to evaluate the effectiveness of the COVID-19 bivalent booster

VASCI researchers are participating in study designed to evaluate the effectiveness of the COVID-19 bivalent booster.

Position Available - 4-H Extension Educator III - UMass Extension

The 4-H Extension Educator III for the western region of Massachusetts (with responsibility for some portion of Berkshire, Franklin, Hampden and Hampshire counties) is based in Hadley, MA and will provide programmatic leadership and management for the Massachusetts 4-H Youth Development Programs.

Sam Nodiff '22 Awarded Phi Kappa Phi Fellowship

Sam Nodiff of Elmsford, New York, has been awarded a Fellowship worth $8,500 by The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi-the nation’s oldest and most selective collegiate honor society for all academic disciplines