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GRADUATION GRADUATION GRADUATION GRADUATIONClass of 2006Eighty-two members of theclass of 2006 were awardedtheir D.V.M. degrees at theCollege’s 55th commencement ceremonyat Northrop MemorialAuditorium in Minneapolis on May 6.Dean Jeffrey Klausner addressed theaudience and Dr. MargueritePappaioanou, University ofMinnesota Department ofEpidemiology professor, gave thecommencement address. Dr.Pappaioanou received her doctor ofveterinary medicine degree fromMichigan State University-Lansingand her master of preventive veterinarymedicine and Ph.D. from theUniversity of California-Davis.Allison Newman, student representative,addressed her classmates andreflected on the past four years. Thepresident of the College’s Alumni andFriends Society, Dr. Tom Schuld,welcomed the students into the alumniorganization, and Regent DavidMetzen conferred the degrees on theclass.In addition to the 82 students whoreceived their D.V.M. degrees, fivestudents were awarded with Ph.D.degrees, four with D.V.M./M.P.Hdegrees, one with a D.V.M/Ph.D.degree, two with master’s degrees, andthree with swine certificates.Doctor of veterinary medicine degree recipientsCatherine AngleTami BauerPeter BlackJulie BoeroLaurie BrewerAhna BrutlagErika ButlerLaura ByersKatherine CarlsonLucas ClowSeth CohenTom De BleeckereCynthia DeakosJennifer DeyoYelena DuffLaura EikmeierNathan EversmanMacDonaldFarnhamKristi FlynnChihiro GardinerJames GerdesJessica GerstMary GoingsNancy GruberHeather HadleyChristina HaneyJarod HansonHeatherHerringtonRachael HolickylIdiko HolschuhTami KargesCarolyn KarlinKristina KieferCarla KiltyMariah KimballDaniel KovichAmy KruchowskiLori KutcherTristan MalmedalHillary McCullohShannonMcMartinNicole MillnerDeborah MurrayKara NelsenAllison NewmanMary NgLaura NovakWhitney OstremGeneva PagliaiJennifer PanellaRobyn ReadLauren RobinsKeith RossMichelle ScanlanJennifer SchurrerMichelle SeversTessa SheaJonathan ShearerChristina SheetzKatieSpiekermeierKrystyna StoffelJeffrey StueveJohn SturtzJonna SwansonCarrie SwierDeanna ThompsonAnn TorborgIngrid TrauschEllen TremanteJoseph UtrieKirsten VoigtMeghann VollmerKaren VreemanKate WagnerNicole WeberChai WilenskyJennifer WilsonAngela WoodwardKatja WuchererAnita YacoubCorry YeuroukisSarah ZiembaRecipients of thePh.D. degreeLaura EikmeierAlonso G. P. GuedesShi-Dong MaDileepan ThamotharampillaiBinu VelayudhanRecipients of theD.V.M./M.P.H. degreeL. Daniel KovichKara NelsenJeffrey StueveJennifer WilsonRecipient of theD.V.M./Ph.D. degreeLaura EikmeierRecipients of theM.S. degreeScott P. HammelKoti Venkata Ratna Prasad MulupuriRecipients of theSwine CertificateMacDonald FarnhamJarod HansonDeborah Murray18
MAKING A DIFFERENCE MAKING A DIFFERENCE MAKING A DIFFERENCEBack to AfricaDr. Mark Hinton (class of 1978), had beenwith the Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory(VDL) for eight years, providing informationtechnology services and desktop supportfor faculty and staff. But much of thattime, his heart was somewhere else.It was with the people of Africa, withwhom he had lived and worked as amissionary for 12 years. In Africa, acontinent ravaged by war, disease, andfamine, people were struggling for food,water, sanitation and basic health care –for daily life. Mark couldn’t forget them.There was so much work to be done.So, on Sept. 1, Mark took a leave ofabsence from the VDL and, with hiswife, Audrey, traveled to Sudan, anAfrican nation plagued by violence as itemerges from a 21-year civil war thatleft nearly two million people homelessand hundreds of thousands dead.Mark became deputy field director ofthe Darfur Relief Collaboration,which combines the relief efforts of sixNorth American humanitarian aidorganizations. Its mission: preventingdisease outbreaks by providing medicalcare and supplementalnutrition,rehabilitatingwater systems, diggingwells, buildingpit latrines,establishing seasonalgardens, dewormingdonkeys(an importantmode of transportation),constructing fuel-efficientstoves, and leading reforestation andhealth education efforts. As an educationspecialist, Audrey is helping a teamdevelop health messagesand delivery systems tothe local population.Expected beneficiariesnumber 70,000.“The area is basicallydesert, with dust andsand everywhere,” Marksays. He and Audrey livein a compound with 30to 40 other people,mostly Sudanese. Wateris delivered by donkeysin rubber bladders fromopen wells some distanceaway, then“It’s a way of doing somethingabout the outrageousinjustices afflicting innocentpeople. I can’t ignore such aproposition for involvement.”pumped up into storage drums thatgravity-feed a filtering unit for drinkingand also providewater for a jerryriggedshower.Pit latrines serveas toilets.It’s a long wayfrom Mark’sroots. He grewup on a smallfamily farm insouthern Minnesota, where one of hismain occupations was reading. Bookswere like windows to the world and all ithad to offer. After graduating from— Mark HintonMark Hinton stopped for a photo on the lawn outside theVeterinary Diagnostic Laboratory before departing for Sudan inSeptember.Mankato State University, he served inthe U.S. Marine Corps for four yearsduring the Vietnam era, operating outof Japan as a marine navigator in a photoreconnaissancePhantom jet. Then hejoined the Peace Corps as an agriculturalextension worker in Colombia, SouthAmerica. This experience led him to theveterinary profession. He earned hisD.V.M. at the University of Minnesotain 1978. Later, he obtained a master’sdegree in Islamic studies at LutherSeminary and worked with a Somalifriend to start Somserv, a nonprofitorganization to work with Somalis inthe Twin Cities.continued on page 2019
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