Dear Alumni,

On behalf of the College of Veterinary Medicine’s Alumni Association, I’d like to extend my personal greetings. We look forward to another great year of working together with you to further the activities of your alumni association.

Other members of the board this year are Drs. Mike Moore, Greg Bogue, Pete Sherlock, Orval Gigstad and Howard Erickson. They are a dynamic group who are committed to the goals of the association and working with you to make this veterinary alumni association the best in the country. We have much to be thankful for. The College of Veterinary Medicine is moving forward with tremendous leaps and bounds into new areas. The students and faculty are motivated and showing they are leaders at many levels and with accompanying achievements, recognitions, and offices held. They are maintaining and enhancing the proud tradition that began 100 years ago at Kansas State University.

We, as alumni, also have much to contribute to the success of the college and the alumni association. Each of us is part of the success stories that enhance the college with our level of commitment and involvement in our communities, businesses, military life, and families. We ask that you share that same level of commitment and involvement with the Alumni Association with your ideas, thoughts and recommendations for furthering the work of the association. Your participation in the association and by becoming a life member of the alumni association will help us to continue the tradition of strong alumni support. Our current participation rate is about 20 percent. We thank you for being a member and encourage other alumni to join.

I am looking forward to an exciting year and meeting with as many of you as possible. I and the rest of the executive board look forward to representing you and other alumni of the College of Veterinary Medicine. Please join us in continuing the tradition of a strong, responsive and involved alumni association.