The Society of Phi Zeta Sigma Chapter

Kansas State University College of Veterinary Medicine

2004 Timeline

Phi Zeta Research Day will be Tuesday, March 2, 2004. There will be no classes in the afternoon for the students in the first three years of the curriculum, and minimization of clinical activities on that afternoon for the 4th year students. In the past, the participation by members of the CVM community has been excellent, and we hope that it will be even better this year. At the conclusion of the day's activities, an informal reception and awards ceremony beginning at 5:30 PM will take place in the Practice Management Center.

Presentations and Posters: All undergraduates, professional students, graduate students, interns, residents and post docs are encouraged to submit abstracts for presentations and/or posters i.e. you do not need to be a Phi Zeta member to participate. Presentations should be 15 minutes (12-13 minutes for the presentation with 2-3 minutes for questions at the end). The Poster Presentations will take place in the Practice Management Center, with poster viewing beginning at 12:00 noon and extending throughout the afternoon. The Plenary Address by our Keynote Speaker will precede the Oral Presentations, and will be held in Frick Auditorium at 1:00 PM. At 2:15 PM, the Oral Presentations will commence with the Basic Science Presentations being held in Trotter Hall 201, and the Clinical/Applied Science presentations being held in Frick Auditorium.

Abstracts: Please confine the abstract/s to a single page each with 1 inch margins in Microsoft Word, font 10 or you can use a different word processing software as long as it is easily convertible to Microsoft word e.g. Corel. Please put in bold the title and the name of the presenter, and underline the name of the faculty sponsor (or major professor etc.). Please send the abstract to Paul Walz by no later than 5:00 PM on Monday, February 23, 2004. It would be best to send the abstract as an attachment to an e mail, but you can also deliver it as a floppy disk. Please be sure to indicate your audiovisual needs in the e mail e.g. dual projectors, LCD projector, Computer for PowerPoint etc. etc.

Awards: This year, the awards ceremony and reception will be held following the presentations on Phi Zeta Day, Tuesday, March 2. At this ceremony, we will award prizes for best presentations, present the Pfizer Award for Research Excellence, and initiate the new members of Phi Zeta.

1. 1st, 2nd and 3rd places for best Basic Science Presentation ($150.00, $100.00 & $50.00)

2. 1st, 2nd and 3rd places for best Applied or Clinical Science Presentation ($150.00, $100.00, $50.00)

3. Best Clinical Case Report, $150.00

4. Best Production Animal Medicine Award: $150.00

5. Three Best Posters: $50.00 each

Keynote Speaker: We are extremely honored to have as our keynote speaker this year Dr. Linda Saif, a Distinguished University Professor from the College of Veterinary Medicine at the Ohio State University. Dr. Saif has had an extremely notable career studying the diagnosis, molecular characterization, pathogenesis, vaccine strategies and immunity to enteric and respiratory viruses of swine and cattle. Dr. Saif has recently been inducted into the National Academy of Sciences for her research accomplishments.

We look forward to an extremely informative day that will highlight the research accomplishments of KSU's College of Veterinary Medicine.

Thanks,

Dr. Paul Walz, President of Phi Zeta
Mr. John Nelson, Vice President of Phi Zeta
Dr. Melinda Wilkerson, President elect of Phi Zeta
Dr. John Pickrell, Secretary Treasurer of Phi Zeta