a M NW he fficial CU Pre-et Club Newsletter P W Welcome to the CU Pre-et Club! Welcome to this year s Pre-et Club. My name is Melissa Matiatos and am this year s President. am really excited for this year to begin! hrough the Pre-et Club not only will you be able to explore your future career, but you will also be able to make connections with other Pre-et tudents who are taking classes similar to yours! Not only have met some of my best friends through the Pre-et Club, but have also been able to form study groups for most of my classes. his year will be the fourth year have been involved in this club and have enjoyed every minute of it. When first came to CU was interested in small animal medicine and small animal medicine only, but after hearing r. Holt, a large animal veterinarian, speak, realized that there were many different directions could go. hrough the Pre-et Club found have an interest in large animal medicine especially involving dairy cows. As the President this year would like to help members find their passions and niche in the veterinary world. here is an exciting year ahead of us and would like to welcome all of our new members to the club and to Colorado tate University. am looking forward to meeting everyone! Please don t hesitate to email me if you have any questions regarding the club or just college life in general and will see all of you at our first meeting! -Melissa Matiatos, President President Melissa Matiatos Major: Biological sciences with a minor in business Cow Favorite food: paghetti and meat balls Best Way to elieve tress: iding horses nteresting Fact: am an A in Newsom this year. N nside: Meet the 2013 2014 officers Crossword Puzzle Get involved Pre-et ay 2013
ice President ecretary reasurer Neil ricson Chloe Goodwin Courtney Castro M H Major: Animal ciences with a minor in Biomedical ciences Pembroke Welsh Corgi Favorite food: Angel Hair Pasta tress: Watching a movie nteresting Fact: have been to Canada, Germany, Austria, taly, witzerland, France, Belgium, and Holland Community Major: Animal cience Hedgehog Favorite food: Meatloaf tress: Go on umblr nteresting Fact: read comic books and blog about it for the Collegian. Major: Animal cience at Favorite food: Bread tress: xercise nteresting Fact: am a first generation American. Activities F F C utreach Coordinator ophia Johnson Major: Biomedical ciences Favorite food: tress: nteresting Fact: Coordinator Cassandra Welch Major: Zoology abbit Favorite food: Chocolate tress: Yoga nteresting Fact: have pet slugs.
Publicity Newsletter ditor Historian Coordinator Jaclyn McCoy Major: Favorite food: tress: nteresting Fact: aena owlison Major: Zoology with a minor in Biomedical ciences Leopard gecko Favorite food: Fettucini alfredo tress: aking a nap nteresting Fact: am ambidextrous. Madeleine amirez Major: Zoology iger Favorite food: Pasta tress: oing something outside while listening to music nteresting Fact: didn t learn to ride a bike until my freshman year of college M H Webmaster Kira Flynn Major: Biology with a minor in Biomedical ciences Horse Favorite food: ark chocolate with raspberries in it. tress: horseback riding nteresting Fact: had a CMB epresentative tephanie erva Major: Biomedical cience with a minor in Microbiology Unicorn Favorite food: ushi tress: Working out nteresting Fact: can speak Portuguese. Pre-et Advisor Ann Bowen egree: Masters in Counseling Bear or turtle Favorite food: ark chocolate tress: Go for a walk nteresting Fact: had a pet skunk. F F C pet snail that ran away and then came back a month later.
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PW CW Use the newsletter to figure out the answers to this edition s crossword! Across 2. A group of ferrets is called this. 4. he Newsletter ditor's favorite animal. 5. his officer has pet slugs. 7. his Pre-et ay lab will help you treat Fluffy when he takes a tumble. 11. he order that aardvarks are in. 13. r. Johnston spoke about surgery for what types of animals? 14. ur ice President, ecretary, and reasurer all share this major. 15. his animal is on page 7 of the newsletter. 16. his animal is pictured on page 2 of the newsletter. 18. his officer reads comic books and blogs about it for the Collegian. 20. ne of the Pre-et ay labs this year is large animal what? 23. heir favorite animal is the horse. 24. he Pre-et club runs this program every pring and allows members to gain firsthand experience with veterinarians. 25. ur president this year. 26. his officer has a minor in Microbiology. 27. he Publicity Coordinator. 28. A day full of wet labs and lectures, and a panel with veterinary students. own 1. he Pre-et Club often goes on tour to this place on campus. 3. he Pre-et Club volunteers here, but never on full moons! 6. he alternative medicine lab is for which animals? 8. his officer loves tigers and pasta. 9. he Community utreach Coordinator. 10. What month is Pre-et ay held? 12. he Pre-et Advisor. 17. he animal handling lab focuses on birds and what other type of animal? 19. his animal is closely related to the aardvark! 21. he Pre-et Club worked with Animal House and Fort Collins Cat escue during what event? 22. he building Ann Bowen's office is located in. C W
What our president has to say about getting involved with the CU Pre-et Club: G he Pre-et Club is a great way to explore the different aspects of the veterinary world from great speakers such as r. Andi Lear on being a food animal intern, r. Johnston on exotic animal surgery, to r. Melora Whittig-stredge who makes house calls. n addition to meetings, the Pre-et Club also has activities every week. ome activities we have done in the past are a heart dissection, a dairy farm tour, animal movie nights, and volunteer projects with enkai Animal anctuary and the Wolf anctuary. ther exciting programs to look forward to are our veterinary shadow program as well as our service projects with the university including Fall Clean up and CUnity! peakers -Melissa Matiatos, President N L At every general meeting, the Pre-et Club invites veterinarians and others who work with animals to speak about a variety of topics in veterinary medicine. Previous topics include exotic animal surgery, ethics, running a wild animal sanctuary, and foaling management for horses. olunteer he Pre-et Club is proudly involved in a large number of community service opportunities, many of which involve animals. ome volunteer activities include volunteering at the WLF anctuary, working with Animal House and Fort Collins Cat escue during CUnity, volunteering at the Wild Animal anctuary, and participating in Cans Around the val.
hadowing very pring the Pre-et Club runs a shadowing program that allows members to shadow a veterinarian for a day! Participants can see firsthand what a typical veterinarian s day consists of and get a behind-the-scenes look at veterinary medicine. G Pre-et ay 2013 very Fall semester in ctober, the Pre-et Club hosts an event called Pre-et ay. his is a day full of wet labs and lectures, and a panel with veterinary students. ur labs offer a great way to gain hands-on experience and the lectures cover a variety of interesting and unique aspects of veterinary medicine. his year s Pre-et ay will include labs on equines, large animal alternative medicine, first aid, small animal dissection, large animal necropsy, bird and reptile handling, exotics, and learning how to handle upset owners. ours he Pre-et Club often goes on tours of facilities related to veterinary medicine and professions relating to animals. Previous tours have included dairy farms, the CU eterinary eaching Hospital, and the enver Aquarium. N L
n he Lighter ide Q: Where do orcas hear music? A: rca-stras! Q: What do you call a row of rabbits hopping backwards? A: A receding hare line. A group of ferrets is called a business. Club Contacts Melissa Matiatos, President matiatos@rams.colostate.edu Neil ricson, ice President NBricso@rams.colostate.edu Chloe Goodwin, ecretary ccgoodwin@verizon.net Courtney Castro, reasurer chcastro57@gmail.com ophia Johnson, Community utreach sajohns@rams.colostate.edu Cassandra Welch, Activities Coordinator cassrw@rams.colostate.edu Jaclyn McCoy, Publicity Coordinator jmccoy94@rams.colostate.edu Aardvarks are the only animal in the order ubulidentata, and are closely related to elephants. aena owlison, Newsletter ditor daenarowlison@gmail.com Madeline amirez, Historian mnramirez11@gmail.com Kira Flynn, Webmaster horse93@rams.colostate.edu tephanie erva, CMB epresentative sserva@rams.colostate.edu Ann Bowen, Pre-et Advisor ann.bowen@colostate.edu ffice: 121 L Building (970) 491-7095