At the 2024 Minnesota Veterinary Medical Association Annual Meeting, 24 DVM and graduate students and an alumna from the College of Veterinary Medicine were honored as recipients of nearly $170,000 in scholarships.

The scholarships were awarded by the Minnesota Veterianry Medical Foundation. A full description of each scholarship is available on the MVMF website. The 2024 awards are as follows:

Academy Pomeroy DVM/PhD Scholarship

Haeree Lang

AERC Scholarship

Elizabeth DiVito

AEVS Legacy Scholarship

Sonja Gilje

Arrowhead Veterinary Medical Association Scholarship

Megan Gates

Dr. Andrew and Carol Mills Veterinary Dermatology Scholarship*

Hannah Stinski-Ertl

Dr. Dick Reierson Veterinary Dental Scholarship

• Madison Baumgartner
• Sarah Longino
• Jessica Malec
• Ashley Skarda
• Nicole Szajner

Kern And Jean Schwartz Food Production Scholarship

George Lemke

MVMA Award – Leadership Award

Andrew Backman

MVMA VBMA Student Scholarship

Heather Kim

MVMF Cares Scholarship

Kaden Eisenbraun

MVMF Companion Animal Scholarship

Douglas Albrecht

MVMF DEI Scholarship*

Cristina Bianco

MVMF Food Animal Scholarship

Ramsey Pederson

MVMF James O. Hanson Continuing Education Scholarship

Dr. Marlyse Wehber

MVMF Margaret Pomeroy Scholarship

Meagan Wojtysiak

MVMF Past Presidents Scholarship 

Alyssa Gathje

MVMF Public Health Scholarship

Morgan Fosdick

MVMF Spannaus Scholarship

Chelsea Stoutenburg

MVMF VHA Memorial Scholarship

Logan VerMeer

MVMF Discretionary scholarships

• Briana Hotzler
• Ana Ruiz

*New scholarships in 2024