At the 2025 Minnesota Veterinary Medical Association Annual Meeting, 26 DVM students from the College of Veterinary Medicine were honored as recipients of $180,000 in scholarships.

The scholarships were awarded by the Minnesota Veterinary Medical Foundation. A full description of each scholarship is available on the MVMF website. The 2025 awards are as follows:

Academy Pomeroy DVM/PhD Scholarship: Mikayla Schlosser

AERC Scholarship: Chelsea Stoutenburg

AEVS Legacy Scholarship: Shannon Freyer

Arrowhead Veterinary Medical Association Scholarship: Jenny Neumann

Dr. Andrew and Carol Mills Veterinary Dermatology Scholarship: Emily Banks

Dr. Dick Reierson Veterinary Dental Scholarship

• Kat Velez
• Zoe Becker
• Bri Hotzler
• Katie Orth
• Rachel Blue

Kern And Jean Schwartz Food Production Scholarship: Alyssa Gathje

MVMA Leadership Award: Jel Zhao

MVMA VBMA Student Scholarship: Heather Kim

MVMF Cares Scholarship: Rebecca Dorn

MVMF Companion Animal Scholarship: Chloe Adams

MVMF DEI Scholarship: Huanxin Yan

MVMF Discretionary Award of Excellence: 

• Claire Shaw
• Regina Kurandina

MVMF Food Animal Scholarship: George Lemke

MVMF James O. Hanson Continuing Education Scholarship: Erica Swensen

MVMF Margaret Pomeroy Scholarship: Samuel Ambrose

MVMF Past Presidents Scholarship: Na Youn (Jennifer) Jo 

MVMF Public Health Scholarship: Finnerel Schaeffer

MVMF Spannaus Scholarship: Julia Simms

MVMF VHA Memorial Scholarship: Megan Wojtysiak

Sprau/Winsor MBA Scholarship: Kaden Eisenbraun