Outstanding AZ'ers
Vanessa Patten
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Vermont Governor James Douglas, Vanessa Patten
Vanessa recently graduated from UVM as an Animal Science major. What was
remarkable about this is that Vanessa finished her degree requirements one
semester early! She managed this in spite of being involved in numerous
extracurricular activities. Vanessa is an avid runner and was a member of both
the cross country and track teams. Vanessa was selected to represent UVM's cross
country team in the America East Academic Cup in Fall 2009. Vanessa has also
been an active member of UVM's CREAM (Cooperative for Real Education in
Agricultural Management) program, which she completed in 2009 (please hotlink
"CREAM" to their website http://asci.uvm.edu/cream/ ). Similarly, Vanessa was an
officer in the Green Mountain Chapter of Alpha Zeta Fall'08/Spring'09 as the
Censor, where she participated in a variety of events including the AZ dogwash
at the Humane Society, apple picking at the Hort. Farm for the AZ cider press at
the CALS Harvest Festival among other activities. Vanessa received one of the
Green Mountain Chapter scholarships in 2009 along with the American Society of
Animal Science Award and the Alexander Kende Academic Merit Award.
In summer 2009, Vanessa was selected to participate in a neuroscience
course taught at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine.
Currently, Vanessa is working as a veterinary technician assistant at
VCA Brown Animal Hospital and also as a caregiver through Armistead Caregiver
Services (in-home care) until she begins her Medical degree program at The
University of Vermont Medical School starting in Fall 2010.
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Jared Alvord |
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Jared Alvord is a Junior in Environmental Studies in CALS and an active member of The Green Mountain Chapter of Alpha Zeta. |
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Recently Jared was selected as the UVM/Sheraton Hotel Student Athlete of the Week (1/19/09). Jared also set a new UVM school record at the URI Heptathalon Qualifier (1/16/09). He was awarded the Jeff Stone Memorial Award at the 2008 Rally Awards for his outstanding academic achievements coupled with his community service and leadership activities. Jared was United Ways' "Volunteer of the Month" in March 2008 for his work with the Essex CHIPS Teen Center. He is President of UVM's Campus Energy Group and also serves on the UVM Student Athlete Advisory Council. |
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