Tag: inspiring

Two Purdue Veterinary Medicine Programs Receive INSIGHT Into Diversity Magazine’s 2021 Inspiring Programs in STEM Award

Tuesday 17th August 2021 National recognition of courses that make a difference for all underrepresented groups in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (MINT) Purdue University College of Veterinary Medicine (PVM) today announced the Inspiring Programs in STEM Award 2021 from INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine, the largest and oldest publication on diversity and inclusion in higher education, for …

A veterinarian’s inspiring story into veterinary medicine

Louisiana-born Brandy Duhon, DVM, clinical instructor in the Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences in the Department of Veterinary Medicine at Louisiana State University (LSU), faced several unique challenges from an early age. When she was only 13 years old, she developed meningococcal meningitis, which resulted in the amputation of both hands and her right heel. During her keynote address at …