The 24th annual Virginia Tech VirginiaMaryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine Annual Awards Ceremony was recently held in the college center. After a welcome and introduction from Dr. Grant Turnwald, assistant dean for academic affairs, 146 students were presented with 79 different scholarships and awards totaling over $431,000.

During the ceremony, Anne Dewar of Potomac Falls, Va., was presented the Herman and Mildred Corder Award.

The Herman and Mildred Corder Award is an award established to provide funds to Virginia residents achieving academically, involved in community service, who have good character and financial need.

The Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine (VMRCVM) is a two-state, three-campus professional school operated by the land-grant universities of Virginia Tech in Blacksburg and the University of Maryland at College Park. Its flagship facilities, based at Virginia Tech, include the Veterinary Teaching Hospital, which treats more than 40,000 animals annually. Other campuses include the Marion duPont Scott Equine Medical Center in Leesburg, Va., and the Avrum Gudelsky Veterinary Center at College Park, home of the Center for Government and Corporate Veterinary Medicine.

The VMRCVM annually enrolls approximately 500 Doctor of Veterinary Medicine and graduate students, is a leading biomedical and clinical research center, and provides professional continuing education services for veterinarians practicing throughout the two states. Virginia Tech, the most comprehensive university in Virginia, is dedicated to quality, innovation, and results to the commonwealth, the nation, and the world.