Department of Animal Science, UC Davis
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A PUBLICATION FOR OUR ALUMNI AND FRIENDS
Spring 1999

Alumni and Students Attend 1999 Breakfast and Career Symposium
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Clockwise from bottom left: Mary Biesiadecki (BS '89; MAM '95, DVM '96), Dean Barbara Schneeman, Roy Sharp (BS '50), Ian Garnett (faculty), Pat Blacklock (BS '95; MAM '97), Tom Famula (faculty), Diane Dereszynski (senior and peer advisor).
 
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Ria de Grassi speaking with Jennifer Lane (senior)
 
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L-R: Katie Aschenbach (senior) and Cymantha Beall (BS '85)
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Clockwise from bottom left: Jennifer Ng (junior and peer advisor), Barbara Reed (BS '83, MS '87), Joan Rowe (BS '78, DVM '80, MPVM '83, PhD '90), Ria de Grassi (BS '83, MS '87), Eric Bradford (emeritus faculty and former chair), Bill Garrett (emeritus faculty and former chair).
 
Twenty-three alumni spanning the class of '50 to the class of '98 returned to campus February 20 for the second annual Career Symposium. The Career Symposium is an opportunity for alumni to share their career experiences with students majoring in Animal Science, Animal Science and Management or Avian Sciences. As a way of thanking the participating alumni and to provide an opportunity for renewal of friendships, the department hosted a breakfast preceding the student program which included Animal Science faculty as well.

Undergraduate participation increased from 30 in the first event, last year, to 81 this year. The symposium allows the undergraduates, through the panel discussion and informal conversations, to explore career opportunities, get some tips on career preparation and hear the occasional war story. This year's panelists were Kimberly Adams ('94), Leslie Field ('83), Melissa Garrod-Van Laningham ('96), Berta Lim ('93), Joan Rowe (DVM '80) and Roy Sharp ('50).

Ria de Grassi (BS '83, MS '87) served as moderator of the panel. Ria also played an active role in creating and coordinating this event.

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