Lynn Young with VVMA award
BLACKSBURG, Va., March 16, 2007 – Lynn Young of Christiansburg, Va., director of alumni and student affairs in the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine (VMRCVM), was recently awarded the Friend of the Virginia Veterinary Medical Association (VVMA) at the annual Virginia Veterinary Conference held recently in Roanoke.
This award is given to an individual who is a non-veterinarian and who has made outstanding contributions to the profession of veterinary medicine in Virginia. According to Dr. Bill Tyrrell, a veterinary cardiologist with Chesapeake Veterinary Cardiology in Leesburg, Va., and a former president of the college’s alumni association, Lynn exemplifies these criteria.
“Although this is her job, Lynn goes way above the call of duty. She has tirelessly moved the VMRCVM Alumni Society from its fledgling state to an alumni group that is vibrant, proactive, and growing,” wrote Dr. Tyrrell in his letter nominating Young for the award. “Lynn has become the recognized face at all events and someone that all of our alumni can turn to.”
Lynn received her bachelor’s degree in business education and her master’s degree in student personnel services from Virginia Tech. Before assuming her current position in 2004, she was the assistant director of alumni relations for Virginia Tech’s colleges of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Natural Resources, and Veterinary Medicine.
The Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine 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.