Morgan Wachal of Pleasant Dale receives award from Professional Program in Veterinary Medicine

2015 May 13

Morgan Wachal of Pleasant Dale received the Topaz Memorial Scholarship ($500) during the Professional Program in Veterinary Medicine Honors and Awards Banquet April 18 at Havelock Social Hall in Lincoln.

Wachal is a first-year student in the program, working toward a doctor of veterinary medicine degree.

The Professional Program in Veterinary Medicine was established in 2006 by a cooperative agreement between the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources and Iowa State University's College of Veterinary Medicine. The first two years of the program are at the UNL School of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences.