Meet our AVS Ambassadors!!

These Animal and Veterinary Sciences students represent our department as AVS Ambassadors. They serve as representatives of the department to prospective students, at on and off campus events, give department tours, and work on special projects like the department newsletter. As Ambassadors, we are always more than happy to answer any and all questions you may have as a prospective student!  If you have any questions that you would like for one of us to answer, whether it is about AVS classes, labs, Clemson Life, or College life in general, please don't hesitate to ask!  Our email address is cu.AVSambassadors@gmail.com and we check this email daily, anxiously awaiting your questions! Hope to hear from you soon!

Amanda Kiselak
^{Senior with a concentration in Pre-vet and a Microbiology minor} 

Future Plans: Go to vet school and eventually work at a mixed-animal hospital. 

Interests: Sketching and painting, baking (even though it usually does not turn out well), eating what I bake, running, showing cattle, playing with animals! 

Why did you choose Clemson’s AVS Program? As I traveled up and down the East coast the summer before my senior year in high school, I ended up in Clemson. After just one visit to campus and the Clemson community I knew that this was where I belonged. The opportunities Clemson has to offer are astounding, the AVS “family” (department) is comforting, and the curriculum is challenging so everyone strives to succeed. I love all of the experience both in the classroom and on the farm, and the faculty and staff want to see every student reach their goal!

Will Basinger
^{Senior with concentration in Pre-Vet}

Future Plans: I will be attending the University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine next Fall, and hope someday to become a small animal surgeon.

Interests: Aside from the dedication of my senior year to giving back to the Clemson University Animal and Veterinary Sciences Department (which I view as an interest of sorts), I fill my time with as many outdoor activities as possible; including any-and-all water sports, longboarding, backpacking, tennis and golf. Also, if it has anything to do with Dairy Cows, you can assume I'm there... even if I'm just enjoying the sights, sounds, and smells! 

Why did you choose Clemson University? I chose Clemson University for its Animal and Veterinary Sciences program.  Sure other schools in the southeast have similar programs, but none offer the family feel or the vast amount of large animal hands-on experience that the AVS Department does.  The faculty and staff in the AVS Department WANT you to succeed more than just be present and somehow, they made this fact evident from the first time I visited; and this fact has held true.

Jessica Howle
^{Senior with Pre-Vet Concentration and Minor in Music}

Future Plans: I plan to attend graduate school to get my Masters in Poultry Science. While attending graduate school I plan to work for a poultry company. 

Interests:Singing, dancing, animals

Why did you choose Clemson’s AVS Program? I chose Clemson's AVS program because of all the hands-on opportunities students have. I love going to the farms and getting to interact with the animals. I also love how the professors truly want you to succeed and to excell in everything that you do.

Lena Freeman
^{Senior with concentration in Animal Agribusiness}

^{Future Plans: Plan to work in the agribusiness field.}

^{Interests: Showing cows, judging livestock, FFA}

^{Why did you choose Clemson’s AVS Program? I chose this program because of the great opportunities and experiences that is offered at Clemson University along with the highly trained faculty and staff. I was born a tiger and will die a tiger!}

^{Meryl Anderson
Senior with a concentration in Pre-vet}

^{Future Plans: Get into vet school in a mixed practice concentration or specialize with small animals (I’ll figure it out when I get there!)}

<sup>Interests: Working in a local vet clinic/no kill animal shelter, cooking, reading, and running

Why did you choose Clemson’s AVS Program? Clemson’s Animal and Veterinary Sciences Program is different than other schools; there were ample opportunities for me to grow as a person through classes and hands-on experience.  I viewed the program as one that would give me a competitive edge when applying to vet school.</sup>

^{Claire Stuyck
Senior with Pre-vet concentration. Will earn a bachelors degree in conservation biology with a Minor in Wildlife.}

^{Future Plans: My goals are to pioneer the growing field of "agri-ecology" bridging the gap between wildlife conservation and agriculture with education and research.}

^{Interests: ornithology, agriculture, reading, cooking, hiking, mountain biking, and ZOMBIES.}

^{Why did you choose Clemson’s AVS Program? I chose  Clemson's AVS program due to the wide variety of hands-on expereince with livestock avialable that no other shcool could compare to.  When visiting the campus I was impressed with welcoming atmosphere of faculty, staff, and students all over campus. Clemson was the place I had to be!}

^{Robert Teasdall
Junior with concentration in Pre-Vet}

^{Kirsten Wayne
Junior with concentration in Pre-Vet}

^{Jayne Major
Junior with concentration in Pre-Vet}

^{The pictures below are from the International Poultry Expo in Atlanta, GA.}