Two K-State professors honored for their teaching, research at College of Veterinary Medicine

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Sources: Beth Davis, 785-532-4188, egdavis@k-state.edu;
and Bob Rowland, 785-532-4631, rrowland@k-state.edu
News release prepared by: Andy Badeker, 785-532-1545, abadeker@k-state.edu

Monday, April 30, 2007

TWO K-STATE PROFESSORS HONORED FOR THEIR TEACHING, RESEARCH AT COLLEGE OF VETERINARY MEDICINE

MANHATTAN -- A specialist in equine medicine and a microbiologist whose work combats a virus in pigs have been singled out by students and colleagues at Kansas State University's College of Veterinary Medicine.

Beth Davis, an assistant professor of clinical sciences who leads the college's equine medicine and surgery section, has received the 2007 Carl J. Norden Distinguished Teaching Award. Given annually at each veterinary college in the United States, Norden awards go to outstanding teachers who advance the veterinary profession by inspiring students to their highest levels of achievement and professionalism. The honoree is selected by veterinary students.

In nominating Davis, one student wrote, "She has provided me with outstanding mentorship and guidance over the last four years."

"I'd like to thank the students and the college for providing me with the privilege to do what I love doing," Davis said. "Working with horses and teaching veterinary students is what I enjoy doing every day."

Davis earned her doctor of veterinary medicine degree in 1996 from the University of Florida, Gainesville, and went on to gain a Ph.D. from K-State in 2004. She has been a diplomate in the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine since 2002. She joined the K-State faculty in 2003.

Bob Rowland, a professor of diagnostic medicine and pathobiology, has won the Pfizer Animal Health Award for Research Excellence. Rowland's research concentrates on infectious diseases caused by persistent RNA viruses, particularly the virus that causes porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome. It is the No. 1 infectious disease afflicting swine.

"It's a great honor to be recognized in this capacity," Rowland said, "especially when it reflects the opinion of your peers."

Rowland received his Ph.D. in microbiology in 1989 from the University of New Mexico School of Medicine in Albuquerque. He was a postdoctoral fellow from 1989 to 1994 at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, and then joined the faculty at South Dakota State University in Brookings. He came to K-State in 2001.