AVC student Wade Sweet receives prestigious travel fellowship

Wade Sweet, a fourth year doctor of veterinary medicine student at the Atlantic Veterinary College at UPEI, was recently awarded an International Stockmen's Educational Foundation Travel Fellowship enabling him to participate in the 2007 International Livestock Congress in Calgary, Alberta on October 2. Sweet, who is from O'Leary, was one of 20 students representing 16 universities from four countries to receive the highly sought after fellowship. Scholastic achievement, leadership experiences and letters of recommendation are all part of the stringent qualifying requirements for the fellowship.

The International Stockmen's Educational Foundation partners with well established livestock events and organizations to further its mission to build global beef networks and focus on the emerging issues and challenges facing the beef industry from an international perspective. Through participation in the International Livestock Congress, students are provided with the opportunity to interact with world industry leaders and contribute to the solutions that will shape the advancement of the livestock industry into the next millennium. Following his experience in Calgary, Sweet will write a professional paper to be
submitted to the International Stockmen's Educational Foundation Board.

In addition to being the recipient of this prestigious travel fellowship, Sweet was recently awarded the Dairy Farmers of Prince Edward Island Award and The Bessie B. and J. Derril White Memorial Award during the Atlantic Veterinary College's annual Fall Awards and
Recognition Night.