UF veterinary student wins one-year tuition scholarship from pet food company
From left to right are Karen Padgett, Hill’s Pet Nutrition Inc. chief of veterinary business channels, veterinary student Sarah Judd and Hein Meyer, Hill’s director of academic affairs.
Sarah Judd, a junior veterinary student at the University of Florida, has won the Hill's Big Win Scholarship Challenge, sponsored by Hill's Pet Nutrition Inc. Judd will receive a scholarship for one year's tuition to the UF College of Veterinary Medicine, worth approximately $25,000.
The announcement was made in June at the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine's annual meeting in Louisville.
"This is very exciting," Judd said. "I would like to thank Hill's for the scholarship and my fellow students for going online to vote. Because of this great honor, I am now in a better position to begin my career as a veterinary professional after my graduation next year."
Students from veterinary schools throughout the United States who participated in the Scholarship Challenge took a short-answer quiz and winners had their school name posted on a Hill's Web site. Fellow students could then go online and cast their vote for their school. UF received the most votes, which resulted in Judd's winning the scholarship.
"Winning the Hill's scholarship is a great honor for Sarah and for UF," said James Thompson, D.V.M., interim dean of the UF veterinary college. "Because of generous programs like The Big Win, Sarah's senior-year tuition is taken care of and she can concentrate on becoming an amazing veterinary professional. What a gift!"
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