Giving
Opportunities for Giving
Giving to UQ Veterinary School
By supporting UQ’s Veterinary School you will be helping us prepare the next generation of veterinarians, support innovative research projects to better understand the diseases that may affect our pets and to find ways in which we can improve diagnoses, provide preventative advice and hopefully find a cure for these ailments.
With your help we will continue to provide a wide spectrum of services and research that is impacting on the health and welfare of animals and wildlife, and the broader welfare issues of pets in shelters.
To donate visit the UQ Giving website
If you wish to discuss further opportunities to support UQ’s Veterinary School through philanthropic donations towards scholarships, equipment or specific program needs please contact Julia Keith on j.keith2@uq.edu.au or 336 53357
Leaving a Bequest
Philanthropic gifts like bequests are most appreciated to help the future development of the School of Veterinary Science. A bequest is communicated within an individuals will and may include the residuary or percentage of an estate; a specific sum of money; or an asset such as property, work of art or share portfolio.
The small animal clinics and teaching hospitals at the University of Queensland are committed to providing the best possible treatment for every patient in their care, and providing the opportunity for every student to gain valuable practical experience in diagnosing and caring for small and large animals.
Your bequest to UQ’s Veterinary School will ensure these vital medical and educational services will continue for many years to come. By making a bequest you will leave a lasting legacy that will make a world of difference to animals in need of emergency care and treatment.
For further information about how to make a bequest
Educational Memorial Program
Each year hundreds of owners have to make the difficult decision to euthanise their old or terminally ill pet. These animals have made a positive contribution to their owner’s lives and parting with them can cause owners a great sense of loss.
One way many owners find meaning in the loss of their pet is by donating their pet’s remains to the School to aid in the teaching of veterinary students. Donors who would like to contribute to this worthy cause can do so through the University of Queensland Education Memorial Program (EMP).
To contact us about the EMP: email the program manager Samantha Kempster
If you are interested in donating your pet to the EMP program please contact the EMP coordinator at svs-csc@uq.edu.au
Inspiring stories
Webb-Jenkins Veterinary Travel Scholarship
This Scholarship was awarded to Emily Lukas in 2016. Emily utilised the Scholarship to assist in her travel for placements. She has provided us with this recount of her experience at a robotics farm.
Receiving the Webb-‐Jenkins Veterinary Travel Scholarship allowed me to travel south and complete some of my placements at incredible places. Firstly, I went to the Hunter Valley where I got to immerse myself in the everyday activities of a thoroughbred stud. While I was there I got to observe everything from pregnancy testing mares, diagnosing rattles in a foal to stallions serving mares. The one and only Black Caviar was also on the property, so I got to spend time with one of the best racehorses in history and her foal.
From the Hunter Valley, South to Nowra where family friends own and operate a robotics dairy farm. To me, this was the forefront of technology, making it possible to milk cows 24 hours 7 days a week, as well as keeping track of cell count and distance walked individually. The facility allowed for the cattle to be cycled through four different pastures each day, including time on the feed pad for their silage ration. The robots enabled the cattle to choose when they wanted to be milked therefore being more confortable and relaxed. Cattle were also able to be drafted into a ‘sick pen’ enabling the farmer to check for things such as mastitis, coming on season, or ready to be dried off.
The Webb-‐Jenkins scholarship made it possible for me to experience these amazing opportunities that I otherwise would not have been able to encounter. I will be forever grateful to Hilary Huey for enabling
this experience through her scholarship. I hope that the next person to receive this scholarship is as appreciative as I am. Many thanks, Emily Lukas.
Professor Glen Coleman, Head of the School of Veterinary Science, presents the Scholarship to Emily Lukas.
The Allan Tindall Scholarship
This scholarship was established in 2013 and maintained by gifts from Mr Allan Tindall from New South Wales, a beef cattle producer who is passionate about ensuring the integrity of Australian animal products for export markets. The scholarship supports veterinary education by enabling undergraduate students of Veterinary Science to undertake practical educational placements.
Scholarship recipient Genevieve Payne, explains how beneficial this scholarship was to her experience
Thanks to the generosity of the Tindall Award I was able to use the award money to assist in my attendance at the following placements:
- Toowoomba Animal Disease Surveillance Laboratory, Toowoomba, Queensland
- Smithton Veterinary Services, Tasmania
- Roma Veterinary Clinic, Queensland
The chance to travel around the country has allowed me to gain experience in disease surveillance, biosecurity and dairy/beef cattle husbandry and medicine.
With the generosity of the Tindall award I was able to request placements further from home which allowed me to tap into the knowledge of rural practitioners that are intimately involved in cattle medicine and biosecurity.
Thanks to the Tindall family for giving me this opportunity. Your generosity is genuinely appreciated.
If you are interested in donating towards a Veterinary Student scholarship please contact Julia Keith on 336 53357 or email j.keith2@uq.edu.au.
Tindall Family prize winners 2011 (L-R Megan Bartlett, Lauren Cash, Nikita Osborne, Mr Tindall, Genevieve Payne, Alanna Harth, Sasha Laws- King)