MSU-CVM
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
NAMES HEAD OF CLINICAL SCIENCES DEPARTMENT
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DR. ANDREW MACKIN
Fall 2017 SCAVMA members will host MSU-CVM tailgates beginning approximately 2 hours before kickoff at MSU home football games. We invite you to come by and visit with students, alumni, and colleagues. Reminders will be emailed to alumni and friends and posted on our Facebook page.
October 13 - 14 Alumni Weekend Celebration CE courses, “mix and mingle” event, tailgating, and football game Contact (662) 325-0465 katie.timmerman@msstate.edu RSVP online at: cvm.msstate.edu/outreach/alumni-friends
Dr. Andrew Mackin has been named as the head of the Department of Clinical Sciences at Mississippi State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine after serving as the interim head of the department since 2014. Mackin began his career at MSU in 1998 as an assistant professor of small animal medicine. He became a professor in 2009, and served as the Dr. Hugh G.Ward Endowed Chair in Small Animal Medicine from 2002 until 2014, when he became the interim head of clinical sciences. “I am very proud of the CVM,” Mackin said. “ MSU has offered myself and my family some wonderful opportunities, so I took on this role as giving a little bit back.” Mackin received a bachelor’s degree in veterinary medicine and surgery at Murdoch University in his home country of Australia. He went on to complete his masters of veterinary studies degree at the University of Melbourne, and earned his DVSc at the Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, Canada. Prior to coming to MSU, Mackin spent 4 years in a faculty position in Edinburgh, Scotland. He ended up at MSU somewhat by chance, after a long time search for a faculty position in the United States.
November 2 - 4
“MSU-CVM has been my first and only US faculty position,” Mackin said. “I never expected to be here for 19 years! My oldest two children were one and three when I arrived, and both are now undergraduates at MSU. My daughter will be graduating from MSU in December.”
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Mackin regards his family as his greatest personal achievement, but says that helping build the small animal medicine program at MSU has been his “greatest professional accomplishment to date.” He said MSU-CVM has “an established program that provides a great education for our students, produces great residents, and is nationally recognized for stability, clinical expertise, research accomplishments, and service to the profession.” Mackin said clinical teaching is what he generally most enjoys about his job. “But, in reality, as an academic, there is no single thing that is most enjoyable,” Mackin said. “The diversity and variety of experiences offered as an academic clinician is what makes it so interesting.” As the Head of the Department of Clinical Sciences, Mackin said he aims to maintain the quality of work already being done in the department. “We have a great department with great people,” Mackin said. “One of my major goals is to maintain stability—to let talented and motivated people continue to do the excellent job they are already doing in the areas of teaching, clinical service and research, and to give them room to continue to grow and improve, and to enjoy what they are doing.”
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