ORVLA Visits osu vet open house

OSU College of Veterinary Medicine Open House

ORVLA was represented at this year’s open house on May 21st. The open house is an opportunity for students who may be interested in a career in veterinary medicine to tour the school, hear short lectures and visit with OSU students and Doctors.

Our lovely, under the shade tree, display area was perfect for showcasing the llamas and alpacas as well as fiber and spinning techniques. Thanks go out to Joy Bishop Forshey for bringing a few of her animals and fiber items for display. Gail Targett and her granddaughter, Taylor, were on hand to demonstrate spinning and carding fiber. Taylor was a big hit walking the llamas around in the crowd. (I think she’s done this before!)

Kris Miller had all the brochures, magazines and other handouts available and was great answering all the questions we had about llamas and alpacas. Thank you Bill Amidon for donating the printing of the ORVLA brochures for our day out! In between attending classes and tours with my nephew, Clay, I demonstrated Kumihimo braiding. This is a Japanese form of braiding. Kids could take a sample of the braid with them to use as a bracelet or bookmark.

Joy was asked to be a quest speaker so she put her other hat on, Dr. Forshey, and presented a great lecture about Why Lamas? It was a nice presentation, complete with Power Point, explaining the joys and benefits of owning camelids.

This was a fun day and the ORVLA display had a lot of visitors and interest. Over 2500 people attended and enjoyed learning about OSU. I want to thank the OSU coordinators of the open house for inviting ORVLA to be a part of this educational day!

Submitted by Lee Ann King

OSU Vet Hospital Open House 2011
OSU Vet Open House 2011