Sponsor: Dr. Roger and Mrs. Jacqueline Dupuis
Criteria: For a third-year veterinary student with an interest in practicing small animal medicine and a special interest in quality feline medicine. Student should be born or raised in Kankakee or Ford County. Secondary preference may be given to a student from Grundy, Will, Iroquois, Livingston, McLean or Champaign counties.

Claire Allgood
Claire is a third-year student from Plainfield, Illinois. She is interested in small animal emergency medicine and mixed animal practice. She works as a student supervisor in the university dining hall and hopes to use these leadership skills in an emergency medicine setting.