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Texas Tech Hires More Founding Faculty Members
Newly hired professors include an animal welfare expert and a practicing veterinarian.
From left, Drs. Arlene Garcia-Marquez, Prasanth Chelikani, Clayton Cobb and Emily Sundman.
The next U.S. veterinary school, Texas Tech University, is rapidly adding faculty members as it prepares to begin instruction in August 2021.
The School of Veterinary Medicine, headquartered in Amarillo, anticipates an inaugural class of 60 students. About 30 faculty and staff members were hired as of September 2020.
Recent appointees include:
Arlene Garcia-Marquez, Ph.D., MS
The animal welfare expert is an assistant professor of behavior and welfare. She was a Texas Tech animal and food sciences faculty member for four years and previously served as an assistant professor of animal science at the University of Minnesota.
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