The Inside Scoop is published annually by Washington State University Department of Animal Sciences to enhance communication with alumni and friends.
Executive Editor: Gordon Murdoch
Writer, Designer, Photographer: Jennifer Michal
In this issue
- Message from the Chair
- Kat Moen was Butch T. Cougar
- Unlocking the genetic secrets of ruminants
- Recognizing the Distinguished Service of Don VanTine
- Anna Macleod’s feedlot internship experience
- New Beef Cattle Management Team supports research, teaching, and extension
- Beef Center news & updates
- 2025 Outstanding Alumnus Dana DeRego Catron
- What is the Student Swine Cooperative (SSC)?
- Veterinary field mission to Costa Rica was an amazing experience!
- Graduate Students in Animal Sciences:
- Outstanding Undergraduate Students 2025
- Annual Halver Lecture
- Distinguished Graduate
- Raymond “Ray” Wright, Jr.

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Gordon Murdoch, Chair
gordon.murdoch@wsu.edu
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