Shavonne Christina Corbet and Staci M. Murphy, both of Peachtree City, Ga., received their doctorates in veterinary medicine from the University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine on May 5, in Athens, Ga.

Coleman is a 1996 graduate of McIntosh High School in Peachtree City, and received a bachelor of science in agriculture degree from the University of Georgia in 2001. While at UGA she was Wildlife Treatment Crew supervisor, Honors and Awards Committee class representative, Exotics Club secretary, ONE subcommittee chair and founding member, Student Chapter of the International Veterinary Student Association treasurer, Student Chapter of the American Holistic Veterinary Medical Association, and Hurricane Katrina Foster Team, and was a member of Phi Zeta Honor Fraternity, SCAVMA and the American Animal Hospital Association, as well as volunteer for Canine Club Spay & Neuter Day and the Upper Oconee Watershed Network. She also was the recipient of numerous scholarships and awards, including Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation Frontiers for Veterinary Medicine Fellow, Berner Scholarship, Salsbury Foundation Scholarship, John and Jean Capozzi Scholarship, UGA Veterinary Medicine Alumni Association Award, UGA Amazing Student recognition, Pfizer Award for Excellence and Clinical Proficiency in Dermatology and the William and Florence McFarlane Scholarship. Corbet plans on practicing small animal and exotic medicine in Portland, Ore.

Murphy, also a 1996 graduate of McIntosh, graduated with highest honors from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 2000, receiving a bachelor of science degree in biology.

During her time at UGA, she was awarded the GVMA Outstanding Sophomore Scholarshilp and presented research at the American Society for Rickettsiology and the Southeastern Society of Parasitologists.

She is the daughter of Norman Murphy of Peachtree City, Ga., and Patricia Murphy of Katy, Texas, and is currently working as a Small Animal Intern at the Texas A&M University College of Veterinary Medicine in College Station, Texas.

The University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine, founded in 1946, is dedicated to training future veterinarians, providing services to animal owners and veterinarians, and conducting investigations to improve the health of animals as well as people. The college benefits pets and their owners, food-producing animals, and wildlife by offering the highest quality hospital and diagnostic laboratory services.

Equipped with the most technologically advanced facilities located on a university campus, the college is dedicated to safeguarding public health by studying emerging infectious diseases that affect both animal and human health. The college enrolls 96 students each fall out of more than 500 who apply. It has more than 130 faculty members.

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