2025 RUSVM Alumni Awards
Announcing the 2025 Alumni Award Winners!
Nominations for the 2026 RUSVM Alumni Awards will open in January 2026.
The 2025 Alumni Award Winners
Celebrate Three Distinguished Alumni!
The Office of Alumni Engagement is pleased to announce the 2025 Alumni Award winners. Congratulations to our award winners!
Alumni Achievement Award Recipient: Kimberly Stewart, PhD ’21, DVM ’06
Dr. Stewart is recognized for her substantial work in sea turtle conservation. She is the Founder and Director of the St. Kitts Sea Turtle Monitoring Network, the Executive Director of the Wider Caribbean Sea Turtle Conservation Network, and an Associate Professor of Exotic and Avian Medicine at Ross Vet.
Alumni Rising Star Award Recipient: Tanya Robinson, DVM ’18
In 2023, Dr. Robinson co-founded Robinson 24-Hour Veterinary Hospital, the first emergency veterinary hospital in Nassau County, Florida. Since then, she has demonstrated a passion for providing gold standard care and an emphasis on cultivating a positive workplace environment for her team.
Volunteer Service Award Recipient: Ysabel Wright, DVM ’17, MSc ’20
Dr. Wright has shown significant dedication to volunteerism and community service. She is the CEO of The Veterinary Alliance Center for Accessible Care, volunteered as a speaker at One Health Week 2024 and worked to create connections between Ross Vet, local farmers and the St Kitts Government to improve community well-being.
Award Descriptions And Criteria
Each year, the RUSVM Alumni Awards recognize the outstanding impact of an exceptional leader, rising professional, and outstanding volunteer. Award recipients were selected by the RUSVM Alumni Action Council.
The Alumni Achievement Award recognizes the success of an alumnus/a who has made significant contributions to his/her profession and industry while embodying the university's purpose, vision, and values.
The award recognizes those who have had extraordinary success in the following areas: professional achievement, community involvement, advancement of RUSVM and its mission, giving back of time, talent, and/or capital and encouraging and inspiring future leaders as well as contributions that have benefited the veterinary community and/or profession.
Award Criteria:
- Must be a graduate of RUSVM.
- Display excellence in the veterinary field: clinical, diagnostic, research, public health, regulatory, and/or military service, etc.
- Attained professional, societal, or community recognition.
- Be a strong advocate for RUSVM.
The Alumni Rising Star Award recognizes a recent graduate of RUSVM who has achieved early career success while embodying the university’s purpose, vision, and values.
Award Criteria:
- Must be a graduate of RUSVM within the last 0 – 10 years.
- Display accelerated career progression and advancement.
- Meaningfully contributed to the veterinary field: clinical, diagnostic, research, public health, regulatory, and/or military service.
- Attained professional, societal, or communal recognition.
- Be a strong advocate for RUSVM.
RUSVM alumni play a critical role in the University’s continued success. From supporting admissions activities to engaging with students to rallying alumni support, our alumni impact all aspects of the student life cycle. We are proud to recognize those who are true ambassadors of RUSVM and give back to their alma mater in meaningful ways.
Award Criteria:
- Must be a graduate of RUSVM.
- Support and advocate on behalf of the university.
- Be highly engaged in RUSVM admissions, student life, and or and alumni programming.
Office Of Alumni Engagement
Have a question? Contact the Office of Alumni Engagement at RUSVMAlumni@rossu.edu!
