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members of the Class of 2012 at the traditional hooding ceremony and encouraged them to remain true to the personal qualities that served them well as veterinarians-in-training. "As veterinarians, your clients will benefit from your knowledge and technical skills, but they will benefit equally from your character–your ability to guide them and support them in the often difficult choices that surround animal health care. Treating animals and humans with compassion and respect and exhibiting modesty and humility in the face of this complex relationship are professional attributes that define the veterinarian. Balancing the tension between what can be done and what should be done; your ability to understand and respect the needs, capabilities, and limits of your clients; and representing the welfare of your patients will in many ways define your success. Your compassion and humility, your character, is what brought you to us in the first place, and it is the thing that will most define your future success."
ean Michael I. Kotlikoff congratulated
