MONTICELLO - Dr. Rocky Lindsey, a graduate of Rison High School, has been awarded the Arkansas Veterinarian of the Year for 2023 during the winter meeting of the Arkansas Veterinary Medical Association (VMA) early this month in Hot Springs. Lindsey is an associate professor of animal science at the College of Forestry, Agriculture, and Natural Resources. This award is given annually to recognize the outstanding contributions and accomplishments of a member of the Arkansas VMA.Arkansas veterinarian Mike Beard of Animal Care Veterinary Center in Conway nominated Lindsey for this distinction. "I first met Rocky, I guess right after he graduated from veterinary school. He was the new graduate veterinarian on the Board of Managers for the Arkansas Veterinarian Medical As-sociation. It says Veterinarian of the Year. I always think of the award as a career achievement. It is based on what you have done for your community, association, and profession. Rocky checks all the boxes. He is at every meeting every year. He's our go-to guy for spiritual guidance as well. Those are the things that stood out to me." "I did not know that that award would be given to me that day. It was quite an honor," said Lindsey. "From what I understand, they appreciated the work I do with missions where we take a lot of pre-veterinary students. We go to Belize twice a year to do humanitarian veterinary work overseas. Many of my previous students here at UAM have a lot of experience that looks good on a resume. Then they appreciated the work that I did for the association over the years and the teaching compo-nent that I have here at the college," said Lindsey."The value that he contributes to the profession is bringing on the young people who want to be veterinarians, guiding them, and helping them get into veterinary school. He does such an excellent job at that." Beard said "Most of us in practice have some influence on the youngsters that are coming along and try to guide them....
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