Professor James McCall Memorial Lecture
Professor James McCall Memorial Lecture
Black History Month, School of Veterinary Medicine
Date: Wednesday 28 October 2020
Time: 18:00 - 19:00
Venue: Zoom
Category: Public lectures
Speaker: Dr Mandisa Greene
Website: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/mccall-lecture-tickets-120517431883
The School will host this year’s Professor James McCall Memorial Lecture as part of the University’s Black History Month events. It is scheduled to take place on Wednesday 28 October at 6pm and will be delivered by Dr Mandisa Greene, President of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons.
Mandisa Greene is the first black President of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons. She graduated from the University of Edinburgh in 2008, and after staying in Scotland for her first job she moved to England and has spent her career working in small animal and emergency practice in the West Midlands. Mandisa has also worked for Harper Adams University as a lecturer in Veterinary Sciences educating both undergraduate and postgraduate students. Elected to RCVS council in 2014, she chairs the Practice Standards Group and is a member of the Legislation Working Party and Diversity and Inclusion Group. Mandisa will talk about her journey through the profession and will include a vision for an inclusive veterinary profession in the future, including several protected characteristics and intersectionality.
Staff, students, alumni and friends of the University are warmly invited to attend this public lecture. This will be an online lecture and Q&A held live on the Zoom platform. To attend please register in advance via this Eventbrite link. We will email everyone who is pre-registered with a Zoom link on the day of the event. Please note, this lecture will be recorded using Zoom. Should you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact Caroline Hutchinson (0141 330 5704).
James McCall (1834-1915) was the founder and first Principal of Glasgow Veterinary College, which became part of the University in 1949. McCall spurned a legal career focusing instead on the many facets of veterinary science; from practice through education and research to public health. He was President of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons and held a number of public offices. From small beginnings James McCall’s enterprise, commitment and energy spawned an organisation that now ranks among the great veterinary establishments internationally.