DEBORAH MURPHY

Well-rounded, respectful college student who is hardworking and has a motivated attitude with a variety of powerful skills. Committed to graduating undergraduate school and getting accepted into a Veterinarian school. Currently a junior in undergraduate school, at Saint Mary’s-of-the- Woods College in Terre Haute, IN.

• Walked dogs at Terre Haute humane shelter- 2hrs
• Walked dogs at Ripley County humane shelter-20hrs
• Walked Dogs at Natalie’s Second Chance Shelter- 3hrs
• Volunteer at Little Creek Ranch-21hrs
• Building Trails at the Terre Haute bike park with the cross-country team- 4hrs
• Donated food and worked a Saturday morning at the homeless shelter in Terre Haute- 4hrs
• Christmas fun at the Woods- 10hrs
• Companion to the Sisters at the Providence Center- 4hrs
• Vigo County Public Library- 6hrs
• Special Olympics Track meet; Milan, IN (5/20/23)-5hrs
• Miss Ripley County 2nd Runner up Community Service (Summer 2023)- 50hrs
• Susan G. Komen More than Pink Walk (10/14/23)- 7hrs
• Trunk or Treat for Kids (10/30/23)- 2hrs
• Light Your way Parade (12/2/23)-4hrs
• Placing Wreaths on Veteran's grave for Christmas (12/16/23)-3hrs
• Christmas Caroling at Silver Memories Nursing Home (12/17/23)-3hrs
• Present Heartworms to the Terre Haute Children's Museum (2/25/24)-2hrs

NAIA Cross Country Collegiate team (Fall 2022)

Miss Ripley County 2nd Runner Up (Summer 2023-2024)

Elegant Decor Co

• Entrepreneur
• Window Display Designer for local businesses

Founder of the Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College Pre-Veterinary Medical Association

• President (2023-2025)
• Plan and organize events and presentations with vet school
• Talk with funding board
• Reach out to students interested in the Pre-Veterinary track

Collegiate Dance Team

• Warmup Coordinator

Collegiate Cheer Team

Student Activities Club

Service 31 Member

Indy 500 Princess Program

• Made it to second round of interviews (66/500+ people)

Cross Country (2019-2021)

• ORVC Champions (2019-2021)
• All Conference (2019, 2020)
• All County (2019-2021)
• Regional Qualifier (2019-2021)
• Semi-State Qualifier (2021)

Track & Field (2019-2022)

• Regional Qualifier (2019)
• All Conference (2019,2021,2022)
• School Record for the 4x800 (2019)

Soccer (2019-2021)

Student Council (2018-2022)

Sunshine Society (2018-2022)

• Vice-President (2021-2022)
• Spring Semi-formal coordinator

Champions Together (2018-2022)

• Polar Plunge (2020,2022)
• Polar 5k (2022,2023)

Math Club (2021-2022)

Academic Team (2019-2021)

Fellow Christian Athletes (2019-2022)

Senior Class Officer

• Vice-President (2021-2022)

South Ripley Free Store Co-founder (2021-2022)

• My partner and I were on "The 812" ti spread awareness about our non-for-profit program.

National Honors Society (2021-2022)

VetUp! College

• 108 hours
• Working with animals without a veterinarian
• Literature Review- Examining External and Internal Effects on Depression in the Veterinary Field- Sabrina Valdes, Ahlayna Calhoun, Makaylah Hamm, Deborah Murphy (June, 2023)
• Fair Oaks Dairy and Pig Tour

Little Creek Ranch

• Penny Boyer (217)822-9876
• Equine-21 hours
• Bovine- 2 hours

Petland

• 16 hours
• Play with dogs who are in small glass kennels

Miss Ripley County 2nd Runner up Community Service (Summer 2023)

• 100 hours

Riding Class

• 16 hours- English Riding class
• 16 hours- Western Riding Class

House/ Dog Sitting

• Emily Pinell (812)298-4891
• 32 hours

VetUp! College

• 64 hours
• Seminars from Veterinarians
• Purdue Dairy Farm tour
• Purdue Swine Farm tour
• Elk/Bear Farm tour
• Swine Necropsy

Laughery Valley Veterinary Hospital

• Dr. Harley Robinson 1(812)690-6984 (mentor)
• Volunteer-150hrs
• Internship-110hrs

County Line Veterinary Services

• Dr. Kami Simpson 1(812)432-3202
• 21hrs- Job Shadowing

Little Creek Ranch

• Dr. Boyer 1(217)822-9876
• Bovine- 6 hours

• Effects of taraxacum officinale Extract on rattus norvegicus and the Stimuli Response. (in progress will be completed in May, 2025)

Tammy J. Pickett Memorial Scholarship

• 2022-2023
• The Tammy J. Pickett Memorial Scholarship was established in 2019 to keep her spirit and love of gardening and agriculture alive.

Emily Mathes Memorial Scholarship

• 2021-2022
• The Emily Mathes Memorial Scholarship was established in 2012 by Emily’s parents and sisters.

Clara Bell Vestal Scholarship

• 2021-2022
• 2022-2023
• Clara Bell Vestal Scholarship was established by Jo Westmeyer in memory of her sister, Clara Bell.