Vol. 39, No. 3-4, 1995
MEDAL of the University of Veterinary Medicine
Assist. Prof. Emil Svicky, DVM, PhD - Vice-Rector of UVM
University of Veterinary Medicine
Komenskeho 73
041 81 Kosice
Slovak Republic
The Rector's Commitee of the University of Veterinary Medicine in Kosice has decided to award Medals of the UVM in the following three classes:
- Gold Medal of UVM
- Silver Medal of UVM
- Bronze Medal of UVM
In accordance with the requirements laid down for the UVM Medal, it will be awarded to the folloving:
- outstanding workers and working groups of the UVM for important achievements in pedagogy, first of all in teaching innovation and modernisation;
- especially for results in research and science and their promotion and introduction into practice;
- outstanding personalities in the Slovak scientific and academic community for their successful collaboration with the UVM;
- important personalities in veterinary education and science abroad for their sustained collaboration and promotion of the UVM and Slovak veterinary sciences;
- individuals and working groups for significant activities in the fields of technical and economic management of the UVM;
- individuals on the occasion of their jubilees for their excellent work and loyalty to the UVM.
According to the requirements for the Medal, proposals for awarding the Medal of UVM may be given by the Rector's Commitee, Senior Members of the University Staff, the Board of The Academic Senate, the Works Council of The Trade Union, as well as individual employees of the UVM.
The proposals are to be made to the Medal custodian, who is the Vice Rector responsible for the university development. The Medal is awarded by the Rector of the UVM.
The Medal was designed to symbolize the university and to characterize its mission.
On the obverse side of the Medal, there is the traditional symbol of the UVM - the letter "V" with the Aesculapian symbol in the centre, with three lime leaves on either side. The surrounding inscription has the university's name and city in Latin.
On the reverse side of the Medal, there is an open book representing education with a chalice in front from which a curved serpent arises, symbolizing medicine. The surrounding inscription similarly gives the university's name and city, but in Slovak.
The Medal has the classical circuit form with a diameter of 60 mm. The gold, silver, and bronze forms of the Medal were coined in the Kremnica State Mint.
Folia Veterinaria / 1995