A campus family - Native students, aspiring vets and Viennese waltzers

By Farrin Abbott, Andrew Brodhead, Kurt Hickman, Julia James, Kathleen J. Sullivan Juliann "Juju" Hallum, who grew up in Bakersfield, California, will graduate with a bachelor's degree in human biology from the School of Humanities and Sciences, and a master's degree in laboratory animal science from the School of Medicine. When Juliann "Juju" Hallum arrived at Stanford, she imagined becoming a veterinarian, perhaps setting up a private practice caring for small animals - cats, dogs and other pets. To pursue her dream, Hallum took courses in comparative medicine, won a fellowship at a veterinary teaching hospital, participated in a seminar at the San Francisco Zoo, shadowed doctors and technicians in the Veterinary Service Center and participated in the Pre-Vet Society, an undergraduate club for aspiring veterinarians affiliated with the Medical School. Along the way, Stanford transformed Hallum's vision of veterinary medicine into a field with many career paths, including providing care to exotic, lab, zoo and food animals. Hallum, who is a member of the Muscogee Nation of Oklahoma, has been exploring the idea of working for Indigenous communities that are raising livestock. At Stanford, she has also been exploring her Native heritage - something she wasn't able to do in her hometown of Bakersfield, California, which has few Indigenous residents. Last year, Hallum served as the resident assistant for first-year students living in Muwekma-Tah-Ruk, which means "House of the People" in the language of the Muwekma Ohlone, the original inhabitants of the San Francisco Bay Area.