Rose Nolen-Walston, DVM, is one of eight faculty members chosen to receive the coveted University of Pennsylvania’s Lindback Award for Distinguished Teaching for 2013-14.

Nolen-Walston is an assistant professor of large animal medicine at the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine (Penn Vet) New Bolton Center. The award comes with a $4,000 bonus and a certificate from the Christian R. and Mary F. Lindback Foundation. The award ceremony is on April 28.

"The Lindback prize is the biggest honor and greatest reward I've ever received,” Nolen-Walston said. “Teaching is the greatest challenge in my job, and I am always looking for ways to help my students and junior doctors become better veterinarians.”

Nolen-Walston plans to donate the $4,000 award to the Work to Ride nonprofit equestrian program in Philadelphia, which provides opportunities for underprivileged urban youth through riding and working with horses