Seniors taking their diagnostic rotation have been seeing a new face in the Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory. Dr. Michael Yaeger joined the Iowa State University faculty in July of 1996, has become a valued member of the diagnostic team, and has shown himself to be a talented instructor. Dr. Yaeger believes that hands-on experience enhances the learning of students and is essential for complete understanding. Students in his class spend a few hours in the morning in lecture and the rest of the day working in the necropsy lab investigating and correlating data, trying to come up with a diagnosis for specimens sent to Iowa State University.