Education

A three-time veterinary school dean, Dr. Glen Hoffsis has had a major impact on both veterinary education and public policy.

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VetMedAcademy and Merck Veterinary Manual are co-sponsoring a contest to celebrate faculty creativity during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The latest edition includes access to a companion website with exclusive COVID-19 protocols to help you manage your team during a pandemic and other emergency situations.

This new resource offers veterinary professionals and students an opportunity to earn RACE-approved CE credit via a series of informative online webinars.

Veterinary students are taking advantage of social media to promote positivity during the pandemic.

Readers respond to a recent commentary about taking action on veterinary student debt.

Pet owners are largely enjoying the curbside service they're currently receiving at veterinary practices. Here's why, plus a look at strategies to implement now and after the COVID-19 crisis ends.

Thoughts from a third-year veterinary student about to embark on clinical rotations during COVID-19.

Check out some of the latest veterinary research and more in this week's news highlights.

In case you were wondering what it’s like being a veterinary student on the brink of graduation during the COVID-19 outbreak, I can tell you this: It sucks.

The new WSAVA initiative has already awarded one veterinarian with scholarship funds, pain management training and the title of the first key opinion leader of veterinary pain management, but the technician scholarship is still up for grabs.

According to the university's veterinary team, this screening tool is superior to any other that utilizes routine blood tests available to veterinarians.

If passed, the new bill would allow borrowers to pause interest accumulation and loan repayment while pursuing additional veterinary training and education.

This virtual conference, hosted by the American Association of Feline Practitioners, will allow veterinary professionals to participate from the comfort of their desks or on the go.

WeatherTech’s Super Bowl ad compels Petco’s CEO to help fund further cancer research at the school.

One of the main goals of the partnership between these neighboring organizations is to train future animal research professionals to meet the needs of today’s workforce.

The university is convening a task force that will spend the next six months exploring the possibility of adding a veterinary medical college to its Jonesboro campus.

There are many changes we could make to lower veterinary student debt. Its past time to start on one or two: raise more money and cut preveterinary requirements.

A 1995 alumna and staff member since 2002, Dana Zimmel, DVM, will serve as interim dean at the University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine.

A new resource developed by the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, the AVMA and the AAVMC offers resources and advice for colleges of veterinary medicine when a student dies by suicide.

One school dean believes there are moral issues involved in increasing access to veterinary schools for underrepresented groups, but also educational, societal and business benefits with increasing diversity.

Veterinary school applicants will get a four-month head start on the process next year when the cycle opens in January instead of May. And hopefully that will lead to less of a frantic rush come the September deadline.

When privilege is revealed and corrected, it feels like marginalization. Guess what: Its not. Heres what diversity and inclusion actually looks like in veterinary medicine in 2019.

This reader points out that a heavy course load and strong GPA allow early admission at many colleges of veterinary medicine.

Program lends recipients $20,000 per year for tuition; amount is forgiven once grads practice in rural Kansas.

The AVMA has sent letters of reasonable assurance to the public University of Arizona and the private Long Island University giving provisional accreditation for veterinary school students to start in fall 2020. Plus, did you miss Texas Tech University officials breaking ground on another vet school?

Second-, third-year veterinary students to apply for $2,000 scholarships, courtesy of Zoetis and the Association of American Veterinary Medical Colleges.

Veterinary researchers from North Carolina State University investigate whether antibodies play a role in etiology of poorly understood disease.

The long-time head of the business behind the annual VMX show to be CEO of organization devoted to corporate professionals.