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Denver - Applications to Morris Animal Foundation's Veterinary Student Scholars Program doubled this year, and a total of 81 students received awards.

Urbana, Ill. - Over the next 18 months, the University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine will undergo a transformation that could reduce energy consumption by as much as 40 percent.

St. Louis - Veterinary schools need to graduate veterinarians with real-world skills necessary to immediately contribute to practices or other areas of employment.

Blacksburg, Va. - Two new initiatives in public health have been launched at Virginia Tech with the formation of the Center for Public Health Practice and Research and a new department within the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine to support the center.

Schaumburg, Ill. - Rapid growth of the veterinary technology field is forcing the American Veterinary Medical Association to make changes to the way it accredits veterinary technology program.

Lansing, Mich. - While funding for higher education keeps creeping down on the priority list for cash-strapped states, at least one veterinary schools hopes it is seeing the light at the end of the tunnel.

Davis, Calif. -- Dr. Michael D. Lairmore, veterinarian, cancer researcher and top administrator at The Ohio State University has been named dean of the University of California-Davis (UC-Davis) School of Veterinary Medicine.

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Blacksburg, Va. -- Police issued a lockdown of the entire Virginia Tech campus after a suspicious man was reported with a handgun.

Harrogate, Tenn. - Lincoln Memorial University will open a new veterinary college in the fall of 2012.

Atlanta, Ga. - Georgia lawmakers have reworked the state's previous student loan repayment program and established a board to purchase the loans of veterinary students that will practice food-animal medicine in Georgia.

An influx of new DVMs to satisfy a perceived workforce shortage could pose serious long-term economic problems, veterinary officials say.

Washington - The U.S. House of Representatives unanimously voted to restore funding to the National Animal Health Laboratory Network (NAHLN), but the Senate must follow suit if funds are appropriated for the program in the 2012 Department of Agriculture budget.

Schaumburg, Ill. - The American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) Council on Education will visit another five veterinary colleges and universities before the end of 2011.

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Manhattan, Kan. -- Veterinary medical students are more likely to struggle with depression than their human medicine counterparts, according to new research from Kansas State University.

Washington -- The Association of American Veterinary Medical Colleges (AAVMC) came under new leadership July 18 at its summer meeting when Dr. Gerhardt Schurig, dean of the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine, assumed the presidency.

St. Louis -- A new report describing the future of veterinary education has been adopted by the Association of American Veterinary Medical Colleges (AAVMC).

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Harrogate, Tenn. -- Lincoln Memorial University (LMU) is staffing up to fill key positions as it readies to open its new veterinary college next year.

Lansing, Mich. - Students entering the College of Veterinary Medicine at Michigan State University expect to sit in lectures and attend labs, but thanks to Robert Malinowski, DVM, the use of technology both in the classroom and out is enhancing courses and changing the way students are receiving information.

Schaumburg, Ill. ? The American Veterinary Medical Association?s (AVMA) accrediting body is scheduled to visit another five veterinary schools this year.

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Fort Collins, Colo. -- Dr. Lance Perryman, dean of Colorado State University's veterinary college is about to begin his last year at the helm of the school.