Education

Athens, Ga. - A $7.7 million infusion of funding is helping the University of Georgia (UGA) inch forward with an expansion plan for its veterinary college.

Veterinarians enrolled in UC-Davis' veterinary medicine program in 2003 may be up for a payout.

Pullman, Wash. - In an effort to boost its position among the nation's veterinary schools, the College of Veterinary Medicine at Washington State University is looking to absorb the School of Molecular Biosciences into its program.

National Report -- The American Veterinary Medical Foundation (AVMF) is seeking students to apply for its annual veterinary student scholarship program.

Schaumburg, Ill. -- The American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) has created the nation's first centralized veterinary externship locator to help veterinary students find externship opportunities.

Davis, Calif. -- The University of California-Davis (UC-Davis) recently receive $400,000 for the Koret Shelter Medicine Program at its veterinary college thanks to a donation from the Koret Foundation.

Minneapolis, Minn. -- The University of Minnesota has been awarded a $3 million gift by the Tata Group to expand orthopedic surgery research and teaching at the school.

Washington -- The final rule for a veterinary student loan repayment program, first approved in 2003, has been published, and the first awards under the new program may not be far off.

UNAM appeals an "adverse" accreditation decision from the COE.

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Two studies focus on motivations for entering and leaving rural practice.

Ithaca, N.Y. -- Cornell University is close to finalizing its collaboration with a new veterinary education program in Hong Kong.

AgriLabs introduces two $5,000 awards for professional-development training in large-animal medicine.

Ames, Iowa -- The search is officially underway in the search for the next dean of Iowa State University?s College of Veterinary Medicine.

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West Lafayette, Ind. -- The Purdue University School of Veterinary Medicine will offer free eye exams for certified service dogs.

LSU researcher receives grant to study equine adult stem cells.

Pomona, Calif. - Western University's College of Veterinary Medicine - the nation's newest veterinarys chool - moved form limited to full accreditation.

Las Vegas - Little was answered, but many questions were raised at the first of three national meetings on the future of veterinary education.

Auburn, Ala. - Auburn University's veterinary college is close to finalizing plans to build a new veterinary teaching hospital at its Auburn, Ala., campus to replace the McAdory Large Animal and Hoerlein Small Animal clinics.

Ithaca, N.Y. -- Cornell University researchers are developing a new way to help horses fight equine herpesvirus.

The first certification tests could come as early as next year.

Schaumburg, Ill -- The American Veterinary Medical Association announced a new initiative March 12 that aims to help veterinarians who pursue careers in food-animal medicine.

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The school's veterinary program has moved from limited to full accreditation.

East Lansing -- Michigan State University (MSU) College of Veterinary Medicine (CVM) will stop using live animals in terminal procedures to train veterinary students in surgical techniques beginning with the fall 2010 semester.

Washington, D.C. -- Dr. Larry Adams of the Purdue University School of Veterinary Medicine has been chosen to receive the 2009 national Pfizer Teaching Award, the most prestigious veterinary teaching award in the United States.

Manhattan, Kan. -- Steven Henry, DVM, is the 2010 Kansas State University College of Veterinary Medicine Alumni Fellow.

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