Enrichment Summer Program (ESP) applications have opened!
ESP is an immersive program to let undergraduates get taste of what veterinary school is like. Learn more and find the application here: https://cvm.msu.edu/about/diversity/enrichment-summer-program
The application closes on January 31, 2025.
Jasmine, a 2024 ESP participant, spoke with us about what she learned, why she applied, and the connections she made. If you want to hear more from past-participants before applying, you can watch more testimonials here: https://youtu.be/tWiBP908rb4?si=nYRmILkNQOjfjWdr
How to Succeed at a Veterinary Career Fair
Over 60 practices and organizations will be joining us for our career fair on November 4!
MSU Veterinary Business Management Association students, Kate Basmadjian, Kathryn Hurt, and Angela Wolfe, gave us the inside scoop on prepping for and nailing conversations at the career fair. 💼💚
If you know someone attending the career fair, remind them that MSU's Handshake is a great resource for researching potential employers attending the fair!
Read more: https://cvm.msu.edu/vetschool-tails/over-60-practices-and-organizations-to-table-at-msu-vet-med-career-fair
MSU Vets Homecoming Tailgate 2024
We ate, we danced, we played with the cutest dogs, and we won our game against Iowa—what more could we ask from Homecoming?
Thank you to all who joined us! Go Green!
Vet Tech Week Interview with Lady Rosie
One of our Veterinary Nursing correspondents interviewed Lady Rosie, Vet Nursing Tortoise, to learn the ins and outs of the career for National Veterinary Technician Week.🐢🥼
Veterinary technician week is when we celebrate these valuable members of the veterinary world who work in clinics, teach in classrooms, work in labs, and more to make the world a healthier place for animals and people!
No veterinary student begins the program having experience with every animal. For those who didn't grow up around them, large animals such as horses and cows can be perceived as an intimidating hurdle in veterinary education. But luckily, students are here to learn and we're here to teach.
Our students, including Nick Grotenrath, DVM Class of 2028, visit the MSU Horse Teaching & Research Center to become familiar with interacting and caring for horses. This begins to open up the world of large animal medicine to students who may have never considered it before.
To know more about how our students learn from the teaching horses, follow this link: https://youtu.be/0MXOHP22T-4?si=SKDptrkQKmzfVv3g
Welcome Rosie
The Veterinary Nursing Program has a new teammate! A red-footed tortoise named Lady Rosalyn Tortellini of Tortuga, AKA "Rosie" for short.
Students can take a break from their studies to spend some time with Rosie, learning about reptiles and how to care for one of the rarer animals one might see in a clinic.
Rosie was adopted from Saving Scales Reptile Rescue of Michigan. Students, faculty, and staff voted for her name with change and all funds raised will be donated back to Saving Scales.
Welcome DVM class of 2028! We had a great orientation and we're excited to have you learn and grow with us over the next four years. Go Green 💚
What is Dressage? A Spartan Expert Explains
With Olympic Dressage events ongoing, it helps to know what goes into this equestrian sport. Dr. Jane Manfredi, McPhail Dressage Chair in Equine Sports Medicine and prolific competitor herself, breaks down the basics for newcomers. 🐎
Avian Influenza: Food Safety
Should you worry about avian influenza in your milk? Dr. Kimberly Dodd, director of the MSU Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, explains that pasteurized milk is safe.
The Lab, alongside government agencies and academic institutions, are continuing to investigate avian influenza and keep our food supply safe.
Graduates, your unique journeys have made you capable, compassionate, and strong.
Thank you to everyone who joined us to celebrate our graduates at our commencement ceremony.
We couldn't be prouder of all the Spartan veterinary professionals heading out into the field to do great things!
Go Green!!!💚🎓
Avian Influenza: Explaining The Current Strain
You've likely heard a lot about avian influenza in the news lately; how it's been found in dairy cattle, how it's a particularly unique outbreak, and whether it's high-risk for transmission to humans.
Dr. Kimberly Dodd of the Michigan State University Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory explains all this and more in a series of videos, the first of which can be found below. Find the rest at: cvm.msu.edu/vetschool-tails/avian-influenza-explaining-the-current-outbreak
