Monday
Feb102020

The Land Down Under

Photos submitted by Erica Evans from NC State University.

A Simple Moment

Before the Firestorm

Defying Gravity

Sunday
Feb092020

Study Break

How do you spend your time when you need a break from studying? Rachel Ellerd from Texas A&M University gets creative! Thank you for sharing your beautiful artwork, Rachel!

Colorized Owl, water color on canvas

Colorized Lion, acrylic on canvas

Colorized Wolf, acrylic on canvas

Saturday
Feb082020

Coronavirus: How Can Vets Help?

No matter where you look, coronavirus is in the news all around us. Should we as aspiring veterinarians be concerned about the animals we treat? Are they are risk? Check out this infographic from My Vet Candy (created by infectious disease guru Dr. Jenifer Chatfield) and watch the podcast interview with coronavirus expert, Dr. Gary Whittaker from Cornell University! 

Friday
Feb072020

Vet Students Supporting Environmental Health

Are you interested in getting more involved with environmental health and wellness? Read below about what Kaitlyn Denny and her classmates at Michigan State University are doing to help veterinary medicine become a little more environmentally friendly!

Last year, myself and a group of my classmates started the SAVMA Environmental Wellness Committee. I served as a co-founder and the first chair of the committee. Our goal is to help bridge the gap between veterinary medicine and the environmental issues our world is facing. We strive to provide education and tools for CVM students to be responsible stewards of our planet. We hosted various talks and events throughout the semester to encourage sustainability at MSU CVM. We started an initiative of bringing reusable containers for lunch/dinner meetings to decrease waste, brought more recycling bins to the CVM, and hosted speakers about animal agriculture, plastic waste, and the effects of climate change. We also we able to get funding to gift students with bamboo toothbrushes and reusable produce bags. These small items serve as a daily reminder that even the smallest of actions in our daily lives can have profound effects on our environment.The efforts of this committee are vitally important in today's world and I have learned so much from being the inaugural chair.


Thursday
Feb062020

Post-Exam Feels

Katelyn Jaqeway, Lincoln Memorial University