Welcome Alex Schauer to TVG Family!

A long time ago...

when The Vet Gazette was only a speck of dust…

when “The Facebook” was a mere idea in one man’s brain….

the SAVMA fates smiled down upon a young, future veterinary pathologist named, Alex Schauer.

They said, “She will be The Vet Gazette Editor one day, and she will bring an energy and fervor to the position that will be paralleled by none other.”

And so it was decided, she would bring forth much joy and embrace the creativity of veterinary students around the world.

Please join me in welcoming - from the University of Minnesota - Alex Schauer to The Vet Gazette family!!!

Learn more about Alex here!

For all the Gosling fans out there..

This meme was submitted by Chloe Evetts from University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine. And since you have a fellow Ryan Gosling lover as the new TVG Editor-elect.. ya'll just gonna have to deal.

"Conjecture"

If I took words and I molded them
simply for beauty's sake
Would anyone call it a poem,
or am I only a fake?

A fake in a world I know not of,
I know so little at all
Am I more than the things that I've thought of,
more than my dreams beck and call?

I know so little of skills, you see
My mind a prison of play
One can build cities

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MEMES! MEMES! MEMES! MEMES!

Blair Dingler - Texas A&M

Alyssa Thacker - Iowa State

 Alyssa Helms - Tennessee

Thailand Inspiration

Jessica Schuster - Ohio State

V:50 I:4 Experiences

      Five years ago I went through an unexpected and life-changing event that nearly cost me my life, and since that day I have achieved goals beyond which I ever thought I could. I went to college to become a veterinary technician and follow my dream to one day become a veterinarian, I traveled with every chance I had to places all around the world, and took hold of all the opportunities I could. I’ve been snorkeling in the Caribbean, horseback riding through the jungle, and swam with dolphins. I’ve scaled the Mayan Ruins, gone cave tubing, and witnessed rare and exotic creatures. I’ve had more amazing experiences than I could ever tell you in one paper, all because I made one simple promise to myself when this all began five years ago - to never let any opportunity slip through my fingers that I would later regret, because I see everyday as a chance to become more than I was yesterday. And everyday to me, especially after nearly losing all of my chances, is another possibility to live life to its fullest.

            Little did I know, that dream I had since I could remember – the dream to one day become a veterinarian – would indeed one day become more of a prospect than a figment of my imagination. Almost exactly two years ago today, I walked through the doors of The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine, the most nervous I’d ever been in all my life, to present myself as a potential future colleague. Also little did I know that one of my first professors at this college would later become more of a friend and a mentor, who I would travel with all the way on the other side of the world, to offer me more once-in-a-lifetime experiences. So now this brings me to my most recent journey, one of many more I hope, that has offered me so much more than I ever imagined possible – my trip to Thailand.

            It’s not easy to limit a voyage such as this one to a single paper, as I’m sure I could write a whole novel on the experience, but as I ponder this I realize that our journey together could simply be described by three words: Acceptance, Compassion, Inspiration.

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