SAVMA GRANTS: ICDC

The Integrative Communication and Diversity Committee recently awarded these amazing students with the Travel Grant Supporting Diversity and Communications:

“Thank you SAVMA  I am so very grateful for this generous grant! It will help me pay for the expenses associated with this life-changing externship!”- Tasha Desiderio

 “Thanks to this grant, I was welcomed into a global community of OneHealth experts, the Wildlife Disease Association (WDA), who is committed to DEI and wildlife health by prioritizing the knowledge of First Nations and Indigenous peoples when it comes to disease monitoring”- Mieko Temple 

“Externships have been my favorite aspect of being a vet student but they're so expensive. Grants like these make it possible for me to have these experiences and I'm so thankful!”- Nia Powell