SAVMA John Pitts Award for Distinguished Service NOW OPEN!

We have a great opportunity for you to recognize someone who has went above and beyond for our profession!

The SAVMA John Pitts Award for Distinguished Service application is NOW OPEN! This award is open to any veterinary student who is a SAVMA member in good standing. The awardee will receive registration to SAVMA Symposium 2021 (March 13-15) hosted by Kansas State University and a $360 award presented during SAVMA Symposium.  ALSO, as an incentive... the winning nominator will receive an award of $200! Applications are due Sunday, January 17th, 2021 at 11:59 PST.

CLICK HERE to nominate someone today!

VIN Foundation: 5th Annual Solutions for the Profession Competition

Calling ALL veterinary students!!!

Think you have innovative ideas and solutions to issues facing the veterinary medicine community?  Could you use an extra hand with school related expenses?  Look no further!  The VIN Foundation is holding their 5th Annual Solutions for the Profession Competition!

TOPIC: Diversity in the Veterinary Profession

In 1,000 words or less, please detail at least one of the following topics:

• What diversity challenges are currently faced by the profession, and what can be done to improve the situation?
• What steps is your veterinary school taking to address diversity challenges, and what solutions do you think would improve the situation?

DEADLINE: Competition is NOW OPEN and will close to submissions Sunday, February 28, 2021, 11:59pm PT.  Winners will be announced by April 30, 2021!

SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS:

• First Place: $3,000
• Second Place: $1,500
• Third Place: $1,000

Essays must be submitted online - CLICK HERE to get started!

A retrospective study of prognostic indicators for survival in eastern grey squirrels (Sciurus carolinensis)

Take a peek at this study submitted to our Cases/Abstracts category by Ivana Levy of the University of Illinois!

A retrospective study of prognostic indicators for survival in eastern grey squirrels (Sciurus carolinensis)

Ivana H. Levy, Matthew C. Allender, Stephanie Principati, Julia Whittington, Sarah Reich, Krista A. Keller

Wildlife Epidemiology Laboratory (Levy, Allender, Keller), Wildlife Medical Clinic (Whittington, Reich), Department of Veterinary Clinical Medicine (Allender, Principati, Whittington, Reich, Keller), College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL

The eastern grey squirrel (EGS), Sciurus carolinensis, is a tree squirrel native to the eastern United States. This species commonly presents to wildlife medical clinics for a variety of human-related injuries including road traffic and pet predation. The purpose of this study was to determine prognostic indicators for survival in young or orphaned EGS. Retrospective data were collected from January 1, 2012 to June 12, 2018 for all EGS weighing less than 300 g that presented to the Wildlife Medical Clinic at the University of Illinois Veterinary Teaching Hospital.

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Veterinary student influencers to host new Vet Candy Podcast

Vet Candy IRL is an innovative podcast hosted by veterinary students, for veterinary students.

Vet Candy’s new podcast, IRL (In Real Life), is an exciting new podcast from the hearts, minds, and mouths of three veterinary students, Shannon Gregoire, Tatiana Rogers, and Lexi Rodriguez. Vet Candy IRL celebrates inspirational role-models and focuses on empowerment and equality, including disruptive leaders who have broken boundaries to get where they are today.

Veterinary students and Insta-friends, Shannon Gregoire from Western University, Tatiana Rogers from Colorado State, and Lexi Rodriguez from Texas A & M host Vet Candy IRL. In the pilot episode, the trio can be heard laughing and talking about some of the stories they’ll be featuring on the show, including how to make time for self-care between classes and how to enjoy life on a student budget.

In their announcement posts, Shannon, 24, Tatiana, 28, and Lexi, 24, displayed their charisma and chemistry that is evident on the podcast.

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Eye See You!

 We love the striking detail and focus in these up-close photographs submitted by Daniela Hojda from Cornell University!  She is one of our Photography winners from this cycle - keep those great submissions coming!