The American Veterinary Medical Association’s Council on Education (COE) has granted “reasonable assurance,” the first step towards full accreditation, to two new veterinary schools in New York and Arizona. The new additions will bring the total of U.S. veterinary programs to 32. After six long years of trying to achieve approval,
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Recent Colorado Veterinary Grads Eligible for $70K Awards
To address a shortage of rural veterinarians, the state of Colorado has implemented its Veterinary Education Loan Repayment Program (VELRP) that awards up to $70,000 to each recipient over a four year period. Up to four recipients will be selected each year, and applications for the initial round of awards
Purdue University Establishes Vet Up! National Academy
The Purdue College of Veterinary Medicine announced today that it has been awarded a $3.18 million federal grant to increase diversity in the veterinary field and address the shortage of veterinarians in public health and food animal medicine. The program will be known as Vet Up! The National Health Careers
New Vet School Coming to Metropolitan New York Area
The state of New York has announced that it will partially fund the establishment of a school of veterinary medicine at Long Island University. There has never been a veterinary program in the New York metropolitan area, though the highly regarded program at Cornell University (about a four hour drive