Rescue Kitten With Rare Genital Dysplasia Condition Treated By, Finds Forever Home With Texas A&M Veterinary Student
When Lampasas Community Cats first brought Iroh, a Siamese-mix kitten, into the Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital (VMTH), they were unsure of his fate. Based on his unusual condition, the non-profit organization didn’t know if anyone would be able to adopt him. But thanks to Texas A&M’s Small Animal Hospital, Iroh was fixed up—literally—and […]
Becoming Vet-twin-arians: Attending Veterinary School As Identical Twins
At the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (CVMBS), you’re unlikely to find one of the Fowler sisters without the other at her side; as identical twins, Ali and Zoe Fowler do just about everything together, including working toward their degrees in veterinary medicine. The Frisco natives decided at a young age […]
Texas A&M Veterinary Students Help Treat Cold-Stunned Sea Turtles
Two Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (CVMBS) veterinary students had the rare opportunity to care for endangered sea turtles found on Massachusetts beaches suffering from hypothermia and other complications. On Dec. 7, more than 120 cold-stunned turtles were found in Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Because there were too many for the local […]
Texas A&M Veterinary Student Receives $75,000 Scholarship
Chelsea Folmar, a fourth-year veterinary student at the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (CVMBS), was one of three distinguished students selected to receive a $75,000 Coyote Rock Ranch Veterinary Scholarship from the Foundation for the Horse. The Coyote Rock Ranch Scholarship awards top veterinary school students who have a passion for […]
CVM Faculty Recognized With AFS Distinguished Achievement Awards
Five faculty members at the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (CVM) have been honored with this year’s Distinguished Achievement Awards from the Association of Former Students (AFS). The university-level AFS awards are presented each year to faculty and staff who exhibit the highest standards of excellence at Texas A&M. This year, […]
Texas A&M CVM’s 2+2 Veterinary Program Receives AVMA Approval
The Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (CVM) completed a pivotal step in the development of its 2+2 veterinary program on April 13, when the college received official program approval from the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) Council on Education (COE). With this approval, the CVM has permission to implement the 2+2 […]
Learning in the Lab
The Texas A&M Gastrointestinal Laboratory has provided veterinary student Marshal Covin with opportunities to explore and expand upon his classroom studies. Marshal Covin, a second-year veterinary student at the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (CVM), never expected a simple “howdy” to lead to countless opportunities for advancing his veterinary career. But […]
Texas A&M System Partnership Announces Update To Veterinary Program In Texas Panhandle
Additional funding will support the increased faculty needed for VERO’s 2+2 program CANYON, Jan. 28, 2020—Officials from The Texas A&M University System (TAMUS) announced on Jan. 28 a $5 million commitment to the developing 2+2 veterinary program through the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences’ (CVM) Veterinary Education, Research & Outreach (VERO) […]
CVM Students Compete in Feline Enrichment Final Contest
Four veterinary students from the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (CVM) placed as finalists in the American Association of Feline Practitioners’ (AAFP) 2019 Student Feline Enrichment Contest. Second-year veterinary student Jennifer Nary, third-year veterinary students Nicole Benard and Kate Rowatt, and fourth-year veterinary student Jill Starks attended the 2019 AAFP Conference […]
Telling ‘Tails:’ Where Veterinary Medicine and Storytelling Meet
Amy Gulick, a third-year veterinary student in the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (CVM), might spend her days learning about hard-science topics such as anatomy and biochemistry, but at heart she is a self-described storyteller. “To me, every disease has a story. It has a beginning, then it has a progression, […]
