Fall 2017 - University Of Illinoispublish.illinois.edu/illiniscavma/files/2018/05/Fall-T-Times-2017.pdf · • AVMA career center access: provides job listings that match your resume

Hello Vet Med!

Hopefully you survived the first week back from break, and are ready to finish

2017 strong! Congratulations to all of the fourth years who have taken the

NAVLE, and good luck to all those who still have to take it! Third years are

rocking junior surgery and dreaming about clinical year. Second years are slogging

through all that pathology, and first years are living a little easier than everyone

else on rotation vacation. Hang on for the last few weeks – a long winter break and

relief from the NAVLE stress will be here before you know it!

Fall 2017

Upcoming Events

Awards and Scholarships Application

Website is now open! All submissions

are due January 15th. Visit

http://vetmed.illinois.edu/intranet-

awards/ or email Ginger Passalacqua

([email protected]) for

information.

The Awards and Scholarship Banquet

is on May 5, 2018 from 10 – 1pm.

Do you still find yourself wondering: “What is ISCAVMA?” Ask no more!

Here is a brief summary:

ISCAVMA is our school’s student chapter of the AVMA. Each veterinary school has their own student

chapter that functions under the Student AVMA (SAVMA), which consists of an Executive Board and a

House of Delegates (HOD) composed of two representatives from each member chapter (including our

own). The formation of a national organization of veterinary students has enabled what were once isolated

student chapters to function effectively as a single unit on the national scene.

The Student AVMA coordinates student chapter functions, promotes the exchange of ideas and

information among students, and represents its members in matters that concern them, both as students

and as future veterinarians.

For more information on SAVMA, please visit https://www.avma.org/About/SAVMA/Pages/default.aspx

For more information on ISCAVMA, please visit http://vetmed.illinois.edu/iscavma/

Benefits of ISCAVMA membership:

• Eligible to receive various scholarships

• Opportunities to attend professional lectures

• AVMA career center access: provides job listings that match your resume and allows interested

employers to search posted resumes

• Opportunity to attend the Annual Student AVMA (SAVMA) Symposium

2018 Symposium hosted at University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine

Illinois Student Chapter of the American

Veterinary Medical Association

(ISCAVMA)

• Discounted prices to attend ISCAVMA Halloween, Vet Prom and Vetscapades

• Automatic enrollment in the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) upon

graduation at no cost and two years of reduced membership rates.

• Student AVMA Member reduced subscription rates to the Journal of the AVMA (JAVMA)

and the American Journal of Veterinary Research (AJVR)

• Free subscriptions to the Vet Gazette: the official online journal of SAVMA (they also accept

submissions of your art, poems, cases and abstracts and you can win some $$$!)

http://www.thevetgazette.com/call-for-submissions/

• Each AVMA affiliated and accredited veterinary schools in the United States may elect two

delegates to represent their school at the bi-annual House of Delegates proceedings held at

SAVMA Symposiums and AVMA Conventions. Currently, this House of Delegates represents

33 veterinary schools and over 14,000 veterinary students.

Your Illinois SAVMA delegates are Judson Smith (Class of 2020) and Kirsten

Andersson (Class of 2021).

A HUGE thank you to Jeff Hess for serving our students as the past delegate. We

appreciate all of your hard work!

NOTE: If you are an ISCAVMA member, then

you are also a SAVMA member!!

Meet the 2017-2018 ISCAVMA Executive Board Members!

President: Laura Molinet (2019)

President Elect: Kelsey Chereskin (2020)

Vice President: Emily Sutton (2019)

Secretary: Lauren Sammons (2021)

Treasurer: Cassie Saufley (2019)

Treasurer Elect: Sara Manzo (2020)

Philanthropy Chair: Shannon Ure (2019)

Fundraising Chair: Ana Valbueno (2019)

Fundraising Co-Chair: Candice Barath (2020)

Webmaster: Cassie Atkinson (2020)

SAVMA Senior Delegate: Judson Smith (2020)

SAVMA Junior Delegate: Kirsten Andersson (2021)

Vet Med Senator: Annie Heo (2019)

IVSA Representative: Taylor Jones (2020)

Class of 2018 Representative: Chaney Tambling

Class of 2019 Representative: Jimmy Holtschlag

Class of 2020 Representative: Faisal Shabib

Class of 2021 Representative: Andrew Groenewold

SAVMA Symposium 2018

The annual SAVMA symposium will take place March 15th-17th at Penn Vet in Philadelphia, PA.

SAVMA symposium had a fabulous variety of educational daily lectures, wet labs, day trips,

competitions, and social events. Daily lectures and labs are are offered in companion animal, equine,

large animal and even professional development. Day trips include the Philadelphia Zoo, Adventure

Aquarium, the Eastern State Penitentiary, and all kinds of unique historical tours. Your ISCAVMA

Chapter has funding available for students who are interested in attending Symposium this year.

Registration and Symposium information can be found at www.savmasymposium2018.com. Use the code

STUD18! Can’t wait to see everyone in Philly!

”English Pointer”

Emily Banigan

Class of 2021

“The Monarch of the Glen, by Sir Edwin Landseer”

Monica Jarboe

Class of 2019

QUOTABLE QUOTES

“I know you probably purged all that information with the binge drinking you did this summer.”

- Dr. Clark-Price

"I really believe that learning is when you do stuff."

-Dr. Firkins

"Hi, how you doing? Get your ass in the chair."

-Dr. Shipley regarding people who walked in to lecture late

"Binds actin and myosin, blah blah- details... Muscles contract…"

-Dr. Keating

"Oh, was that regurg or vomit that just squished between my toes?"

-Dr. Ridgeway

Thank you for your submissions!

Questions, comments, concerns, or ideas for future issues can be directed to

[email protected]