For most people, the closest they will ever come to a draft horse is through a television screen. Most of us are familiar with the perfectly matched and perfectly groomed Clydesdales in a Budweiser commercial but draft horses were originally bred for ploughing and other hard labor. There are still a few farmers and loggers who use […]
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Really Big Horses Inspire Student
Monday, October 24th, 2011Third World Experience Benefits People and Animals
Monday, October 10th, 2011Ometepe Island is a tropical jewel in the middle of Lake Nicaragua with miles of sandy beaches and stunning scenery but it is largely undeveloped. Reached only by ferry over notoriously rough water, the villages of Ometepe have few modern amenities and, despite an economy based largely on livestock and agriculture, Ometepe has no resident veterinarian. […]
Veterinarians and Faculty Join Students in Learning Experience
Monday, October 10th, 2011The halls of Magruder witnessed some unusual behavior a few weeks ago: blindfolded students being led around by their colleagues, small circles of people laughing, and professors acting like elephants. Did Halloween come early? No, it was the first annual Oregon Leadership and Dedicated Service (OLEADS) event. Hosted by the OSU College of VeterinaryMedicine (CVM), the […]
Student Organizations Enrich CVM Life
Monday, October 10th, 2011The OSU College of Veterinary Medicine sponsors a wide variety of student organizations with missions related to everything from shelter medicine to wildlife and exotic animals. Being a member of a student organization at CVM is a great way to meet people with common interests and be an active part of the OSU community and beyond. To […]
First OLEADS event Sept. 30-Oct. 2
Thursday, August 11th, 2011The OSU-CVM Student Chapter of the American Veterinary Medical Association (SCAVMA) will host its first Oregon Leadership Experience and Dedicated Service (OLEADS) event. Drs. Richard DeBowes and Betsy Charles, two of the current leaders of the Veterinary Leadership Experience (VLE), will lead this event on the Sept. 30-Oct. 2 weekend. The overall goal of this […]
IVSA Travel Scholarship awarded
Tuesday, May 24th, 2011The Oregon International Veterinary Student Association (IVSA) was very impressed with the applications received for the 2011 IVSA Travel Scholarship. “It’s very exciting to read about all the international veterinary travel that students are participating in this summer. We wish we could offer everyone a scholarship, but unfortunately we can only offer one,” said Leslie […]
