Welcome

Welcome to the website for the Illinois Student Chapter of the Association of Shelter Veterinarians. We are a club at the College of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign dedicated to getting students involved in shelter animal medicine; we are also a registered 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.

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We are a very active club and we look forward to welcoming new student members during the 2016-2017 school year! We have numerous lunch lectures and volunteer opportunities (with our mobile clinic and area shelters) offered each year. There is also a shelter medicine rotation for offered for our fourth year students.

Here’s a look at how many dogs and cats were sterilized by our Shelter Medicine program during recent academic years: 

2012-2013: 2,157
2013-2014: 3,810
2014-2015: 4,169
2015-2016: 3,913

Feel free to contact us (sheltervetmed@gmail.com) with any questions.

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We also have a Facebook page where you can read updates on upcoming events and shelter news.