Illinois Student Chapter of the American Veterinary Medical Association (ISCAVMA)

Benefits of Being a Member

Monthly meetings and special events
The Executive Council organizes monthly ISCAVMA meetings and special events, provides meals, housing, and travel expenses for the guest speakers, and funds an after-the-meeting get-together at the vet school.

Emergency Loan Fund
The ISCAVMA Emergency Loan Fund is available to members in need of short-term temporary loans. More details and applications can be obtained be contacting the current ISCAVMA president.

Insurance programs
The AVMA offers insurance programs for student chapter members at the lowest cost area ratings. The insurance may continue beyond graduation anywhere in the US, providing the AVMA application form is sent in at least 45 days prior to graduation, and you are in good standing within the student chapter for at least the last two academic years of school.

AVMA Group Health and Life Insurance Trust offers AVMA members a package of disability, hospitalization, and life-term insurance benefits that can be tailored to the needs and desires of the individual member.
AVMA Professional Liability Insurance Trust offers malpractice insurance to members of the Association.

Job placement service
Job placement service for fourth-year students is available by sending a résumé to the AVMA office one month prior to the placement service Bulletin publication date.

AVMA Membership Discounts
Free AVMA membership from graduation to December 31st of the same year is given to graduating students who are ISCAVMA members in good standing for their last two academic years. Those members also benefit from reduced AVMA dues for two more years following graduation.

Journal Discounts
The Journal of the AVMA and the American Journal of Veterinary Research are available to ISCAVMA members in good standing at one-fifth the normal price. In addition, complementary journals are sent to the library for our use.

Sponsorships
SAVMA also sponsors the publication of InterVet (the journal of the SAVMA), Native American Project (externships at the Navajo Indian Reservation in Arizona), Minority Student Affairs, scholarships, and the Teaching Excellence Award.

Graduation Certificates
Graduation certificates are presented to each senior in good standing of the Illinois Student Chapter at graduation. A member in good standing shall have paid current annual dues and annual dues for the last three professional veterinary academic years by December 1 of the current year; a member shall not be considered to be in good standing until said dues are paid.