Maggie is a first-year veterinary student from Quincy, Ill. She is currently interested in emergency medicine/critical care and mixed animal practice but is keeping her options open since there are many fields she has not yet experienced.

Alicia, a first-year student from Itasca, Ill., is interested in mixed animal practice and practice ownership. She hopes to learn more about these interests throughout her time at Illinois. This summer she plans to complete an internship at a small equine breeding operation in Wisconsin.

Kayleen, a first-year student from Millington, Mich., hopes to practice in a clinical setting with small animals and equine as her future career. As an undergraduate at Michigan State University, she participated in many clubs, most prominently an equine student-organized non-profit.

Maya, a first-year student from Morrison, Ill., is interested in large animal theriogenology and genetics as well as in anatomic pathology and research. She currently works as a histotechnician in the college’s Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory.