![[Illinois student group at Currumbin]](https://vetmed.illinois.edu/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/sb-group-australia-2019-260x157.jpg)
Koalas and echidnas and bats, oh my! Over spring break this year, five Illinois veterinary students and instructor Dr. Sarah Reich, medical director of the college’s Wildlife Medical Clinic, visited the Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary in Queensland, Australia. They participated in many activities in its wildlife hospital. Following are highlights from the students about their week...
![[students in the Class of 2020]](https://vetmed.illinois.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/sb-clinics-wright-260x157.jpg)
We, the Class of 2020, are officially one month into our clinical rotations! The transition from classroom to the clinic floor has been a whirlwind of challenges and learning, but it has also been very rewarding. At this point, we have all participated in three two-week blocks of clinical rotations. I spent my first two...
![[Sarah Wright, Class of 2020, at white coat ceremony]](https://vetmed.illinois.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/sb-wright-white-coat-260x157.jpg)
White Coat moment: ‘I felt great pride’ On a sunny Sunday in March, we, the Class of 2020, had our long-awaited White Coat Ceremony! The ceremony signified our transition from the classroom to the clinic floor. The afternoon ceremony opened with a warm welcome from Dr. Jonathan Foreman, associate dean for academic and student affairs....
![[Judson and Megan in surgery in Costa Rica]](https://vetmed.illinois.edu/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/sb-smith-costarica-260x157.jpg)
‘lifelong friends’ / ‘felt like … a real veterinarian’ During the final week of winter break this month, two Illinois veterinary students journeyed together to Costa Rica to volunteer for the VIDA IVTC Program. As Megan notes, “Of course, I wish I had had more days for surgery and time after the program to explore...
![[Illinois veterinary students present to SWATT program handlers]](https://vetmed.illinois.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/sb-swatt2-group-presents-260x157.jpg)
Students Make Second Visit to Training Program After our Human-Animal Bond Association club visited Shawnee Correctional Center in October to learn about the S.W.A.T.T. (Shawnee Wellness Assistance Therapy Training) program, we were eager to help in any way we could. The program coordinator, Angela Galbraith, invited us to come back in December when the next...
![[older horses]](https://vetmed.illinois.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/sb-suther-older-horses-260x157.jpg)
With proper care, older horses can prosper The lifespan of the horse has increased over the years. Improved veterinary medicine, a better understanding of care, and the role of horses as pasture pets are some of the factors that allow horses to live past 20 and even 30 years of age. Older horses, however, need...
Junior Surgery Week The week we have all been dreading since we first heard about it: “junior surgery week” If you haven’t hit your third year of vet school yet, you’ve heard about this week being incredibly stressful and tiring. For a lot of people, it is the first time they are doing a spay...
![[Reilee Juhl and Sarah Wright]](https://vetmed.illinois.edu/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/sb-wright-clownfish-juhl-260x157.jpg)
I Plan to Present and Publish My Data Last fall at the American Association of Zoo Veterinarians conference, I had the pleasure of meeting Dr. Gregory Lewbart of North Carolina State University, who offered to provide support for a summer research project for me. After reviewing current literature in the field, I generated the idea...
![[SWATT training program]](https://vetmed.illinois.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/sb-swatt-feature-260x157.jpg)
Shelter Dogs Are Trained, Given to Veterans Recently a group of Illinois veterinary students went on an unusual field trip. The board of the Human Animal Bond Association student chapter organized a trip to tour the new dog training program located at Shawnee Correctional Center (SCC) in the small town of Vienna, Ill. SCC houses...
Sarah Wright, third-year veterinary student, and Laura Rasche, a veterinary student at the University of Georgia, pose together before learning more about Hybrid Aquatics at ExoticsCon Last month I had the opportunity to assist with the facilitation for the wet labs for the Association of Amphibian and Reptilian Veterinarians (ARAV) at ExoticsCon 2018 in Atlanta,...