Admitted Student Information

Welcome

We are looking forward to your arrival on campus and congratulate you on becoming a member of the Class of 2024. We hope you will find this website helpful in getting all your required information completed. We look forward to meeting you and orienting you to the DVM program. Please check this site thoroughly and often for any updates or revisions that may be necessary. If you still need additional information please call us at 217-265-0380 or e-mail us at asa@vetmed.illinois.edu. We are here to help you in any way we can. Dr. Jonathan H. Foreman, Associate Dean;  Alan Upchurch, Academic Program Coordinator; Katherine Irwin, Counselor; Susan Long, Office Manager; Carol Parker,Office Support Specialist; Katie King, Office Support Specialist; Laura Smith, Office Support Specialist

• Orientation Activities: August 17-21, 2020

  • iVLE Information Survey – (Due by July 26)
  • Orientation Schedule (subject to change)
  • ID Badge (Mandatory College of Veterinary Medicine ID badge)
  • Stethoscopes for Purchase
  • Booklist for Class of 2024
  • Tours will be available Tuesday and Wednesday at 1:00 p.m. and 2:00 p.m. for you to familiarize yourself with the Veterinary Medicine campus.  Please meet your tour guide in the Atrium.

• Forms: To be submitted by 5 pm, June 28

  • Student Medical Forms – Contact McKinley Health Center at 217-333-2700 for questions regarding the required forms.
  • Student Medical Forms must to be sent to:

  McKinley Health Center 1109 South Lincoln Avenue Urbana, Illinois 61801

  • Big Sib/Little Sib Survey – (Due by July 01)
  • Blue Coat Information Survey (Please submit by June 17)
  • Register for Classes  (as soon as possible)
  • Illinois SAVMA Membership and Supply List

  Mailing address for all admissions correspondence including proof of rabies vaccine and updated transcripts (does not include McKinley Health Center student medical forms):

  College of Veterinary Medicine
  Office of Academic and Student Affairs
  2001 South Lincoln Avenue, Room 2271G
  Urbana, Illinois 61802

• Tasks: To be completed by 5 pm, August 17

  • Acquire I-Card (University Identification Card)
  • Parking Permit
  • Computer Requirements
  • Proof of Rabies Immunization Information (Sent ONLY to the College of Veterinary Medicine).  You must complete the vaccination series before entering the fall semester.
  • VTH Orientation Instructions/Training (Nothing to be done at this time – postponed until closer to start of clinical rotations)
  • Information Security Confidentiality Form (Nothing to be done at this time – postponed until closer to start of clinical rotations)

• Blue Coat Ceremony, Sunday, August 23, time-TBA

  Blue Coat Information

  The Blue Coat Ceremony is the perfect venue for the College to formally welcome you into the veterinary profession. The blue coat you will receive is your badge as a veterinarian-in-training. It indicates to hospital and basic science personnel your first year status as a student. The ceremony will be on the afternoon of Sunday, August 23, 2020, time TBA, lasting approximately two hours. It will be held at the I Hotel & Conference Center, 1900 S. First Street, Champaign, IL I Hotel & Conference Center Map.  A reception will immediately follow the ceremony serving appetizers and drinks. Following the reception, we will be offering a student and family member information session. This session will help in orienting you to your new college environment while family members and other interested parties learn what to expect and how to support their new veterinary student during these next four years.  You are requested to RSVP with your number of guests and your blue coat size via the New Student Information Survey you will recieve this summer.

• Courses, Electives, and More

  Fall Schedule

  First Year Fall Schedule
  Course #	Course Name	Credit Hours	Type	CRN	Mon	Tues	Wed	Thurs	Fri	Location
  Required Core Courses
  VM 602	Structure & Function I	9.5	Lecture (AL1)	54952	9-12, 1-2	9-10, 1-3	9-12, 1-2	9-10	9-12, 1-2	VMBSB 2251
  			Lab (AB1)	54953	2-4	10-12	2-4	10-12	2-4	VMBSB 1730
  VM 601	Clinical Practice I	4	Lecture	54943	8-9		8-9		8-9	Colloquium: 2251
  	Remainder of time will be spent in clinical rotations
  Elective Courses
  VCM 686	Zoomed: What’s Your Diagnosis?	1	Lec/Disc	54954	5-6		5-6			LAC 100
  VCM 694	Professionalism & Personal Wellness	1	Lec/Disc	54561	4-6		4-6			VMBSB 2271C
  VM 622	Research Project I	2	Lec/Disc	69128	6-8					VMBSB 2251

   Elective Opportunities

  Students accepted are required to have a total of 8 elective credit hours completed as part of the requirements of the DVM program.  It is customary that students take 1-2 electives per semester in order to try to complete all 8 electives before they enter their fourth year of clinical rotations which start in the spring semester of their third year. The three elective courses available to you in the fall as first year students are (see schedule above):

  • Zoo Med:  What’s Your Diagnosis?
  • Research Project I
  • Professionalism & Personal Wellness

  Students also have the opportunity to request elective credit for experience outside the College of Veterinary Medicine.  This process happens twice a year (April 15 and November 15 deadlines) depending on the dates the student is seeking to attend.  This is a formal process that students can participate in to have their request reviewed by the Office of Academic and Student Affairs and/or by the college Educational Policy Committee. Faculty have developed a listing of “streamed” electives which can be taught (subject to change) to have a variety of topics from which to pick. Please see list below.

  • Elective Streams (subject to change)
  • Map and Directions of Vet Med Campus
  • Open House
  • Computer Requirements

• University of Illinois Services

  • Accommodations
  • Campus Safety
  • Financial Aid
  • Housing Information
  • University Housing
  • I-Cards
  • McKinley Health Center
  • Parking
  • Student Insurance