“After a month I knew Alaska was going to be home,” said Liz Millman. “It’s pretty incredible to be graduating vet school and going back to Alaska to continue caring for these dogs and building a career.”
The first class of the University of Alaska-Fairbanks/Colorado State University 2+2 veterinary program are graduating this May. The trailblazing group of 10 students attended the first two years of coursework at UAF and finished their two years of clinical training at CSU.
Remote villages in southwest Alaska will receive animal care assistance through a private grant announced by the University of Alaska Fairbanks.
Josh Link, a Pennsylvania native, found his home in Alaska's veterinary community. Link will be one of the first to graduate from a 2+2 program that connects the University of Alaska-Fairbanks and the CSU College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences in May.
Vet students Robert Buntz, Lindsay Francis, and Alexandra Hess received scholarships from Merck Animal Health, in partnership with the American Veterinary Medical Foundation.
Dr. David Ramey is a 1983 graduate of the Colorado State University School of Veterinary Medicine. In addition to being a full-time equine veterinary practitioner in Encino, California, He is a vocal advocate for the application of science to medicine, and—as such—for the welfare of the horse.
Stacee Santi always knew working with animals would be in her career cards. She graduated from Colorado State University with a degree in veterinary medicine and practiced veterinary medicine in Portland, Oregon, and Durango for years.
he Colorado State University Doctor of Veterinary Medicine Program continues to be ranked No. 3 nationally in the latest U.S. News & World Report list.
Exploring new ideas and creating new standards is what separates good (or bad) hospitals from great ones, by Dr. Stacee Santi, '93