Spring 2018 - University of Illinois

Spring 2018

Hello Vet Med!
It’s hard to believe our year is coming to a close! We wish the best of luck to the fourth years,
who are facing the joyous and scary prospect of graduation and preparing to jump head on into
the real world! The third years have started their long journey into clinics, second years are
finishing up a long year of pathology and the first years just want to throw away their anatomy
scrubs and leave the smell of the lab behind. Hang on for the last few weeks everyone – summer
and graduation will be here before you know it! Good luck to all those with finals left to go!

                                        Upcoming Events

                                        Awards and Scholarships Ceremony at the Champaign Country
                                        Club from 11-1:00pm on Saturday, May 5th

                                        Another Vet Med community Blood Drive will be held in the BSB
                                        Atrium on Monday, Tuesday, June 26th. Please consider coming
                                        out and donating blood – you could save up to three lives!
                                        To sign up go to www.bloodcenterimpact.org and use Code #70472

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

Do you still find yourself wondering: “What is ISCAVMA?” Ask no more!
Here is a brief summary:

ISCAVMA is our school’s student chapter of the AVMA. Each veterinary school has their own student
chapter that functions under the Student AVMA (SAVMA), which consists of an Executive Board and a House
of Delegates (HOD) composed of two representatives from each member chapter (including our own). The
formation of a national organization of veterinary students has enabled what were once isolated student chapters
to function effectively as a single unit on the national scene.

The Student AVMA coordinates student chapter functions, promotes the exchange of ideas and information
among students, and represents its members in matters that concern them, both as students and as future
veterinarians.

For more information on SAVMA, please visit https://www.avma.org/About/SAVMA/Pages/default.aspx
For more information on ISCAVMA, please visit http://vetmed.illinois.edu/iscavma/

Benefits of ISCAVMA membership:

• Eligible to receive various scholarships
• Opportunities to attend professional lectures
• AVMA career center access: provides job listings that match your resume and allows interested
 employers to search posted resumes
• Opportunity to attend the Annual Student AVMA (SAVMA) Symposium
   2019 Symposium hosted at University of Georgia School of Veterinary Medicine
• Discounted prices to attend ISCAVMA Halloween, Vet Prom and Vetscapades
• Automatic enrollment in the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) upon graduation at no
cost and two years of reduced membership rates.

• Student AVMA Member reduced subscription rates to the Journal of the AVMA (JAVMA) and the American
Journal of Veterinary Research (AJVR)

• Free subscriptions to the Vet Gazette: the official online journal of SAVMA (they also accept submissions of
your art, poems, cases and abstracts and you can win some $$$!)
http://www.thevetgazette.com/call-for-submissions/; ALL SUBMISSIONS FOR VOLUME 53, ISSUE 3
ARE DUE Sunday, May 13th AT 11:59PM!

• Each AVMA affiliated and accredited veterinary schools in the United States may elect two delegates to
represent their school at the bi-annual House of Delegates proceedings held at SAVMA Symposiums and
AVMA Conventions. Currently, this House of Delegates represents 33 veterinary schools and over 14,000
veterinary students.

Your Illinois SAVMA delegates are Judson Smith (Class of 2020) [judsons2@illinois.edu] and
                       Kirsten Andersson (Class of 2021) [kea3@illinois.edu].

 NOTE: If you are an ISCAVMA member, then you are also a
                     SAVMA member!!

Meet the 2018-2019 ISCAVMA Executive Board Members

            President: KELSEY CHERESKIN (2020)

          President Elect: VICTORIA MCKABA (2021)

          Vice President: ANITA KALONAROS (2020)

               Treasurer: SARA MANZO (2020)

           Treasurer Elect: JENNIFER REILLY (2021)

            Secretary: LAUREN SAMMONS (2021)

         Fundraising Chair: CANDICE BARATH (2020)

       Fundraising Co-Chair: EVELYN ROYTHER (2021)

           Philanthropy Chair: GABY RICCIO (2020)

           Vet Med Senator: SARAH REEVES (2021)

       ISVA Representative: STEPHANIE HIEFNER (2021)

            Webmaster: CASSIE ATKINSON (2020)

        SAVMA Senior Delegate: JUDSON SMITH (2020)

     SAVMA Junior Delegate: KIRSTEN ANDERSSON (2021)

       Class of 2018 Representative: CHANEY TAMBLING

      Class of 2019 Representative: JIMMY HOLTSCHALG

         Class of 2020 Representative: FAISAL SHABIB

     Class of 2021 Representative: ANDREW GROENEWOLD

SAVMA Symposium 2018
The annual SAVMA symposium took place March 15-17th, 2018 at The
University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, PA. SAVMA symposium had
a variety of educational daily lectures, wet labs, day trips, competitions,
and social events. Daily lectures were offered in companion animal,
equine, large animal and even professional development. Some highlights
of this year’s wet labs included a Working Dog wetlab that included a
tour of the PennVet Working Dog Center. Day trips included the
Philadelphia Zoo, Adventure Aquarium, and a tour of Philly!

The University of Illinois had a fantastic turn out at SAVMA again this
year, and won the SAVMie for Outstanding Chapter Symposium
Attendance for the second year in a row!

                       2019 SAVMA Symposium will be hosted by
                  University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine
                           Look out for information in the fall!

Vet Med United is a national movement started by veterinary students impacted by the
    rising numbers of suicide and mental health stigmas within our profession. We
 decided to come together in solidarity to mourn the loss as well as promote ways to
provide support and wellness initiatives. Students with passions can impact the future
 of the profession. Every April, the national SAVMA Wellness Committee encourages
   our SAVMA chapters to participate in a day recognizing a Vet Med United against
mental health stigmas and stand in solidarity for those we have lost in hopes that our
                future profession can see a time with #notonemorevet.

  This year, our Illinois SAVMA Wellness Committee held three events to help us stand in
           solidarity and promote unity and support in our VetMed community.
                     We had a fantastic turn out for all of the events held!
                                 Give A Ribbon, Take a Ribbon
                    Lunch Lecture with our own Devon Hague, DVM, DACVIM
                                     Evening Unity Activity
 We hope that we can continue this movement to benefit the future of our profession and
 form a community to support one another and invite you to join us next year on April 4th!

Ellen Jarvis, Class of 2020

   Morgan Stoddard, Class of 2020                            Nicole Schlette, Class of 2020

                           Thank you for your submissions!
Questions, comments, concerns, or ideas for future issues can be directed to iscavma.ttimes@gmail.com