{"id":3872,"date":"2018-09-17T11:21:05","date_gmt":"2018-09-17T18:21:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/todaysveterinarybusiness.com\/?p=3872"},"modified":"2022-03-09T16:14:50","modified_gmt":"2022-03-09T16:14:50","slug":"purdue-to-open-national-academy-for-veterinary-medicine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/navc.sitepreview.app\/todaysveterinarybusiness.com\/purdue-to-open-national-academy-for-veterinary-medicine\/","title":{"rendered":"Purdue to open National Academy for Veterinary Medicine"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Purdue College of Veterinary Medicine has been awarded a $3.18 million federal grant to launch a program designed to increase diversity in the profession and address veterinarian shortages in rural areas.<\/p>\n

The Vet Up! program \u2014short for Vet Up! The National Health Careers Opportunity Program Academy for Veterinary Medicine \u2014 will complement Purdue\u2019s Center of Excellence for Diversity and Inclusion in Veterinary Medicine.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is very exciting for our college to be selected for this major federally funded initiative that seeks to address an issue we have been working on for several years within our college and the veterinary profession,\u201d said the college\u2019s dean, Willie Reed, DVM, Ph.D. \u201cWe believe we are a natural choice to help achieve the objective of increasing the number of underrepresented individuals in veterinary medicine while also addressing the serious shortage of veterinarians in public health and rural\/food animal practice.\u201d<\/p>\n

Purdue<\/a> noted in its Sept. 17 announcement that the veterinary college has a \u201cproven history of effective diversity programming and partnerships with high schools, historically black colleges and universities and state entities to design and deliver curricula that provide otherwise-inaccessible opportunities to students.\u201d<\/p>\n

The new program will feature:<\/p>\n