Welcome to the ACVP Student Chapter Page

In an effort to increase the awareness of veterinary students about the different career opportunities in veterinary pathology and to generate more interest in the discipline, the ACVP in conjunction with the Student Chapter Subcommittee of the Recruiting Committee is recognizing the formation of Student Chapters of the ACVP at individual veterinary schools.

Following approval of the Student Chapters' constitutions and bylaws, the ACVP will provide official charters for the chapters and provide official recognition of the faculty advisors.

Benefits of ACVP Student Chapters
Student Chapters receive the following:

Reduced registration fee ($25) to the annual ACVP meeting and a meeting place at the ACVP meeting.
One annual subscription of Veterinary Pathology as well as Toxicologic Pathology from the Society of Toxicologic Pathology and Veterinary Clinical Pathology from the American Society for Veterinary Clinical Pathology for each chapter.
Travel awards, up to $1000 each, are also available to help Student Chapters travel to the annual ACVP meetings. The Chair of the Student Chapter Subcommittee, will advertise applications for Student Chapter Travel Awards to be used for travel to the upcoming annual meeting.
A Facebook page for student chapter members. Visit today!

Student Poster Award at the Annual Meeting
ACVP offers a Student Poster Award for veterinary students that requires submission of an abstract and a quality poster presentation of pathology-related research or case work material at the 2011 Annual Meeting. The deadline submission is August 31, 2011. To help you with your submission, the following documents are provided:

Abstract preparation guidelines (PDF)
Poster preparation guidelines (PDF)
Poster Example 1 and Example 2 - what to avoid (PDF)
Poster Evaluation Form Example - Experimental Disease (PDF)
Poster Evaluation Form Example - Clinical Case Report/Series Category (PDF)

Meet the Pathologists at the Annual Meeting

All veterinary students and other potential trainees are invited to attend this interactive panel discussion about careers and career paths in veterinary pathology. Meet the Pathologists Flyer (PDF)

Mentor of the Year Award

Do you want to recognize an outstanding Chapter Faculty Advisor? Is there a Pathology Resident or Graduate Student who has been actively engaged in Chapter Activities? How about a Pathologist, either within or outside your veterinary school, who was a great mentor to you during an externship? Please consider nominating him or her for the Annual Mentor of the Year Award to be announced at the Annual Meeting during the Awards and Recognition Ceremony on Tuesday December 6th from 5:15-7:00 PM. Nominations should be submitted by email to la-perle.1@osu.edu by Tuesday November 1, 2011 and must include letters of nomination from (a) Student Chapter Officers/Members AND (b) a pathologist from the nominated mentorâ€™s workplace.

ACVP/STP Student Newsletter
New - Please read the joint newsletter of the American College of VeterinaryPathologists and the Society of Toxicologic Pathology.

Additional Funding Sources for Externships
For additional funding sources for externships, please refer to the following websites:
In the US:

American Veterinary Medical Association
http://www.avma.org/savma/services.asp#avma-extern
C.L. Davis Foundation
http://www.cldavis.org/student_externships.html
Association for Women Veterinarians Foundation
http://www.womenveterinarians.org/Mainx.aspx
American Association of Avian Pathologists (avian externships only)
http://www.aaap.info/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=147&Itemid=156

Student Chapter Listing
The Student Chapters of the ACVP approved to date and their current faculty advisors are in blue. Underlined schools are linked to chapter web pages. All other veterinary schools are strongly encouraged to endorse the formation of student chapters of the ACVP.

	AUBURN UNIVERSITY Drs. Calvin Johnson
	COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY Drs. Randall Basaraba
	CORNELL UNIVERSITY Drs. Elizabeth Buckles and Donald Schlafer
	IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY Drs. J. Haynes and Mark Ackermann
	KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY Drs. Derek Mosier and Steven Stockham
	LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY Drs. Angela Royal and Rudy Bauer
	MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY Drs. Jon Patterson and Julia Stickle
	MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY Drs. Jim Cooley and Skip Jack
	NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY Drs. Jerry "Mac" Law and Luke Borst
	THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY Drs. Paul Stromberg and Steven Karakowka
	OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY Drs. Jerry Ritchey and Robin Allison
	OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY Dr. Rob Bildfell
	PURDUE UNIVERSITY Drs. Peg Miller, Rose Raskin and Evelyn Kazacos
	ROSS UNIVERSITY Dr. Mary Anna Thrall
	TEXAS A & M UNIVERSITY Drs. Brian Porter and Karen Russell
	TUFTS UNIVERSITY Dr. Perry Bain
	TUSKEGEE UNIVERSITY Dr. Frederick Tippett
	UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY Dr. Amy Warren
	UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT DAVIS Drs. Jim Maclachlan and Patricia Pesavento
	UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA Drs. Lisa Farina and Jeffrey Abbott
	UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA Drs. Kaori Sakamoto & Bridget Garner
	UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH Drs.Brandon Lillie and Darren Wood
	UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS Drs. Matthew Wallig and Elizabeth Driskell
	UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA Drs. Leslie Sharkey and Arno Wuenschmann
	UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI Drs. Marlyn Whitney and Craig Franklin
	UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL Drs. Agathe Bedard and Benedicte Pouleur-Larrat
	UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA Dr. Amy Durham
	UNIVERSITY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND Drs. Paul Hanna and Cora Gilroy
	UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN Drs. Beverly Kidney and Helene Philbert
	UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE Drs. Linden Craig and Casey LeBlanc
	UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON Drs. Annette Gendron and Richard Dubielzig
	VIRGINIA-MARYLAND REGIONAL COLLEGE OF VETERINARY MEDICINE Drs. Kurt Zimmerman and Tanya LeRoith
	WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY Drs. Tamara Wills and Gary Haldorson
	WESTERN UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES Drs. Ana Alcaraz and Tracey McNamara

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