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!

Spring 2018

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

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/

Illinois Student Chapter of the American

Veterinary Medical Association (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

SAVMASymposium2018The 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