The OSU Summer Veterinary Experience is a hands-on learning experience for academically talented high school students interested in veterinary medicine. It began in the summer of 2012 with eight students and was so popular, the number of places was increased to sixteen the next year.
This past spring, CVM received 60 applications for those sixteen places, so next year the program will accept 24. “The demand for the summer program has grown rapidly,” says Dean Tornquist. “We want to reach out to more high school students to help them understand the veterinary profession.”
Previously limited to Oregon students only, the program will now have five places for out-of-state students.
