Claim: Michigan native set to become state’s new state veterinarian.
Verdict: SUPPORTS

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title: Michigan State University College of Veterinary Medicine
text: Michigan State University College of Veterinary Medicine The Michigan State University College of Veterinary Medicine (CVM) is a veterinary college in the United States that was founded in 1910 and awards about 100 Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) degrees each year. It is the only veterinary college in Michigan. It is composed of the departments of Large Animal Clinical Sciences, Small Animal Clinical Sciences, Microbiology, Pharmacology and Toxicology, Physiology, and Pathobiology, and Diagnostic Investigation. It offers a four-year program leading to the DVM as well as graduate study leading to the master of science (MS) and PhD, and recently a

title: Michigan State University College of Veterinary Medicine
text: joint program in veterinary medicine and public health (DVM/MPH), affiliated with University of Minnesota's School of Public Health. The college was the setting for the show "Vet School Confidential", which originally aired on Animal Planet in 2001. When Michigan State University opened in 1855, the school provided education in veterinary science as part of its agricultural mission. The first veterinarian joined the faculty at MSU in 1883. The veterinary school was established in 1910. The Michigan State University Veterinary Medical Center is part of the college, and provides veterinary medical services in 18 specialty clinics. About 30,000 cases, primarily companion

title: Michigan State University
text: veterinary science since its founding, the College of Veterinary Medicine was not formally established as a four-year, degree-granting program until 1910. In 2011, the Michigan State University College of Veterinary Medicine was ranked No. 9 in the nation. The college has over of office, teaching, and research space, as well as a veterinary teaching hospital. In recent years, MSU's music program has grown substantially. Music major enrollment increased more than 97% between 1991 and 2004. In early 2007, this growth led the university board of trustees to spin the music program off into its own college unit: The MSU College

title: Michigan State University College of Veterinary Medicine
text: animals and horses, are treated annually. In the past it has treated Zeke the Wonder Dog and the Arabian horses that performed at Michigan State Spartans football games. Every year the hospital holds its annual "Celebration of Life" to honor pets who fought through tough illnesses. Michigan State University College of Veterinary Medicine The Michigan State University College of Veterinary Medicine (CVM) is a veterinary college in the United States that was founded in 1910 and awards about 100 Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) degrees each year. It is the only veterinary college in Michigan. It is composed of the

title: North End, Detroit
text: Improvement Council (NEYIC, founded by community activist Delores Bennett), North End Woodward Community Coalition (NEWCC), and the Central Detroit Christian Community Development Corporation (CDC). On March 14, 2016, the Michigan Humane Society opened its new and expanded $15.5 million animal care campus on five acres, including a 35,000 square foot, state-of-the-art veterinary facility, located just east of New Center at 7887 Chrysler Drive near Clay Street. The society said the larger facility will enable it to expand its teaching and training opportunities with Michigan State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine. On November 11, 2016, the Michigan Urban Farming Initiative (MUFI)

title: Michigan Humane Society
text: temperament as defined by the Asilomar Accords and thus could not be placed into homes. In 2014, the Michigan Humane Society started construction on a new and enlarged $15.5 million animal care campus on more than 4-acres, that will include a 35,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art facility, located just east of New Center, an area of Detroit, at 7887 Chrysler Drive near Clay Street. The MHS said on its website that the larger facility will enable the society to expand its teaching, and training opportunities with Michigan State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine. In June 2011, MHS board members Cheryl Phillips and Lee

title: Michigan Veterinary Medical Association
text: Michigan Veterinary Medical Association The Michigan Veterinary Medical Association (MVMA) is a not-for-profit association representing more than 2300 Michigan veterinarians working in private and corporate practice, government, industry, educational institutions, and uniformed services. One of the primary sources of continuing education for veterinarians located in the State of Michigan, the MVMA develops and maintains educational programming for DVMs. As Michigan is one of the few remaining states without mandatory continuing education, the MVMA works with the Michigan Board of Veterinary Medicine, part of the Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs, to develop program guidelines and standards. In addition to

title: Waded Cruzado
text: in 38 years. The program allows MSU students to spend their first year of medical school at MSU and then enter the University of Washington School of Medicine. The legislature also supported the creation of a cooperative veterinary medicine program with Washington State University. Up to 10 MSU students may be accepted into the Washington State University College of Veterinary Medicine. They will spend their first year of study at MSU, and then transfer to Washington State. In fall 2013, Cruzado sought approval from the Board of Regents to build a new 400-bed dormitory and elevate the university honors program

title: The Incredible Dr. Pol
text: to his girlfriend Beth Oaks in 2018. Dr. Brenda Grettenberger was born in Eaton Rapids, Michigan, in 1967. After graduating from Michigan State University College of Veterinary Medicine in 1992, Dr. Brenda began working at Pol Veterinary Services. At the time, the majority of the business at Pol Veterinary Services was large animal medicine, and Dr. Brenda says it took time for some of the older farmers to adjust to having a female veterinarian. Though she did win the farmers over, the number of the dairy farms in the area began to decline, and Dr. Brenda began to treat more

title: Scott Sims (veterinarian)
text: Scott Sims (veterinarian) Scott Sims DVM (1955 – July 25, 2015) was an American veterinarian and television personality. He is best known for his factual television series "Aloha Vet", which aired in 2015. Sims was born in New Jersey and raised in California. He took his first equestrian lesson at 4 years old and bought his first horse, with his own money, at 7 years old. He obtained his pilot's license shortly after graduating from high school. He graduated from University of California, Davis in 1979 with a Bachelor of Science in zoology. He then graduated from the University of

title: Roy Bengis
text: Philadelphia Zoo and to the Jackson Zoo in Mississippi, USA before his appointment as State Veterinarian at Skukuza, Kruger National Park in South Africa in 1978. He retired from his position as Chief State Veterinarian in 2011, and continues to be active in the fields of wildlife disease surveillance, monitoring and control, epidemiological research, wildlife immobilisation, wildlife translocation risk assessment, and wildlife forensics. Bengis graduated with a B.VSc. from the Faculty of Veterinary Science at the University of Pretoria, and was awarded a M.Sc. and Ph.D. degree in Physiology from the University of Mississippi in 1978. He has published more

title: Planning and development in Detroit
text: Michigan State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine. On December 5, 2016, the Henry Ford Health System announced the start of a second development beginning in the spring of 2017 on its evolving 300-acre South Campus site in New Center, with the construction of a new $150–160 million, 187,000-square-foot, six-story Brigitte Harris Cancer Pavilion, scheduled to open in 2019, along with a skywalk across West Grand Boulevard to connect it to the Henry Ford Hospital. Detroit also plans both public and private redevelopment of Brush Park, the Brewster Recreation Center, and the nearby Eastern Market site. In April 2008, the city

title: Roy Bengis
text: Roy Bengis Roy Bengis is a South African veterinary wildlife specialist who served as the Chief State Veterinarian in the Kruger National Park for 34 years. A graduate of the University of Pretoria and the University of Mississippi, in May 2015 Bengis received the Gold Medal award from the World Organisation for Animal Health in international recognition of his outstanding contributions to the field of veterinary science. After receiving his Doctorate in Physiology, Bengis lectured undergraduates at the University of Pennsylvania and at the University of Mississippi Medical Centre in Jackson, Mississippi. He served as a veterinary consultant to the

title: Jerry Northington
text: of Veterinary Medicine degree, Northington completed a one-year rotating internship and one year of medical residency at the Oklahoma State University School of Veterinary Medicine. After a further two year Residency in Neurology Dr. Northington taught neurology as an instructor at the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine from 1979 to 1983. He eventually helped to establish Metropolitan Veterinary Associates in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, and continues his practice as a veterinarian with a practice limited to neurology. Establishing and running a veterinary practice has helped Dr. Northington to understand the challenges of small business ownership. Dr. Northington believes that

title: Michigan Veterinary Medical Association
text: providing information resources and discounts on personal and professional services, the MVMA advocates for veterinary and animal welfare legislation. The MVMA publishes "The Michigan Veterinarian" and distributes a monthly educational enewsletter. Founded in 1883, the association, through a variety of educational, outreach and advocacy activities, works to advance member development; promote the professional and scientific standards or veterinary medicine; improve the business and work environment for veterinarians; and to serve as the public voice for veterinary medicine in Michigan. MVMA is at the forefront of the effort to educate veterinarians to serve as front-line defenders of the public against zoonotic

title: Michigan Humane Society
text: health and temperament led by nationally renowned experts in the fields of pet behavioral science and over a dozen highly trained veterinarians, and if found to be able to be placed into a new home, will go up for adoption. MHS has no time limits or pre-determined length of stay for animals being offered for adoption. In 2010, MHS adopted out 100 percent of all healthy animals in its three facilities, and doubled its adoption rate of treatable animals. As defined by the Asilomar Accords, whose establishment was led by Maddie’s Fund to provide standardized definition and terminology of the

title: Emil Dolensek
text: Emil Dolensek Dr. Emil P. Dolensek, D.V.M. (1941–1990) was Chief Veterinarian for the New York Zoological Society (now the Wildlife Conservation Society) from 1969 to 1990. He was born in Traverse City, Michigan, and graduated in 1967 from Michigan State University College of Veterinary Medicine. He worked in private practice in Connecticut until he joined the staff of the New York Zoological Society as one of a handful of full-time zoo veterinarians in America (there are now more than 600). In addition to caring for animals at the Bronx Zoo, he also cared for animals at the New York Aquarium

title: Kay Mehren
text: at Guelph University. During this time, she supervised zoo-based three-year DVSc residencies for graduate veterinarians specializing in zoo animal medicine and pathology, and veterinary student and technician externships. In 1982, she became a Charter Diplomate of the American College of Zoological Medicine (ACZM), involved in developing standards for training, experience, and certification of zoo veterinarians. She was Secretary of the ACZM 1983-86, a member of the Credentials Committee 1986-89, and Chair of the Credentials Committee 1989-2004. She received the Presidential Award for Service to ACZM in 2001, and was awarded the Murray E. Fowler Lifetime Achievement Award in 2016. In

title: Michigan Veterinary Medical Association
text: diseases, which can be transmitted from animals to humans, in order to play a role in maintaining public health and safety. Due to the increased importance society has placed on the human-animal bond, the MVMA plays an important role in maintaining a network of experts skilled in public health and food animal monitoring and protection. The MVMA has developed the Michigan State Animal Response Team (MSART); charged with facilitating animal evacuation and care in emergency situations, this is statewide collaborative effort involving a diverse group of qualified veterinarians and other animal welfare experts. Michigan Veterinary Medical Association The Michigan Veterinary

title: Colorado State University
text: in environmental health studies. Over the last 10 years, The EHASL has worked with the US Environmental Protection Agency, National Cancer Institute, and Centers for Disease Control. In 1977, the college's dean, William Tietz, was appointed President of Montana State University. In July 2012 the College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences obtained a new dean, Dr. Mark Stetter, who took over for Dr. Lance Perryman who retired after 11 years. U.S. News & World Report: The Professional Veterinary Medicine program is currently ranked second in the nation by U.S. News & World Report and first in the country in