Assistantships are available and applications should be received by early spring for fullest consideration. Contact any faculty member. The department runs a preceptorship program that exposes students to research and service in a diagnostic laboratory setting. It is particularly aimed at veterinary students and wildlife biology majors. The laboratory hosts 1 - 4 such students each year.
Students make arrangements with individual faculty members who supervise their activities.
The preceptorship period is usually for two to four weeks and the work is unpaid. The program can be tailored to the interests of the preceptor, who may want to focus on a particular discipline, technique, species, or disease.