Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, Department of
Date of this Version
2010
Abstract
On September 4, 2009, The Department of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences was renamed the School of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences. The School is informally organized into six functional areas: • Undergraduate Teaching • Research and Graduate Studies • Extension • Veterinary Diagnostic Center (VDC) • Great Plains Veterinary Educational Center (GPVEC) • Professional Program in Veterinary Medicine (PPVM) While teaching and research activities bridge the entire faculty, subsets of the faculty are primarily involved with one area, i.e., the undergraduate program, the research and graduate program, the veterinary medical students clinical teaching at the GPVEC, the pre-clinical teaching in the Professional Program in Veterinary Medicine and extension. If Continuing Education" activities for veterinarians are a prominent part of the GPVEC program parallel but are not formally considered Extension programs. The faculty members that contribute to the Professional Program in Veterinary Medicine are referred to as the Iffaculty of veterinary medicine". Faculty members are located within three academic departments within the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources. The departments include Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Animal Sciences and Entomology. The Associate Dean of the Professional Program is responsible for coordinating with faculty and their department head. The Associate Dean of the Professional Program in Veterinary Medicine reports directly to the Dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine at Iowa State University and the Dean of the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Science faculty members are housed at a number of locations. While most are housed in VBS and VDC, there are two members in the Beadle Center, located on City Campus, four members located at GPVEC at Clay Center, NE. Two members are located in the Animal Science Complex on east campus.