jawagord
10-26-2007, 01:36 AM
Some good news, the UofC's vet program to finally getting going. Currently UofS admits 71 new students a year (20 from Alberta) and is the only vet college in Western Canada (other regional vet colleges in Guelph, Montreal, PEI).
Deborah Tetley, Calgary Herald
Published: Wednesday, October 24, 2007
With a year to go before the University of Calgary's new veterinary college opens, the dean is predicting more than two-thirds of applicants will be turned away.
The dean's comments come as officials announced today that Canada's fifth vet college has passed a rigorous accreditation process by the U.S. governing body and received the go-ahead from Alberta's Ministry of Advanced Education to accept its inaugural class of students.
"It's a critical step," said president Harvey Weingarten.
The faculty of veterinary medicine will begin accepting applications in January for enrolment the following fall, said Dean Alastair Cribb.
Thirty Albertans will be accepted into the four-year program. The 20 seats already set aside for Albertans at Saskatoon's Western College of Veterinary Medicine will remain available to students in this province.
Demand for the U of C program has been high, Cribb said. He anticipates receiving three applications for every available space.
"We have received hundreds and hundreds of inquiries over the last year," Cribb said, adding the interest is a result of students being a drawn to a "new and innovative" program, coupled with the demand for veterinarians around Alberta and Canada.
"There is a need for veterinarians across the board in all areas of veterinary medicine," he said. "When you graduate, you will be guaranteed basically 100-per-cent employment."
Today's announcement comes three years after the province first announced that the veterinary college - specializing in large animal health - would be built at the U of C within two years.
The college then faced several obstacles. Less than three months after the announcement, the program's top U.S. recruit, frustrated by the lack of government funds, stepped down from the interim dean's job.
The university later delayed the project until 2007. Within a year, the university announced it would be delayed again, to 2008.
Weingarten and Cribb says the delays are behind them.
"The delays meant that the quality will be outstanding," he said.
http://www.canada.com/calgaryherald/news/story.html?id=a9ce97e5-b5cf-41bd-99b7-3f84f974ad16&k=57505
Deborah Tetley, Calgary Herald
Published: Wednesday, October 24, 2007
With a year to go before the University of Calgary's new veterinary college opens, the dean is predicting more than two-thirds of applicants will be turned away.
The dean's comments come as officials announced today that Canada's fifth vet college has passed a rigorous accreditation process by the U.S. governing body and received the go-ahead from Alberta's Ministry of Advanced Education to accept its inaugural class of students.
"It's a critical step," said president Harvey Weingarten.
The faculty of veterinary medicine will begin accepting applications in January for enrolment the following fall, said Dean Alastair Cribb.
Thirty Albertans will be accepted into the four-year program. The 20 seats already set aside for Albertans at Saskatoon's Western College of Veterinary Medicine will remain available to students in this province.
Demand for the U of C program has been high, Cribb said. He anticipates receiving three applications for every available space.
"We have received hundreds and hundreds of inquiries over the last year," Cribb said, adding the interest is a result of students being a drawn to a "new and innovative" program, coupled with the demand for veterinarians around Alberta and Canada.
"There is a need for veterinarians across the board in all areas of veterinary medicine," he said. "When you graduate, you will be guaranteed basically 100-per-cent employment."
Today's announcement comes three years after the province first announced that the veterinary college - specializing in large animal health - would be built at the U of C within two years.
The college then faced several obstacles. Less than three months after the announcement, the program's top U.S. recruit, frustrated by the lack of government funds, stepped down from the interim dean's job.
The university later delayed the project until 2007. Within a year, the university announced it would be delayed again, to 2008.
Weingarten and Cribb says the delays are behind them.
"The delays meant that the quality will be outstanding," he said.
http://www.canada.com/calgaryherald/news/story.html?id=a9ce97e5-b5cf-41bd-99b7-3f84f974ad16&k=57505
