After beginning as a dream barely a decade ago, the Texas Tech University School of Veterinary Medicine (SVM) in Amarillo has earned full accreditation by the American Veterinary Medical Association Council on Education.
“This achievement marks a defining moment for Texas Tech University and for veterinary education in Texas,” says Texas Tech President Lawrence Schovanec. “Accreditation affirms the quality of our faculty, the dedication of our students and the innovative model that has guided the School of Veterinary Medicine from the beginning.”
The SVM becomes the 31st fully accredited vet school in the nation. “Across well over a century of veterinary education in the U.S., we are now one of a select few,” says SVM Dean Guy H. Loneragan, BVSc, Ph.D. “At the core of this achievement is the belief in our purpose and a belief in providing opportunity for those who will achieve this purpose – our students.”…