There is currently a nationwide shortage of veterinarians, and Colorado State University might be one step closer to filling that void with the assistance of funding from lawmakers.
Thanks to a bipartisan funding proposal making its way through the Colorado State Capitol, CSU could soon receive upwards of $50 million in funding to help build out its world-renowned vet teaching hospital in Fort Collins.
The project, which has already broke ground, is expected to cost more than $200 million to complete. By expanding the current teaching hospital, Sue VandeWoude, the College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences Dean, says CSU will be able to remain atop the most highly recognized programs in the nation.
“The reason we are here is to educate the next generation of veterinarians,” VandeWoude told CBS News Colorado’s Dillon Thomas. “This will allow our college to retain its position at the top of all the academic veterinary medical centers in the country.”