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2025 Veterinary Medicine Career Exploration Program

• Wednesday, February 12, 2025, 7:00 PM - 8:45 PM
• Wednesday, February 26, 2025, 7:00 PM - 8:45 PM
• Wednesday, March 5, 2025, 7:00 PM - 8:45 PM
• Wednesday, March 12, 2025, 7:00 PM - 8:45 PM
• Wednesday, March 19, 2025, 7:00 PM - 8:45 PM

2025 Veterinary Medicine Career Exploration Program

The 2025 Veterinary Medicine Career Exploration program is open to all high school students in grades 10-12.

This is NOT a hands-on program. This program includes:

Lecture Series on Wednesday evenings from 7:00-8:45pm at the Suffolk County Farm and Education Center, in the Agriculture Exhibit Hall.

• February 12, 2025
• February 26, 2025
• March 5, 2025
• March 12, 2025
• March 19, 2025

Veterinarian Shadowing Experience (must be completed prior to the last meeting)

Tour of Cornell Cooperative Extension Suffolk County Farm and Education Center: Choose either March 1 or March 9, 2025

Lecture topic examples:

• Veterinary colleges and admissions information
• Large & mixed animal practices
• Small & companion animal medicine
• Zoo medicine & exotics
• Specializations in: Lab Animal Medicine, Emergency & Critical Care, Animal Behavior

To receive a Certificate of Completion, students must fulfill all requirements, including completing the shadowing experience and having no more than one absence (including the tour). Program graduates are eligible for the LIVMA Veterinary School scholarship.

Pre-registration is required. Registration will open January 7^th.

Fee: $100 per student, ONE guardian welcome to attend meetings at no additional cost.

Programs can be cancelled up to ten days prior to the first scheduled date without penalty. There will be a $50 cancellation fee with less than 10 days notice. All programs are offered rain or shine. Cancellations are at the discretion of the Suffolk County Farm. Refunds are offered if the Suffolk County Farm cancels a program.

Please email Kate Perz, 4-H Animal Science Program Coordinator, at kp99@cornell.edu with any questions or accommodation requests. Please reach out at least 2 weeks prior to the start of the program with accommodation requests.

Fee

$100 per student, ONE guardian welcome to attend meetings at no additional cost.

Register

https://suffolkcountyfarm.campbrainregistration.com

Location

The Yaphank Building
360 Yaphank Avenue
Yaphank, New York 11980

Last updated December 14, 2024