Come Meet and Run with the Big, and Little, Dogs

Want to be a veterinarian? Come try it out for a day.

High school students can begin to register on Aug. 10 for the seventh annual “Vet School for a Day: at the UGA College of Veterinary Medicine. The day will be Wednesday, Sept. 28. Students from across the state will learn about careers in veterinary medicine.

They will be on campus in the school from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., touring the teaching hospital, hearing a panel discussion by faculty veterinarians in a variety of specialties and meeting veterinary student leaders. Students also will learn how hard it is to get into vet school and what they need to study to be prepared.

Registration will run through Sept. 9.  All students must have an adult chaperone (parent, counselor or teacher). Students pay nothing, but each chaperone must pay $15 each for food.

The David Forehand Foundation sponsors “Vet School for a Day.” The foundation was created in memory of alumnus David Forehand (D.V.M., class of 1976). For more information on the program, go to this website.