The University of Minnesota College of Veterinary Medicine (CVM) has hired Elizabeth Martinez-Podolsky to serve as its first director of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). She will join the college on May 24.
With student safety during the COVID pandemic as a top priority, the College welcomed 105 students to its DVM program. Faculty prioritized flexibility with some classes online, some in person, and some blended.
On January 1, The Raptor Center will welcome Victoria Hall, DVM, MS, DACVPM as the third director in its almost 50-year history. Hall joined the staff in June as the first holder of the Redig Endowed Chair in Raptor and Ecosystem Health.
This fall a team of Minnesota educators began offering poultry training programs that provide multiple levels of education for aspiring or current poultry professionals.
Veteran faculty educators and clinicians Michael Henson and Scott Madill were tapped this summer to co-lead the University of Minnesota Veterinary Medical Center (VMC) on an interim basis.