{"id":9225,"date":"2024-01-18T14:00:39","date_gmt":"2024-01-18T19:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/?p=9225"},"modified":"2024-02-22T13:04:41","modified_gmt":"2024-02-22T18:04:41","slug":"umes-vet-school-will-be-a-first-for-maryland-and-public-hbcus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/sans-monthly-digest\/umes-vet-school-will-be-a-first-for-maryland-and-public-hbcus\/","title":{"rendered":"UMES vet school could be a first for Maryland and public HBCUs"},"content":{"rendered":"
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PRINCESS ANNE, MD-(January 18, 2024)\u2014 A proposed School of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore hopes to be the first of its kind in Maryland and among the nation\u2019s public historically Black colleges and universities. The school received approval this week by the Maryland Higher Education Commission. The accreditation process is ongoing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOur proposed veterinary medicine school would help UMES fill an unmet need on the Eastern Shore and throughout the state,\u201d said UMES President Dr. Heidi M. Anderson. \u201cDeeply rooted in our 1890 land-grant mission, this program will enable us to serve farmers, the food industry and the 50% of Marylanders who own a pet. It will also increase both the diversity of the profession and address the workforce needs of the industry. We\u2019re deeply grateful to both MHEC and the Maryland Board of Regents for the widespread support this program has garnered.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MHEC\u2019s approval came Jan. 16, while the University System of Maryland Board of Regents was received mid-December 2023. The timing could not be more appropriate, according to UMES\u2019 Dean of the School of Agricultural and Natural Sciences Moses T. Kairo, who has helped lead the program from inception toward actualization.<\/p>\n\n\n

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 \u201cIn terms of demand based on labor statistics, we are looking at 19% projected growth in the field over the next seven years,\u201d Kairo said. \u201cBlack veterinarians make up only 3% of the population in this country, indicating a tremendous need to diversify the profession.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Compared to traditional four-year programs, the proposed school calls for three-year completion. This \u201cinnovative approach\u201d will allow UMES veterinary students to learn the same critical components found in existing programs but more expeditiously.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOur goal is to use student time more effectively in order to graduate students a year earlier,\u201d Kairo said. The proposed target is to graduate 100 students per year contingent on the school receiving a Letter of Reasonable Assurance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A consultative visit from the American Veterinary Medicine Association-Council on Education is expected to occur in the latter part of this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The university is proceeding with advocacy, fundraising and planning for infrastructural developments, Kairo said, and an interim founding dean has been named. Dr. Kimberly Braxton, an assistant professor and veterinarian at UMES, will hold the post until a successful search for a permanent dean next year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gail Stephens, agricultural communications, University of Maryland Eastern Shore, School of Agricultural and Natural Sciences, UMES Extension, <\/em>gcstephens@umes.edu<\/em><\/a>, 410-621-3850.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Photos by Todd Dudek, Ag Communications, University of Maryland Eastern Shore, School of Agricultural and Natural Sciences, UMES Extension, <\/em>tdudek@umes.edu<\/em><\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

PRINCESS ANNE, MD-(January 18, 2024)\u2014 A proposed School of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore hopes to be the first of its kind in Maryland and among the nation\u2019s public historically Black colleges and universities. The school received approval this week by the Maryland Higher Education Commission. The accreditation process is ongoing….Read more UMES vet school could be a first for Maryland and public HBCUs<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1168,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","wds_primary_category":40,"footnotes":""},"categories":[126,40],"tags":[],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-9225","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-january-2024","category-sans-monthly-digest"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9225","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1168"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9225"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9225\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9225"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9225"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9225"},{"taxonomy":"post_folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_folder?post=9225"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}