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AVMA names Dr. Robin Downing recipient of 2020 Bustad Companion Animal Veterinarian of the Year Award

May 8, 2020 | Awards, Diversity & Inclusion, Education, Events

The Pride Veterinary Medical Community is proud to share this announcement about PrideVMC member Dr. Robin Downing. Congratulations Dr. Downing! (SCHAUMBURG, Illinois) May 6, 2020—The American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) today honored Dr. Robin Downing as...

Nationwide Announced as PrideVMC Silver Partner

Apr 17, 2020 | Diversity & Inclusion, Education

The Pride Veterinary Medical Community (PrideVMC) is excited to announce a new collaboration with PrideVMC 2020 Silver Partner Nationwide, the first and largest provider of pet insurance in the U.S. “Fostering diversity and inclusion is not only integral to...

Apply Now for Leadership Positions with the Student Arm of PrideVMC

Apr 6, 2020 | Diversity & Inclusion, Education, Student Grants

The student arm of PrideVMC, the Broad Spectrum Veterinary Student Association (BSVSA), is accepting nominations for the 2020-2021 leadership team. Available positions include treasurer, chapter coordinator, and PrideVMC student liaison. Please contact...

PrideVMC COVID-19 Member Message

Mar 28, 2020 | Education

Dear PrideVMC members, I wanted to reach out to you all regarding the current COVID-19 pandemic. I know that many of our in- boxes have been inundated with emails offering support, advice and encouragement during this difficult time. Times of crisis can have...

Physical, Not Social Distancing: Staying Connected In The Coronavirus Age

Mar 19, 2020 | Diversity & Inclusion, Education

Human beings are social beings. This article was originally published on March 17, 2020 by Jonathan Kanter and Adam Kuczynski on https://nationalinterest.org/. To fight the spread of coronavirus, government officials have asked Americans to swallow a hard pill: Stay...

2020 PrideVMC Student Diversity Award

Mar 3, 2020 | Awards, Diversity & Inclusion, Education, Events, Student Grants

powered by Merck Animal Health APPLY NOW Scott E. Page is a professor at Michigan State University and author of many articles and books including "The Diversity Bonus". According to Page’s research, 1 + 1 can actually equal 3, but only when the two 1s are different....

2020 PrideVMC Student Intersectionality Award

Mar 3, 2020 | Awards, Diversity & Inclusion, Education, Student Grants

APPLY NOW Kimberlé Crenshaw defined the term intersectionality to help us acknowledge and understand the compounding effects of oppression. Intersectionality is a lens through which we view the world, it is “the interconnected nature of social categorizations such as...

Two New $4000 PrideVMC Student Awards Announced

Mar 3, 2020 | Diversity & Inclusion, Education, Grants, Pride, Pronouns, Student Grants

The Pride Veterinary Medical Community (PrideVMC) is excited to announce the following two new veterinary and veterinary technician student awards. The PrideVMC Student Diversity Bonus Award powered by Merck Animal Health Scott E. Page is a professor at Michigan State...

No more homecoming queen? Schools advised to consider nonconforming gender identities

Mar 3, 2020 | Diversity & Inclusion, Education, Pride, Pronouns

Should time-honored school traditions dubbing students as kings and queens for homecomings and proms be changed in favor of more gender spectrum-inclusive titles? This article was originally published on March 2, 2020 by Madhu Krishnamurthy on...

Black History Month: 17 LGBTQ+ black pioneers who made history

Feb 29, 2020 | Diversity & Inclusion, Education

In celebration of Black History Month, NBC Out honors the black LGBTQ trailblazers of the past and present. Picture: Storme DeLarverie, Marsha P. Johnson and Bayard Rustin. New York Times, Netflix, Getty Images This article was originally published on February, 13,...