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Apply Now for Leadership Positions with the Student Arm of PrideVMC
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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,...
PrideVMC at WVC 2020
by Dr. Dane Whitaker PrideVMC President Dane Whitaker and Treasurer Kara Burns PrideVMC’s participation in the 2020 Western Veterinary Conference in Las Vegas was a great success! This was the first time that we had an official presence at the conference with our...
‘Pose’ star Billy Porter delivers his ‘State of the LGBTQ Union’ address
(CNN) President Donald Trump wasn't the only one to deliver a State of the Union address on Tuesday. This article was originally published on February, 5, 2020 by Lisa Respers France on CNN.com. "Pose" star Billy Porter gave his second LGBTQ State of the Union...
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