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Lincoln Memorial University-College of Veterinary Medicine (LMU-CVM) is proud to announce the first Master of Veterinary Education (MVEd) degree program in the United States, and the second of its kind in the world. The new program will provide veterinary professionals with the teaching skills and academic credentials to teach veterinary medicine in higher education. LMU-CVM will begin accepting applications January 2021 for a start date of August 2021.

Third-year veterinary medicine students at Lincoln Memorial University-College of Veterinary Medicine (LMU-CVM) will begin their surgery unit in November, and thanks to the RECOVER Initiative, they will all be certified in canine and feline CPR.

Lincoln Memorial University-College of Veterinary Medicine (LMU-CVM) will host the 2020 Center for Animal and Human Health in Appalachia (CAHA) Conference virtually on Oct. 30, 2020, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. EST via Zoom Webinar. This is the sixth conference held by LMU-CVM and its timely focus will be on significant impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on human and animal health issues in the United States.

LMU-CVM was recognized by the World Health Organization (OIE) Collaborating Centre Network of Veterinary Emergencies (EmVetNet), for its contributions to the network’s Animal Welfare Working Group during the COVID-19 global pandemic. LMU-CVM summer research students and volunteers under the direction of Dr. Gary Vroegindewey, director of the One Health Program at LMU-CVM, catalogued over 1100 animal welfare-related reports and provided 48 report analysis and narratives for the working group.