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I declined U of Illinois for Iowa State. (A little piece of me died when I did it, but just a little one)
I heard that Iowa State lost it's [SIZE=-1]accreditation[/SIZE]? Is this true?
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I heard that Iowa State lost it's [SIZE=-1]accreditation[/SIZE]? Is this true?
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well it was sort of true a few years ago... they were placed on limited accreditation... here is what was posted in one of their newsletters a few years ago:
The American Veterinary Medical Association has placed the
veterinary college on limited accreditation
for two years. The
AVMA conducted an accreditation
site visit in October 2003
and submitted its final report to the university in the spring.
The report cited critical needs for renovation and modernization
of the veterinary teaching hospital. Specifically, the report said
upgrades are needed in the following areas:
More suitable isolation units for infectious diseases of horses
Improved safety in surgical anesthesia and recovery units
Improved safety in loading and unloading facilities for horses
Neonatal units for horses and cattle
Environmental conditions in the food animal and equine
hospital. This refers to cracked floors and outdated
manure-handling mechanisms and other physical items
that prevent cross contamination. It also relates to the
efficiency and user-friendliness of the facilitys traffic flow,
patient exam room access, ventilation, lighting and
restroom and waiting room availability.
The 25-year-old hospital building is not configured to handle
the considerable growth and discovery in biomedical and
veterinary medical knowledge and technology, said Benjamin
Allen, vice president for academic affairs and provost. Activities
have been under way for some time to remedy the situation.
In April 2004, the Iowa Legislature approved the Board of
Regents, State of Iowa, request for bonding authority to help
fund a $47 million, three-phase renovation and expansion of
the veterinary teaching hospital and completion of the Veterinary
Diagnostic Laboratory biosecurity unit. About $7 million is
expected to come from private donations.
The AVMA commended the college for its strengths in
curriculum, as well as in key areas of public health, food
safety, infectious disease, neurosciences, surgery, veterinary
diagnostic and production animal medicine, and business
and practice management.
The next site visit is scheduled for 2005.
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Didn't this also happen to UCDavis a few years ago? I wouldn't let limited accreditation deter you from applying/ accepting a school. It seems to me that some of the older schools are going to be reaching the point of needing to spend a little money to update their facilities. I don't think this says anything about the quality of their programs though.
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yep... similar story with uc davis... though they were on limited accreditation for 6 years... again due to shabby facilities... but when I interviewed out there in March, I have to say it was really fabulous!! (if only they could have done to their computer security what they did to their buildings!!)
here is a story i found about it from 2004:
Bolstered by an ambitious $354 million building program, the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine has been restored to full accreditation by the American Veterinary Medical Association, ending more than six years of limited accreditation for the school.
The decision came this week following a full review by the AVMA accreditation team, including a December site visit and facilities inspection.
The veterinary school has been on limited accreditation since the summer of 1998, when the AVMA cited it for inadequate facilities for teaching, research and clinical care. Other than facilities, the school passed that review in all areas.
The 1998 accreditation review committee recommended that the campus update or replace aging facilities and unite all veterinary faculty and staff with the rest of the campus's health science programs. At the time, core veterinary teaching programs were housed in Haring Hall and a collection of long-term temporary buildings on the central campus, while clinical services and additional research programs were located at the Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital and Tupper Hall, both in the health sciences district on the west side of the campus.
Since being placed on limited accreditation, the veterinary school has continued its teaching, research, clinical and public service programs while working to upgrade its facilities. The past six years have seen unprecedented planning and growth for the school.
Newly completed veterinary facilities include:
* The 63,000 square-foot Veterinary Medicine Laboratory Facility, completed in 2002 on Garrod Drive southwest of the veterinary hospital. It includes instructional surgery suites for veterinary students, animal-holding facilities for both large and small animals, a facility for canine blood donors and an instructional lecture hall. It also has exercise runs for dogs and other small animals, plus a pasture for large animals. Its modern surgical facility has already been used twice for the annual Spay Day, when 300 low-cost spay and neuter procedures were provided as part of a massive public service effort to curb pet overpopulation and improve animal health. The $12.5 million facility was constructed with a combination of state and university funds.
"* A new $14 million, 36,000-square-foot-building added in 2004 for the school's Center for Companion Animal Health on the southeast side of the veterinary hospital. The two-story facility houses the center's oncology, pharmacy, genetics and physical rehabilitation units, including administrative and faculty offices, state-of-the-art laboratories, exam rooms, chemotherapy treatment rooms and an outpatient pharmacy. The new facility and $2.4 million in major equipment were funded by private donations from individuals and foundations.
Veterinary school facilities now under construction include:
* The Veterinary Medicine Instructional Facility, which broke ground in April 2004 north of the Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital. This two-story, 55,000-square-foot classroom complex will replace cramped and aging facilities and become the instructional heart of the expanded, modernized veterinary campus. Construction of the new $27 million facility, scheduled for completion in late 2006, was supported by public and private funds.
* The six-story, $77 million Veterinary Medicine 3A building, which will include 98,000 (assignable) square feet of teaching and research laboratories, research support services, academic offices, clinical services and administrative offices. Located just northwest of the veterinary hospital and across from the instructional facility, it is slated for completion in 2007. The new building will enable the school to centralize its veterinary medical activities. The facility was publicly funded, with state funds totaling $66.1 million for the building provided in 2002 through a state economic stimulus package.
*An Equine Athletic Performance Laboratory of 10,000 square feet on the east side of Garrod Drive is also being built just south of the veterinary hospital. This single-story building will include a laboratory with two horse-size treadmills. The facility was made possible by $4.3 million in public and private funding.
In addition to the new buildings, a number of upgrades have been made to existing facilities.The UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine is the largest of the nation's 28 public veterinary institutions and California's only public veterinary school. It currently enrolls 488 students for the Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree, with each incoming class now including 122 students. Other teaching programs in the school include an extensive residency program at the Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital, a master's degree program in preventive veterinary medicine and graduate academic studies.
The school is the primary health resource for California's companion animals, livestock and wildlife. Its internationally recognized teaching hospital, staffed by more than 300 medical, nursing, technical, and administrative employees, treats more than 30,000 animals each year while teaching essential clinical skills to veterinary students.
The veterinary school is reviewed every seven years by the American Veterinary Medical Association's Council on Education, which is recognized by the United States Department of Education and the Council for Higher Education Accreditation as the accrediting agency for colleges and schools of veterinary medicine in the United States.
here is a story i found about it from 2004:
Bolstered by an ambitious $354 million building program, the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine has been restored to full accreditation by the American Veterinary Medical Association, ending more than six years of limited accreditation for the school.
The decision came this week following a full review by the AVMA accreditation team, including a December site visit and facilities inspection.
The veterinary school has been on limited accreditation since the summer of 1998, when the AVMA cited it for inadequate facilities for teaching, research and clinical care. Other than facilities, the school passed that review in all areas.
The 1998 accreditation review committee recommended that the campus update or replace aging facilities and unite all veterinary faculty and staff with the rest of the campus's health science programs. At the time, core veterinary teaching programs were housed in Haring Hall and a collection of long-term temporary buildings on the central campus, while clinical services and additional research programs were located at the Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital and Tupper Hall, both in the health sciences district on the west side of the campus.
Since being placed on limited accreditation, the veterinary school has continued its teaching, research, clinical and public service programs while working to upgrade its facilities. The past six years have seen unprecedented planning and growth for the school.
Newly completed veterinary facilities include:
* The 63,000 square-foot Veterinary Medicine Laboratory Facility, completed in 2002 on Garrod Drive southwest of the veterinary hospital. It includes instructional surgery suites for veterinary students, animal-holding facilities for both large and small animals, a facility for canine blood donors and an instructional lecture hall. It also has exercise runs for dogs and other small animals, plus a pasture for large animals. Its modern surgical facility has already been used twice for the annual Spay Day, when 300 low-cost spay and neuter procedures were provided as part of a massive public service effort to curb pet overpopulation and improve animal health. The $12.5 million facility was constructed with a combination of state and university funds.
"* A new $14 million, 36,000-square-foot-building added in 2004 for the school's Center for Companion Animal Health on the southeast side of the veterinary hospital. The two-story facility houses the center's oncology, pharmacy, genetics and physical rehabilitation units, including administrative and faculty offices, state-of-the-art laboratories, exam rooms, chemotherapy treatment rooms and an outpatient pharmacy. The new facility and $2.4 million in major equipment were funded by private donations from individuals and foundations.
Veterinary school facilities now under construction include:
* The Veterinary Medicine Instructional Facility, which broke ground in April 2004 north of the Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital. This two-story, 55,000-square-foot classroom complex will replace cramped and aging facilities and become the instructional heart of the expanded, modernized veterinary campus. Construction of the new $27 million facility, scheduled for completion in late 2006, was supported by public and private funds.
* The six-story, $77 million Veterinary Medicine 3A building, which will include 98,000 (assignable) square feet of teaching and research laboratories, research support services, academic offices, clinical services and administrative offices. Located just northwest of the veterinary hospital and across from the instructional facility, it is slated for completion in 2007. The new building will enable the school to centralize its veterinary medical activities. The facility was publicly funded, with state funds totaling $66.1 million for the building provided in 2002 through a state economic stimulus package.
*An Equine Athletic Performance Laboratory of 10,000 square feet on the east side of Garrod Drive is also being built just south of the veterinary hospital. This single-story building will include a laboratory with two horse-size treadmills. The facility was made possible by $4.3 million in public and private funding.
In addition to the new buildings, a number of upgrades have been made to existing facilities.The UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine is the largest of the nation's 28 public veterinary institutions and California's only public veterinary school. It currently enrolls 488 students for the Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree, with each incoming class now including 122 students. Other teaching programs in the school include an extensive residency program at the Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital, a master's degree program in preventive veterinary medicine and graduate academic studies.
The school is the primary health resource for California's companion animals, livestock and wildlife. Its internationally recognized teaching hospital, staffed by more than 300 medical, nursing, technical, and administrative employees, treats more than 30,000 animals each year while teaching essential clinical skills to veterinary students.
The veterinary school is reviewed every seven years by the American Veterinary Medical Association's Council on Education, which is recognized by the United States Department of Education and the Council for Higher Education Accreditation as the accrediting agency for colleges and schools of veterinary medicine in the United States.
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they addressed all the AVMA issues and are building a new large animal facility (you can even watch it being built on their webcam!
http://www.fpm.iastate.edu/webcam/vetmed/)
http://www.iastate.edu/~nscentral/news/2007/mar/vetmed.shtml
Iowa State University College of Veterinary Medicine earns full accreditation status
AMES, Iowa - The Iowa State University College of Veterinary Medicine has been granted full accreditation status by the Council On Education of the American Veterinary Medical Association. The accreditation covers the complete academic program including the addition of a new professional program in veterinary medical education being offered with the University of Nebraska - Lincoln (UNL). The accreditation was awarded following an evaluation completed in 2006 that included programs and facilities at Iowa State and UNL.
The college was placed on "limited" accreditation status following a 2003 site visit and 2004 evaluation report that cited needs for upgrading the veterinary teaching hospital and animal isolation facilities. Since then, the college has undertaken intermediate steps to address those needs and has begun a two-phase construction and renovation project of the teaching hospital. Phase One is a new food animal and equine hospital scheduled for completion in August 2008. Phase Two includes renovation and expansion of the small animal hospital with completion anticipated in late 2010.
"Earning full accreditation is truly a major step in our efforts to continually improve the quality of the college, the education we provide, the facilities we have, and to make Iowa State a leading center in veterinary medicine," said Dr. John U. Thomson, dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine at Iowa State. "The progress we have made reflects the support provided by the legislature, university administration and constituents who understand the important role this college plays in meeting society's needs for the veterinary medical profession, and endorse our plan for the future."
During the past two years, Iowa State and UNL have developed a new professional program that is covered by the full accreditation status. This program includes 25 Nebraska students per year who will receive their first two years of veterinary medical education at UNL and complete their DVM education at Iowa State. The first group of students will enter the program in August.
"Receiving recognition from the AVMA Council on Education for this innovative approach to regional veterinary medical education speaks well of the region's leading land grant institutions. It represents the degree of progress made at both institutions in a relatively short time," said Dr. David K. Hardin, associate dean, Cooperative Program in Veterinary Medical Education at UNL. "We look forward to continued progress in making this unique program an outstanding example of cooperation in veterinary medical education."
The program will be reviewed again in 2010 as part of the regular Council On Education reaccreditation cycle.
http://www.fpm.iastate.edu/webcam/vetmed/)
http://www.iastate.edu/~nscentral/news/2007/mar/vetmed.shtml
Iowa State University College of Veterinary Medicine earns full accreditation status
AMES, Iowa - The Iowa State University College of Veterinary Medicine has been granted full accreditation status by the Council On Education of the American Veterinary Medical Association. The accreditation covers the complete academic program including the addition of a new professional program in veterinary medical education being offered with the University of Nebraska - Lincoln (UNL). The accreditation was awarded following an evaluation completed in 2006 that included programs and facilities at Iowa State and UNL.
The college was placed on "limited" accreditation status following a 2003 site visit and 2004 evaluation report that cited needs for upgrading the veterinary teaching hospital and animal isolation facilities. Since then, the college has undertaken intermediate steps to address those needs and has begun a two-phase construction and renovation project of the teaching hospital. Phase One is a new food animal and equine hospital scheduled for completion in August 2008. Phase Two includes renovation and expansion of the small animal hospital with completion anticipated in late 2010.
"Earning full accreditation is truly a major step in our efforts to continually improve the quality of the college, the education we provide, the facilities we have, and to make Iowa State a leading center in veterinary medicine," said Dr. John U. Thomson, dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine at Iowa State. "The progress we have made reflects the support provided by the legislature, university administration and constituents who understand the important role this college plays in meeting society's needs for the veterinary medical profession, and endorse our plan for the future."
During the past two years, Iowa State and UNL have developed a new professional program that is covered by the full accreditation status. This program includes 25 Nebraska students per year who will receive their first two years of veterinary medical education at UNL and complete their DVM education at Iowa State. The first group of students will enter the program in August.
"Receiving recognition from the AVMA Council on Education for this innovative approach to regional veterinary medical education speaks well of the region's leading land grant institutions. It represents the degree of progress made at both institutions in a relatively short time," said Dr. David K. Hardin, associate dean, Cooperative Program in Veterinary Medical Education at UNL. "We look forward to continued progress in making this unique program an outstanding example of cooperation in veterinary medical education."
The program will be reviewed again in 2010 as part of the regular Council On Education reaccreditation cycle.
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