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Veterinary Nursing
Come join your fellow veterinary nursing students in a learning community created just for you. As a member of this LC, you will broaden your awareness and knowledge of opportunities and challenges involved in veterinary nursing. Participants will engage in activities aimed at building community with peers, upperclassmen, staff, and faculty. Visits to the Veterinary Teaching Hospital and Veterinary Nursing labs, along with other classroom activities will give you the opportunity to explore the profession. Social activities and experiences will enable participants to interact with the larger Purdue Veterinary Medicine community to facilitate integration and student success. Join us to explore where a career in Veterinary Nursing can take you. Link to the VN Website
Eligibility
- First time, beginning students admitted to the College of Veterinary Medicine, Veterinary Nursing Program
Residential Component
- Optional. The location of learning community housing will be determined based on the incoming size and needs of the learning community.
- A signed housing contract is required to apply to this learning community. Once a housing contract is completed, you will indicate your learning community housing preference within the learning community application. Applications received by the priority deadline will be considered first.
- If you want to be placed with a preferred roommate and be admitted to a learning community with an optional residential component, both you and your roommate must apply (and be admitted) to a learning community with an optional residential component. Students admitted to learning communities with a required residential component cannot be paired with students admitted to learning communities with an optional residential component.
- For specific question regarding learning communities, email learningcommunities@purdue.edu.
- Completing a housing contract is a separate process from applying to a learning community. If you have questions about housing, contact University Residences (https://www.housing.purdue.edu/) at housing@purdue.edu.
Duration
Full Academic Year
Associated Courses and Information
Fall:
VM 109 (1 CR)
BIOL 11000 - Fundamentals of Biology
Spring:
VM 49000 (1 CR)
BIOL 11100 - Fundamentals of Biology
Every fee eligible student involved with a learning community (LC) at Purdue will be assessed the $200 LC fee to their university account. These funds support activities and travel, signature LC events, housing assignments and/or course registration and instructor stipends.
Events and Activities Included:
- Social Activities like game nights
- Fall trip to Exploration Acres
- Attend VNSO meetings and activities
- Volunteering with Canine Educators
- Lunch and Learn opportunities
- Tours of the Teaching Hospital and more!
Information above is subject to change. If you are placed in the LC, the associated courses will be on your schedule prior to you registering for the rest of your courses.
