"Fourth-year veterinary student" means it`s time for clinical rotations, and #FromtheField correspondent Aniya Brown started hers visiting elephant sanctuaries in Thailand! She expected to gain hands-on experience caring for elephants but left with something even more valuable: a deeper understanding of just how complicated and important elephant conservation truly is. 🐘

"Many sanctuaries seek to provide a better life and safe place for elephants that previously suffered at the hands of mankind," she says. "In particular, the elephants at this sanctuary had previously been used to work at circuses and ceremony rituals in Thailand. While it breaks my heart to think about what they had to go through to get here, I know that they are in a better place, even if it’s not perfect."

Read the rest of her reflections at the 🔗 in our profile. #vetstudent #vetschool #elephantconservation

It’s time for NC State’s veterinary scholars to show off! We’re hosting this year’s Veterinary Scholars Symposium — an annual gathering of DVM students and faculty researchers from across North America, with more than 700 people joining us in Raleigh.

The first day of presentations was a huge success, and we’re keeping that momentum going! Today, attendees are presenting research posters, networking, participating in seminars and learning about the future of veterinary medicine.

NC State funded 71 veterinary scholars this year for summer research — the largest number from any university in the program’s history and a 36% increase over last year.

The students spent 10 weeks conducting research on real problems under the guidance of faculty mentors, and now they get to share their findings among a community of hundreds of their peers from over 40 other schools.

Check out @cvmresearch for the latest updates!

The 125 members of our #Classof2030 have checked the first box ✅ after making it to the end of Orientation 2026. Next up? The first day of classes on Monday, the beginning of a four-year professional journey through veterinary excellence.

To help prepare our first-year students for the rigor ahead, the last day of orientation started with learning how to insert scalpel blades (it`s much harder to get them out) and ended with the scrub-in ceremony.

All of the students are presented with Wolfpack red scrubs to signify that they are now part of the @ncstate Pack 🐺 — and that everyone around them has their back.

Words of encouragement welcome! ⬇️⬇️⬇️

The future of veterinary science just took center stage at NC State! More than 90 dual-degree DVM/Ph.D. students from across the country gathered in Raleigh to engage in research presentations, seminars and professional networking at the largest Combined Degree Colloquium yet! 🎓

And that’s just the beginning! We’re immediately kicking the Veterinary Scholars Symposium into full swing with two more days of cutting-edge veterinary research presentations with hundreds of DVM students from across North America.

At NC State, more than 70 students conducted real-world research through the Veterinary Scholars Program this summer — more than any other university has hosted in the history of the program — and you’ll find many of them presenting at the symposium.

Are you attending? Drop a comment about your research! #VSS2026

Orientation Day 2 for our #Classof2030 DVMs-to-be has ended with questions answered! Photos taken 📸 (who is that?). Tours of the buildings 🗺️ (where is that?). And meetings with the four or five learning team members they will be attached to for the next six semesters (say what?)!🗣️

They also heard from a panel of professors and current students about how to take care of their well-being, whether to branch into new study habits and what to do on those days they have a loss of confidence (the professors confessed they still have those days).

First up tomorrow? The introduction to the anatomy lab. 👀

Make no bones about it. We`re excited to see you succeed, #Classof2030! #thinkanddo

Kristen Folk returned to her roots for her last placement of her busy summer. The #FromtheField correspondent spent two weeks at @WillowCreekEquineVet in Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, where she grew up, learning from a team dedicated mainly to equine and some small ruminant primary care.

During her time there, she performed dental floats and nerve blocks on horses and learned more about using flexion tests to help localize and visualize lameness in specific regions of the limb.

"I was able to tag along on a few emergency appointments, where I saw firsthand how balancing client expectations, available resources and the needs of the horse comes together in the field. These cases can be challenging, yet rewarding when you can help people and their horses through a bad day."

Get the rest of her report at the link in our profile.

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Our #NCStateVetMed Class of 2030 has arrived — 45 years after the first 40 students stepped onto a converted farm in Raleigh and became the Class of 1985 and the first wave of @ncstate College of Veterinary Medicine excellence.

The #Classof2030 is 125 strong (with a few deferments), representing 19 U.S. states (with 99 students from North Carolina), Bermuda and China. 🗺️Their Orientation Day One brought name games, library introductions and presentations on academic expectations and curriculum before a chance to mingle and munch on movie theater snacks. 🍿

Who has already met the friend who will become a vital support? The lab partner who will become the maid of honor? The scientist who will challenge the rest of the class to new heights?

Welcome, (mostly new) Wolfpackers! 🐺 We look forward to showing you around! #PackPride