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Swansboro, Self-Awareness and Scrubs: Veterinary Class of 2029 Starts Its Engines

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Kate Bessette in blue scrubs stands next to a veterinarian in light green scrubs outside a veterinary clinic in Isla Mujeres that has a bright mural of teal and green trees

Aug 3, 2026

From Dairy Farms Across the Land, Kate Bessette Reports

After my time in the Veterinary Scholars Program ended, my summer veterinary adventures didn’t stop. I traveled 8 miles off the coast of Cancun to a little island in the Mexican Caribbean called Isla Mujeres. It is only 4.3 miles long and about half a mile wide and surrounded by the most beautiful turquoise waters…
Dr. Christine Long in orange shirt and gray pants kneels next to a brown horses as she hold a gastro tube that is draining into a pink bucket held by DVM student Meredith Moss.

Jul 30, 2026

Learning the Rural Ropes: Across NC, Veterinary Students Lock In

Before heading home each day to the family farm outside Chadbourn, North Carolina, Christine McPherson Long would leave West Columbus High School, cross the street and spend time at the local veterinarian’s office, where she had, to her great ninth-grade joy, snagged a job cleaning cages.  “It was on from there,” says Long, now a…
Dr. Greg Lewbart in green military uniform stands at the lectern

Apr 24, 2026

CVM Celebrates Outstanding Student Achievements at Annual Awards Banquet

The NC State College of Veterinary Medicine community gathered Thursday night to celebrate outstanding student achievements with dozens of awards announced during the event at Talley Student Union.  Dr. Greg Lewbart, professor of Aquatic Animal Medicine, was the master of ceremonies. Another awards event for staff, faculty and house officers will be held April 27. …
Deans and students making wolfpack signs while smiling at the camera

Apr 20, 2026

‘A Sigh of Relief’: Grateful DVM Students Get Chance to Thank Scholarship Starters

When scores of generous scholarship donors and veterinary students convened for the NC State College of Veterinary Medicine Annual Scholarship Dinner, applause put an exclamation point at the end of the news that 191 NC State veterinary students received $1.8 million in scholarships for the 2025-26 school year. “Our college is coming off four years…
William "Joe" Hampton on deployment with the US Navy.

Nov 11, 2025

On Veterans Day, Saluting Our Students Who Served in Uniforms Before Scrubs

Between them, Olivia Di Ruzza and William “Joe” Hampton have been deployed to more than 10 countries, commanded scores of fellow military members and made innumerable critical decisions affecting their troops and seamen so a key anatomy exam last week barely tested the nerves of the first-year veterinary students. Di Ruzza, 26, recently completed four…
The NC State College of Veterinary Medicine Class of 2029 stands outside the college.

Aug 11, 2025

Swansboro, Self-Awareness and Scrubs: Veterinary Class of 2029 Starts Its Engines

With 125 new and animated veterinary students set loose in the library on the first day of orientation, mishearing the answers to get-to-know-you questions about names, expected animal focus and hometowns could be expected. “Swinesboro?” asked Montana Pell, a student from New Jersey, in a query not out of the question at the NC State…