Annual Open House: Date TBA for 2010
The College of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Georgia would like to thank you for your interest in our Open House, which was held on Friday, April 3, 2009.
This years' all-day* activities included:
*unless otherwise noted
- Maps and information available all day in the Main Lobby
- Concessions (hamburgers, hot dogs, soda, chips) and bake sale — in front and back of College
- Teddy Bear Surgery — Building 10 (the Antatomy Lab)
- Hospital tours — line begins at Large Animal Hospital breezeway
- Animal display (sorry, no petting allowed) — in front of College
- Exotic animal display (sorry, no petting allowed) — H237
- Anatomy display — Building 10 (the Antatomy Lab)
- Calf roping — in front of college
- "Reading to Dogs" program — location TBD (runs from 11 a.m. - 3 p.m.; the dogs take a break for the last 15 minutes of each hour)
- Club and business displays — Vet Med Reading Room
Scheduled activities included:
| Time | Event | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 9 a.m. | Parade of Breeds | Lameness Center |
| Milking demonstration | Front of College | |
| 10 a.m. | Vet student Q&A session (until 11 a.m.) | H203 |
| Flyball demonstration | Lameness Center | |
| 11 a.m. | Retriever demonstration (until 11:30 a.m.) | Lameness Center |
| Quail hatching — quail present all day, expected to hatch between 11:30 a.m. and noon) | Front of College | |
| Noon | Disc Dogs and Agility Show (until 12:30 p.m.) | Lameness Center |
| Vet student Q&A session (until 1 p.m.) | H203 | |
| 1 p.m. | Milking demonstration | Front of College |
| 2 p.m. | Vet student Q&A session (until 3 p.m.) | H203 |
Photos
To view pictures from the 2008 Open House, visit our Kodak Gallery albums:
View all photos — *Note: if you were photographed, feel free to add your name to the comments section of your photo, so we know who you are!
Or check out these individual albums:
General photos
Teddy Bear Surgery
Animal Exhibits (farm and exotics)
Dog performances
Also available is a slideshow from Open House created by UGA Public Affairs Photographers Andrew Tucker and Dot Paul. Second-year students, Michaela Cole and Bob Steen, are featured.
About Open House
The Open House demonstrates the exciting and rewarding aspects of a career in veterinary medicine. There will be many demonstrations and tours showing the diverse career choices from which graduates in veterinary medicine may choose.
Guided tours of the College and Teaching Hospital facilities will be available throughout the day. These tours will feature both the large and small animal teaching hospitals.
Interesting exhibits will focus on topics such as the life of a veterinary student, computers in veterinary medicine, animal behavior, equine reproduction, herd health and others.
Admission to the Open House is FREE and the public is invited. Please pass along this information to individuals or groups in your community or school who might be interested in learning more about the rapidly changing and scientifically challenging world of veterinary medicine.
For more information about the Open House, please contact:
Dr. Lari Cowgill
Educational Resources
The University of Georgia
College of Veterinary Medicine
Athens, GA 30602
Phone: 706.542.2318 or 706.542.5384, Monday - Friday, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m., EST.
This page was last updated on April 8, 2009.
