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Thursday, April 11th, 2013In one week, I visited the following organizations: USAID, USDA, EFSA, APHIS-VS, APHIS-CA, VMRCVM, AVMA, AAVMC, FSIS, DSH, CRS, and FDA-CVM to discuss the following topics: VMMA, VMLRPEA, MUMS, PAMTA, DATA, PUPS and pups (who doesn’t talk about their dogs?!). And despite the alphabet soup, each place I went, there were vets. And looking back [...]
A Day in the Life of a GRD Extern
Friday, April 5th, 2013The title is a slight misnomer, given that no two days at GRD are the same, but for students interested in the program, I thought this was a good example of a day showing the breadth of opportunities doing this externship can afford you. 6:30 AM – Woke up. Hit snooze. 6:38 AM – Woke [...]
Civics
Thursday, March 28th, 2013I don’t know about you, but the last time I sat down and thought about how exactly the U.S. government works was probably when the Spice Girls were still popular (and not in some weird throwback way). I know there are three branches, two houses, and one ring to rule them all, but somewhere between [...]
Maybe I’m interested in lab animal medicine?
Tuesday, July 24th, 2012In one word, my experience at the NIH campus today was AWESOME. I first met with Dr. Patricia Brown, who took me out to her office at the Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare. After talking with her about her position and the general responsibilities of OLAW, she introduced me to several other veterinarians in the [...]
Gorillas, oh my
Tuesday, July 17th, 2012Today I had the opportunity to visit the World Wildlife Fund’s headquarters and listen to two women representing a group called Art of Conservation speak about conservation efforts for the Mountain Gorilla occurring in Rwanda. This organization educates children through school programing on topics of health, conservation, and citizenship. Though neither speaker mentioned the One [...]
Wait, I only have 20 days left?!
Monday, July 16th, 2012In setting up meetings last week and planning my ‘to-do’ list for the next few weeks I came to a startling realization last night; I only have 20 days left in town! That seems outrageous considering the amount I want to accomplish, and how busy I have been. This weekend I had the opportunity to [...]
The Beginning: What a Week!
Friday, July 13th, 2012I can’t believe it’s already the end of my first week at the GRD! I’ve been so busy getting to know the office and scheduling meetings that the time really has flown by. On Wednesday I attended the House’s Farm Bill mark-up. This event was so popular that the overflow room overflowed, which I [...]
Heels to Handshakes
Wednesday, June 20th, 2012I must catch you all up to date on all that I have been doing since my first week. Man, if there is one thing that I have learned from my time here in DC, it’s this: do everything, be everywhere, always say yes to things because you will wind up experience something very special. [...]
Southerner in the City
Thursday, June 14th, 2012Hello all! My name is Elise Ackley and I am a third year veterinary student at Louisiana State University, where I am tracking public practice. For those of you who know me, you know that aside from veterinary medicine, political affairs are my life. I eat, sleep, breathe, and (to the chagrin of my boyfriend) [...]
Almost done with week two!
Thursday, September 15th, 2011The second week on the externship is almost over! Starting after the Labor Day holiday weekend made for a short and busy first week. This externship has a lot more going on than I initially thought! We don’t just learn about AVMA’s legislative agenda and schedule meetings with members of Congress, we are also getting [...]
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