First Days at the AVMA-GRD
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Wednesday, April 24th, 2013Hello, everyone, and welcome to this little blog post about our time with AVMA-GRD. I am very glad that you have decided to continue reading as new interns rotate through the program. For me this is proving to be an experience that I would say every veterinary student should partake in… and it is only [...]
A Different Side to the Profession
Wednesday, April 24th, 2013Hello! My name is Stacey Bunting and I am a fourth year at the University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine. Thank you for joining in on my journey during my AVMA Governmental Relations externship! I am only two days into the externship and I can already tell that this month will be filled will [...]
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 [...]
Making Yourself Heard
Wednesday, March 27th, 2013Hello, and thanks for joining me on my journey through the AVMA-GRD extern program! I’m excited for the opportunity to share my experiences with other students who may be interested in veterinary affairs in government. My first two days have been a crash course of the U.S. legislative branch. I will be up front and [...]
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 [...]
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) [...]
Crawfish, Caslick’s, and Girl Scouts
Monday, June 11th, 2012It’s 9 pm on Saturday night, and I’m crammed on the end of a ten person table sitting right by the restrooms (I literally have to move my chair when people open the door) at the Vienna Inn Restaurant. I just ordered dinner with my wife, Lauren, my brother and two of his Naval Academy [...]
The Fastest Week in History
Monday, April 9th, 2012Hello everyone! My name is Eric Deeble and I am third year veterinary student at the University of Pennsylvania and, for the month of April, the extern for the American Veterinary Medical Association Governmental Relations Division. The staff of the GRD has kindly provided me this venue to share some of my experiences here in [...]
A whirlwind beginning
Monday, March 12th, 2012It is incredible how a day spent running around the city in the thralls of political and social excitement can be so exhilarating. The past week has been a far cry from the scrub-clad exhaustion of clinical rotations as a third year veterinary student at Cornell University.
AVMA-GRD Externship 2012!
Friday, January 13th, 2012What a week! As someone who thought she knew DC pretty well, I had a lot to learn. Sure, I’ve ridden the Metro into the city to go to museums or other events hundreds of times. But the Metro at 7:45 in the morning is a totally different animal! Instead of being a few sauntering [...]
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