University of Calgary to celebrate Alberta's inaugural veterinary medicine class

CALGARY, ALBERTA--(Marketwire - May 8, 2012) - The inaugural class of Alberta's first school of veterinary medicine, at the University of Calgary, will celebrate its four years of achievements this week.

The University of Calgary Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and its Distributed Veterinary Learning Community partners will mark this historic achievement with a 'Celebrate the Future' function on Wednesday, May 9, at the Spy Hill campus.

Students and university officials will be available for interview, and the faculty's facilities will be open for filming and picture opportunities.

What: Celebrate the Future function

When: Wednesday, May 9

11:45 a.m. Meet in lobby at Clinical Skills Building

11:50 a.m. Guided tour of Clinical Skills Building

12:10 p.m. Interviews available in Bovine wing

1:00 p.m. Formal 'Celebrate the Future' program begins in tent

Where: University of Calgary Faculty of Veterinary - Clinical Skills Building

11877 85th Street NW, Calgary

Printable map

Note: Signage at turn from Country Hills to 85th St, indicates road as 112th Ave, not 85^th St.

Who:  Dr. Alastair Cribb, Dean, Veterinary Medicine

Eoin Clancy, Student rep

Dr. Lloyd Keddie, Canadian Veterinary Medicine Association

Dr. Roy Lewis, veterinarian from Westlock, AB, Distributed Veterinary Learning Community Partner