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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 10, 1985)
•. ! r- ' —— | I '.t 3 * f * ':4 eterin B? CYNTHIA CAY SiaFT Writer The Texas Veterinary Medical Center is right here at Texas AJeM, and no other state in the United States has such a desig nated site for veterinary medi cine. The College of Veterinary Medicine and the Veterinary Teaching Center Campus Com plex were re-named thii/all upon approval of the Texas A&M Sys tem Board of Regents. “It's an image thing,’' said George Shelton, dean ofthe Col lege of Veterinary Medicine. ^it will allow us to be seen in the eyes of Texas as more than tust a veterinary teaching cotte- he said. “It’s by no means our function.” And when the Texas Veteri nary Medical Center applies for state funds, the Legislature prob ably will be more apt to consider gradual increases, Shelton said. In the long term, an enhanced lage also should help the center members and pa- H - icials assured the the new name would r of admin- - - - Ijp*- % •m mu "m **?»''' .•*> • •{ renamed telephone calls from veterinar ians throughout Texas. CVM ha The CVM has the ■ toilmem of students i ter. or the VYH Shelton head of ?wiipg, " £ ■ * g in his 13th our dav-by- He said, addim of pre medical cen- degree of doctor of medicine 1138 students per class and a total of 552) of any veteri nary college in the nation. Eight hundred students are en rolled in CVM’s baccalaureate de gree program, and 200 more are working towards a master’s de gree. These students participate in some of the 21 functioning pro grams on the campus complex and the Veterinary Medical Park. • «j| - Shelton said the idea for a * . name change first came about two years ago. When the CVM and VTH switched to line item budgeting to meet their diverse needs, the complex had all the more reason" for owning this prestigious title, he said. _ £ This budgeting also demon strates the center’s accomplish ments in areas such as public health and the livestock inoust he said. Proposed Texas Veterinary Medical Center *a a Wlldtlf# 4 Exotic i Animal Cantor a A ' □ 1 i CD* lustry, "We had a chance to reflect on our mission, our purpose and our goal,” Shelton said, and the col lege officials realized their func tion was comparable to the Texas Medical Center in Houston. Like the center, the CVM and VTH conduct educational pro grams, research activities and clinical services for the statewide community. Situated just north of Univer- Drive and west of Welbom d, this complex is spread out gthe Vet- Amon areas. ig the college’s many Shelton is particularly proud of the Center for Com par- p- tween H treats between 45,000 clinical patients and daily receives br and 800 professional ative Medicine, the Comparative Oncology Program and the Cen ter for Tropical Health, which has collaborated with researchers in Mexico, Colombia and Bogota. To expand the capabilities of \ 507 V«««rVwY anctficAl BcWncM SO« VatarVwy aao Anatomy Oftvea S tea •72 LAMS • 90 F*v«r •M Oawami tea ••O Mtcsoatoioey r«a«arcf« tea •• 1 Sana anoo ••2 Animal raayrcA facfWry PatNo*o«y teaoratory ••• •amaian tobor» an, 1007 Laoaralory - aouatte animal 1006 Bam - XaAra 1010 Anatomy raaaarc* tacMlry 1020 Vlvamm* ■ Bi & B (02# Vatarteary ma«cal a<*nini«tra»on lOAO aoUNry teaoralory 1053 r«aa atorasa lO«S Vataateary ewacal aeteneaa 1509 Madtcal Soanes a Lterary the Wildlife and Exotic Animal Center (the first center of its kind at a veterinary college), 20 acres are now being fenced in to house . ANCO Insurance Anco Insuraoc® 1 "733 Briarcrost/Bryao 2501 South* Texas at Southiwest Rarkway/Suit< 1 OO/Oollogo Station more animab. - She- biggest upcoming con struction project for the college is a Large Animal Medical Hospital and Research Facility, to be com pleted in 1988. :j(. * 4 • 'I I* J* •'? I 1 I i •« n v - «' 5-a COMPUTER w - 268-0730 ABOVE ’CAMPUS PHOTO* jjKijaifrdalfe i» | N E mu 11 SOFTWARE HARDWARE SUPPLIES wmi LOCATED IN "N0RTHGATE * »• vX'i ■