College of Veterinary Medicine

Arkansas State University has launched the College of Veterinary Medicine (CVM) to serve the needs of our state and region. Since A-State's founding in 1909, our university has become an integral part of the agricultural fabric of the greater Delta region. The veterinary medicine project brings together A-State's uniquely positioned resources with the clear and growing demand for practitioners.

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Fulfilling the Dreams of Many Arkansans

In a state that currently has no College of Veterinary Medicine, A-State's project to establish this college can fulfill the dreams of many Arkansans who want to study close to home, while also attracting out-of-state students. For veterinary school graduates, there is a strong correlation between where a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) is educated and trained and where they go on to establish their practice.

A-State's Strengths

A UNIQUE POSITION FOR SUCCESS

Arkansas State University is uniquely positioned for a College of Veterinary Medicine that can operate successfully:

• A-State is a Carnegie Classification Research 2 national doctoral-degree-granting university with the largest graduate enrollment among the state's four-year universities.
• Administration and oversight will be guided by the established Graduate School and graduate faculty to support the startup process.
• A-State's campus is home to the state's first osteopathic medical school, the New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine (NYITCOM), making our campus likely the only one in Arkansas with medical schools for both animals and humans on the same campus.
• The advantages of the 240-acre University Farm within the College of Agriculture (CoA), part of A-State's Jonesboro campus. The CoA's Agricultural Teaching and Research Center houses several existing livestock facilities, including a fairly large Equine Center, and will soon be home to a new poultry research facility.
• A strong foundation of biological science research is underway at the Arkansas Biosciences Institute at Arkansas State University, which is currently collaborating with NYITCOM faculty and anticipates similar opportunities with A-State's future CVM (Center of Veterinary Medicine) faculty. A-State also has academic research programs connected with the USDA Agricultural Research Service and the University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service.
• Additional biological research laboratories and facilities are located within the College of Sciences and Mathematics, particularly the Ecotoxicology Research Facility. A-State is also the national repository for DNA and other tissue samples of one of America's most endangered canid species, the Red Wolf, and is currently working to establish a Red Wolf Conservation Center.
• A-State is proud of its decades-long history as one of the largest and leading universities for health care disciplines through our College of Nursing and Health Professions.