Community Outreach

The College of Veterinary Medicine partners with clinics and practitioners across Utah and beyond to provide fourth-year students with hands-on clinical learning experiences. Although Utah State University does not operate its own teaching hospital, this semi-distributed model allows students to gain real-world experience in diverse clinical settings while fostering strong community and regional partnerships.

Finding Care for your Animal

The College of Veterinary Medicine does not provide clinical services to the public. Because the college partners with clinics and veterinarians to provide learning experiences instead of maintaining its own animal hospital, it does not have a facility for offering services to the public. However, the Utah Veterinary Medical Association maintains a hospital directory that can be used to find veterinary services near you.

UVMA Hospital Finder

How to Partner With the College of Veterinary Medicine

The College’s partnerships with veterinary practitioners and clinics are essential to student success. These collaborations provide students with invaluable, career-shaping clinical experience while offering Affiliated Veterinary Instructional Partners (AVIPs) the opportunity to make a lasting contribution to the profession by teaching and mentoring future veterinarians. Partners who host students receive remuneration for their participation.

Become an AVIP

Willed Body Program

Established in 2012, the college’s willed body program is an opportunity for pets and other animals to contribute to veterinary education and animal welfare after they pass away. Canine, feline, or large animal donations will be respectfully used for educational purposes on the Logan campus.

For information on or to participate in the USU College of Veterinary Medicine Willed Body Program contact:

Sharon Klingler RVT, CVT, VTS - Willed Body Program Coordinator
Email: sharon.klingler@usu.edu
Phone : 706-372-8006