{"id":2396,"date":"2018-09-18T16:03:19","date_gmt":"2018-09-18T20:03:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/qa.vet.purdue.edu\/news\/?p=2396"},"modified":"2025-11-10T15:23:22","modified_gmt":"2025-11-10T20:23:22","slug":"pvm-establishes-national-academy-for-veterinary-medicine-to-increase-diversity-and-address-veterinarian-shortages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/pvm-establishes-national-academy-for-veterinary-medicine-to-increase-diversity-and-address-veterinarian-shortages.php","title":{"rendered":"PVM establishes National Academy for Veterinary Medicine to increase diversity and address veterinarian shortages"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"FORMAT-BODY\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-responsive img-thumbnail alignright wp-image-2400\" src=\"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/IMG_6298-rs.jpg\" alt=\"A2RC Students with cows\" width=\"400\" height=\"423\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/IMG_6298-rs.jpg 1230w, https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/IMG_6298-rs-284x300.jpg 284w, https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/IMG_6298-rs-768x812.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/IMG_6298-rs-968x1024.jpg 968w, https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/IMG_6298-rs-222x235.jpg 222w, https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/IMG_6298-rs-1320x1396.jpg 1320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/>WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. \u2014 \u00a0With help from a new federal grant, the Purdue College of Veterinary Medicine is stepping up to expand access to the veterinary profession for talented \u00a0individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds\u00a0 and address the need for more veterinarians serving rural areas and protecting food safety.<\/p>\n<p class=\"FORMAT-BODY\">The Health Resources and Services Administration, an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, has awarded Purdue University\u2019s College of Veterinary Medicine a $3.18 million grant to launch Vet Up! The National Health Careers Opportunity Program (HCOP) Academy for Veterinary Medicine.<\/p>\n<p>Read more at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/newsroom\/releases\/2018\/Q3\/purdue-college-of-veterinary-medicine-establishes-national-academy-for-veterinary-medicine-with-federal-grant-to-increase-diversity-in-profession-and-address-veterinarian-shortages.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Purdue College of Veterinary Medicine establishes National Academy for Veterinary Medicine with federal grant to increase diversity in profession and address veterinarian shortages<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. \u2014 \u00a0With help from a new federal grant, the Purdue College of Veterinary Medicine is stepping up to expand access to the veterinary profession for talented \u00a0individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds\u00a0 and address the need for more veterinarians serving rural areas and protecting food safety. The Health Resources and Services Administration, an agency [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2396","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-in-the-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2396","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2396"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2396\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31515,"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2396\/revisions\/31515"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2396"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2396"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2396"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}