{"id":4298,"date":"2019-04-05T12:03:09","date_gmt":"2019-04-05T16:03:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/qa.vet.purdue.edu\/news\/?p=4298"},"modified":"2026-06-16T10:18:29","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T14:18:29","slug":"spotlight-on-students-meet-savma-purdue-secretary-sarah-wunderlich","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/spotlight-on-students-meet-savma-purdue-secretary-sarah-wunderlich.php","title":{"rendered":"Spotlight on Students: Meet SAVMA Purdue Secretary Sarah Wunderlich"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The Vet Gazette continues its \u201cSpotlight on Students\u201d feature this week by focusing on Sarah Wunderlich, a veterinary student who serves as secretary for SAVMA Purdue. She is a second-year student from Rochester, N.H. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sarah\u2019s love\nfor pets drove her toward a career in veterinary medicine. She remembers\nrescuing a starving cat on her street and nursing it back to health with her\nmom.  Sarah said, \u201cBeing a part of saving\nthe cat\u2019s life made me realize how animals need a voice and it is up to us to\ngive it to them.\u201d At home, Sarah is surrounded by her own pets that have\ninspired her to care for animals just like them. She has a shelter cat and two\nMiniature American Shepherds. Sarah said her career path in veterinary medicine\nhas allowed her the opportunity to care for animals while also helping those\nwho are attached to them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sarah said\nshe chose to come to Purdue to pursue her DVM degree because she was touched by\nthe family feel of the College of Veterinary Medicine during her interviews.\nShe mentioned how it was unlike any other veterinary school she had visited.\nSarah knew she wanted a veterinary school with smaller classes and a strong\ncommunity sense, where she would have the ability to gain practical hands-on\nexperience. As an out-of-state student, Sarah also was concerned about the\nprice of tuition. She said she was impressed by Purdue\u2019s dedication to lowering\nstudent debt, the offering of DVM scholarships, and the help afforded through\nthe financial advising process. She knew that Purdue Veterinary Medicine would\nprovide her with an outstanding education and a good financial future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sarah has a primary interest in small animal general practice. She also is interested in ophthalmology, clinical cytology, surgery, and nutrition. She said nutrition is her newest and most unexpected interest, which grew out of her role as a Royal Canin veterinary student ambassador. Sarah said she loves seeing how a complex medical disorder can be helped by changing diet. Aside from veterinary medicine, Sarah loves creative writing, cooking, baking, sewing, and playing music. Among her accomplishments, she has written four unpublished novels and plays five instruments. After graduating, Sarah plans to head back to New England to go into veterinary practice. She hopes to work in a small animal general practice and would love to do community outreach to educate young people about zoonotic diseases, the veterinary profession, and animal safety. Her dream job is to be a small animal practice owner or work as a clinician in a veterinary teaching hospital. She said she is excited to see where her career takes her.
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