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Enrichment Summer Program @ MSU Vet Med

Posted on by Wraegen Williams

The Enrichment Summer Program (ESP) provides academic preparation, leadership development, and career knowledge for undergraduate students who have selected veterinary medicine as their career choice. The Program focuses on developing well-qualified prospective students from underrepresented backgrounds and is open to undergraduate students who plan to apply to a professional Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) program during the next application cycle. 

ESP is a three-week program held at Michigan State University June 5-23, 2023.

  • Week one is focused on leadership development. 
  • Week two offers introductory-level didactic coursework, including a virtual anatomy laboratory. 
  • Week three provides clinic shadowing from the Veterinary Medical Center.
  • https://cvm.msu.edu/about/diversity/enrichment-summer-program

Please click here to apply and learn more about the ESP program. The application opens November 1 and closes January 31. All application materials must be received or postmarked (for items sent by U.S. mail) by January 31.

2021 University of Michigan Frankel Cardiovascular Center Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship

Posted on by Wraegen Williams

The University of Michigan Frankel Cardiovascular Center (FCVC) plans to offer a 10-week Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) for the summer of 2021. Each research fellow will be matched, based on their interests, to a laboratory that is led by a FCVC faculty member. Please click here to learn more about the collection of laboratories involved in internationally recognized research in topics such as atherosclerosis, genetic cardiomyopathies, blood clotting disorders, cardiac arrhythmias, vascular biology, and heart failure.  The stipend will be $4,000 for ten weeks of full-time work, typically starting the Tuesday after Memorial Day and ending the first week of August (exact program dates pending). The program includes:

  • scientific seminars,
  • social events, and a
  • two-day research symposium where fellows present their research to their peers and FCVC faculty and staff.

The application link closes January 31, 2021 at 11:59pm EST. Please click here to apply for the FCVC SURF program.

For questions, please reach out to fcvc-surf@med.umich.edu.