Category Archives: Students

Nationwide® supports veterinary students with programs designed to help develop tomorrow’s veterinarians ready themselves for entry into one of the most rewarding and challenging of professions. Here’s what we offer, both to schools and to individual students:

University series: veterinary career development

The Nationwide® Veterinary College Program was designed with Veterinary Business Management Association (VBMA) in mind. The goal is to provide future veterinarians with a better understanding of business and management principles that will help them succeed in veterinary practice.

Our team of field veterinarians is available to present educational lectures that help satisfy credits toward the VBMA Business Certificate Program to all 30 U.S. VBMA chapters and two Caribbean (Ross and St. Georges Universities) chapters. Find out more.

Student externship program
Virtual for 2021! Nationwide’s annual veterinary student externship offers a chance for individuals to learn fundamental business concepts and skills as well as specific information about pet insurance. The program offers a way to add vital business experience to a resume. The participants are chosen from a national applicant pool. Find out more and apply.

For more information on any of these programs, e-mail vetstudents@nationwide.com or call 866-838-4874 Monday through Friday from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Save

Save

Illionois veterinary student Jason Szumski

Three questions for … Jason Szumski, Illinois 2023

The leaves are turning and starting to fall, and we’ve a line-up of veterinary students to feature! Next up: Jason Szumski, University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine (Class of 2023). Jason was chosen by field veterinarian Dr. Jayme Cicchelli. Will you please share something unexpected you discovered on your … Continue reading Three questions for … Jason Szumski, Illinois 2023 →

Aaron Caplan performing surgery.

Three questions for … VA-MD CVM’s Aaron Caplan

Our field veterinarians aren’t traveling because of the pandemic, but they’re still finding students to feature when they do the webinars that have taken the place of in-person visits. Next up: Aaron Caplan, Virginia-Maryland Class of 2022. Aaron was chosen by our Dr. Tonya Sparks. Will you please share something … Continue reading Three questions for … VA-MD CVM’s Aaron Caplan →

Chardonay Elliott, Tuskegee University CVM

Three questions for … Chardonay Elliott, Tuskegee 2022

We are finally back in school, sort of.  And while our field veterinarians aren’t visiting our schools and colleges of veterinary medicine as they usually do, they’ve adjusted wonderfully to providing information to students via webinar. They’re also choosing students to feature, and today we offer the first of the … Continue reading Three questions for … Chardonay Elliott, Tuskegee 2022 →

Dana Haimovitz and a large dog. Dana is a veterinary student at the University of Florida.

Three questions for … Dana Haimovitz, University of Florida

The school year may be winding down, and we may all be now familiar with socially distanced everything — including veterinary school lectures by our team! — but we’re still featuring veterinary students here on the blog. Chosen by Nationwide field veterinarian Dr. Tonya Sparks, today we’re featuring Dana Haimovitz, … Continue reading Three questions for … Dana Haimovitz, University of Florida →