Encourage student exploration by linking veterinary education programs to the full breadth of career paths available.

Review and evolve the curriculum to stay current and refine on a regular cycle.

Ensure the curriculum provides the most current approaches toward the following:

Intentionally integrate the teaching and practice of diversity, equity and inclusion competencies into the curriculum.

Integrate didactic learning updates and research discoveries into the curriculum and apply them to the clinical education programs to ensure students become critical thinkers and graduate with strong reasoning skills.

Expand academic support resources to address the unique needs of students and advance the curriculum.

Partner with industry to develop educational opportunities such as radiology, pharmaceuticals, prosthetics, etc.

Increase certificate courses for students to take concurrently while pursuing CVM and veterinary nursing degrees.

Reduce the heavy financial burden of tuition debt for students.

Continue to develop and refine the quality assessment processes for the curriculum.

Identify core courses that are foundational across all CVM programs.

Create a series of inter-professional education learning opportunities, involving cases or simulations, that engage DVM students and veterinary nursing students in team-based learning, e.g., joint surgery simulation labs, clinical skills labs, etc.

Include graduate students in core courses that fit their interest/research area.

Arrange more frequent occasions for all CVM students and trainees to socialize together throughout the school year.

Provide opportunities and structure for students from different programs and residents/fellows to work together on scholarly projects.

Encourage students to tap into expertise and coursework available at other MSU health sciences colleges and institutes.

Offer incentives for novel/creative approaches to collaborative, team-based educational programming.

Provide greater opportunities for CVM students to pursue joint degrees.

Establish an internationally collaborative, MSU-based CVM Teaching Academy to advance best practices in veterinary education.

Enhance the prominence of CVM teaching, mentoring and educational scholarship.

Increase the number of awards for distinguished teaching.

Develop a mechanism to recognize faculty collaboration and teaching between colleges, programs and disciplines.

Actively promote accomplishments in education both to the internal and external communities.

Offer educational programs that add significant value to practicing veterinary professionals, as identified through surveys, national AAVMC priorities, accreditation requirements, etc.

Continue to query alumni, preceptors, practicing veterinarians and industry leaders to identify needs in continuing education programming and identify areas of opportunity.

Expand distance-based platforms for continuing education.