2026 commencement speaker K.C. Van Fleet (DVM '17) reflects on building his specialty care practice, rethinking traditional veterinary care, and the lessons from MSU that continue to shape his approach to medicine, leadership, and team culture.
From early days on a Michigan farm to a global career in cattle health and co-authoring a leading textbook on bovine immunology, Victor Cortese (DVM '80) reflects on the path that shaped his work and the lessons he’s carried along the way.
Keri Gardner (LVT ’88, MS ’07) answers some questions about her time in the Veterinary Technology (now Veterinary Nursing) Certification Program and the Comparative Medicine and Integrative Biology Graduate Program, and offers some advice to students looking to get into research.
The trip is a valuable experience for future veterinary professionals on many levels—the students’ reflections and photos from the trip speak for themselves.
Dr. Arnie Pals' family honors his impact on the veterinary nursing profession by expanding the Pals Family Scholarship to support both a DVM and a VN student each year.