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There are 17 some odd pages of caring right here in OR...
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There are 17 some odd pages of caring right here in OR...
Yeah, and probably 70% of those pages is you and Flexbone. You can't stop posting and Flexbone can't stop rubbing your pock marked nose in steaming piles of dog turds. Just to be clear, the rest of OR doesn't really give a crap.
CanyonAg77 said:
I think you guys are fooling yourselves if you think a Vet will stay in the Panhandle just because he went to school in Amarillo.
That $17.35m would be much better spent in an endowment that pays off the debt of any vet who locates in the Panhandle. You could be paying 17 vets $100,000 a year to live in say, Hereford, and never touch the principle. Pay them for about 5 years, and then they might decide to stay. Even if only 1 or 2 each year decide to stay after the 5 years, it will be more than stay from any Tech school.
American Hardwood said:
I don't care about your stupid vet school. I'm just pointing out that you are largely responsible for creating the false impression that people care simply by posting a gajillion times. Let's not mischaracterize what's going here.
Perhaps I have left the wrong impression. I care.American Hardwood said:Quote:
There are 17 some odd pages of caring right here in OR...
Yeah, and probably 70% of those pages is you and Flexbone. You can't stop posting and Flexbone can't stop rubbing your pock marked nose in steaming piles of dog turds. Just to be clear, the rest of OR doesn't really give a crap.
Those two sound like siblings!BoozingAg said:
It's been going on for a decade and a half or so
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"One of the things that we will be exploring over time is so when you come in as a vet student, and we're looking to get the spectrum of your training, including companion animals, one of the untapped resources for training is the shelters," Mitchell said. "And so we're looking at the various cities in West Texas. Could you have somebody that is a third-year vet student in Amarillo, then do rotations in Abilene and work at the animal shelter?"
Tech wanted to "just to tell our story," Mitchell said, a narrative designed to make sure those entities and individuals understood "what the needs were, not just out here in West Texas" but for rural Texas in general.
Tech was careful, he said, to cast any perceived disparagement on other existing programs, praising the "blessings" the existing programs bring.
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https://www.reporternews.com/story/news/2019/06/21/tech-vet-school-could-create-ripples-even-abilene/1526161001/
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"One of the things that we will be exploring over time is so when you come in as a vet student, and we're looking to get the spectrum of your training, including companion animals, one of the untapped resources for training is the shelters," Mitchell said. "And so we're looking at the various cities in West Texas. Could you have somebody that is a third-year vet student in Amarillo, then do rotations in Abilene and work at the animal shelter?"
Tech wanted to "just to tell our story," Mitchell said, a narrative designed to make sure those entities and individuals understood "what the needs were, not just out here in West Texas" but for rural Texas in general.
Tech was careful, he said, to cast any perceived disparagement on other existing programs, praising the "blessings" the existing programs bring.
goodAg80 said:Perhaps I have left the wrong impression. I care.American Hardwood said:Quote:
There are 17 some odd pages of caring right here in OR...
Yeah, and probably 70% of those pages is you and Flexbone. You can't stop posting and Flexbone can't stop rubbing your pock marked nose in steaming piles of dog turds. Just to be clear, the rest of OR doesn't really give a crap.
Farmer-Flex cage match is one of the best things on TA.
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The Texas Tech Board of Regents voted to spend nearly $7 million for "Design Professional Stage 2" services for Tech's planned School of Veterinary Medicine facilities.
Services approved Tuesday consist of the design development, construction documents, construction administration phases and information related to the probable cost and project schedule.
Regents met via telephone conference call Tuesday afternoon to approve the services for professional design. This was the only item on the agenda, so the meeting lasted less than 15 minutes.
The Tech regents also named the two academic sites. The main campus facility is named the School of Veterinary Medicine Amarillo Campus, and the second site where the hands-on education will take place with animals is called School of Veterinary Medicine Mariposa Station.
"I think we all ought to stop and be very thankful, this is a historic moment for Texas Tech University," Chairman Christopher Huckabee said before the regents adjourned. "We owe thanks to a lot of people who've helped and a lot of people who will continue to be generous in helping us see this through. Thanks to everybody who's made this come to this point."
The School of Veterinary Medicine Amarillo Campus will be located on Tech's already existing University Health Sciences Center at Amarillo campus, according to a presentation from Billy Breedlove, vice chancellor of facilities planning and construction. Early designs for the new facility show a two-story, 185,000 square-foot building. The first floor will feature classrooms, surgery suites, and anatomy and pathology studios. The second floor will be mostly for research-related activity.
The second location, called the Mariposa Station, will be off Amarillo's Loop 335 about 2.5 miles away from the general campus. This site will serve much of the animal needs. It's located on about nine acres of land most of it will be open. It will feature a stock yard, hay barn and a facility for clinical skills training. The buildings will mainly be made of metal, said Breedlove. The buildings will be featured on a nine-acre site, but the entire land for the Mariposa Station, including the pasture, will be about 140 acres.
The bulk of what regents approved Tuesday, $6 million of the nearly $7 million, is for professional services related to architecture and engineering services. Kirksey Architecture, a firm based in Houston, will perform all the design services for the city. A total of about $8.4 million has been approved by the board for design professional services.
The entire vet school project is expected to cost about $90 million. The Amarillo Economic Development Corp. pledged as much as $69 million toward completion of the $90 million project last year, which was key in helping the project get off the ground. The $17 million approved by the state legislature this past session - seen as a major step in creating what will be a second vet school in the state - will be used mainly for curriculum and overall development, and hiring faculty.
The School of Veterinary Medicine anticipates opening in the fall of 2021, officials said, and will enroll a target class size of 60 students. The four-year school of veterinary medicine expects to enroll a total of 240 Doctor of Veterinary Medicine students, with a faculty and staff size of about 90 people.
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Still not approved by HECB
Flexbone said:
Isn't it weird that you're so invested in Tech being able to get a third rate vet school that won't ever be able to compete with A&M's? I guess you're used to it.
Andy Farmer said:Flexbone said:
Isn't it weird that you're so invested in Tech being able to get a third rate vet school that won't ever be able to compete with A&M's? I guess you're used to it.
I don't care how the vet school ranks. I only care that A&M no longer has a stranglehold on Texas vet programs.
Wrong! The final exam to become a licensed Vet in the state of Texas will be administered by A&M at College Station.Andy Farmer said:Flexbone said:
Isn't it weird that you're so invested in Tech being able to get a third rate vet school that won't ever be able to compete with A&M's? I guess you're used to it.
I don't care how the vet school ranks. I only care that A&M no longer has a stranglehold on Texas vet programs.
Flexbone said:Andy Farmer said:Flexbone said:
Isn't it weird that you're so invested in Tech being able to get a third rate vet school that won't ever be able to compete with A&M's? I guess you're used to it.
I don't care how the vet school ranks. I only care that A&M no longer has a stranglehold on Texas vet programs.
Why? It's one of the best in the country. Clearly we know what we're doing. What's your argument for why A&M NOT continuing to do that is better for the state?
While this may currently be true Aggie1, it doesn't seem prudent to engage in such braggadocio statements. You see, with two Vet Schools in the state it is possible to envision a point in time where our state legislature may decide to spread the licensing duties among both institutions. Just a thought.......Aggie1 said:Wrong! The final exam to become a licensed Vet in the state of Texas will be administered by A&M at College Station.Andy Farmer said:Flexbone said:
Isn't it weird that you're so invested in Tech being able to get a third rate vet school that won't ever be able to compete with A&M's? I guess you're used to it.
I don't care how the vet school ranks. I only care that A&M no longer has a stranglehold on Texas vet programs.
CanyonAg77 said:
Has already expanded the number of slots through WTAMU.
Andy Farmer said:CanyonAg77 said:
Has already expanded the number of slots through WTAMU.
But not by enough...
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Especially the smart ones. Just look at the tech law school. Top notch graduates will open offices in the Woodlands before living anywhere in the panhandle.
Flexbone said:Andy Farmer said:CanyonAg77 said:
Has already expanded the number of slots through WTAMU.
But not by enough...
Just because more people are applying doesn't mean that the number of slots should increase to accommodate them. Surely you of all people understand that. Do you not understand the concept of supply, demand, and how that impacts incomes?
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So they are already changing their tune about producing large animal vets?
I still don't understand why this is a problem.Andy Farmer said:Flexbone said:Andy Farmer said:CanyonAg77 said:
Has already expanded the number of slots through WTAMU.
But not by enough...
Just because more people are applying doesn't mean that the number of slots should increase to accommodate them. Surely you of all people understand that. Do you not understand the concept of supply, demand, and how that impacts incomes?
I understand very well. And I am not suggesting every single applicant that doesn't get accepted to A&M will come to Tech or will qualify. But it is documented that numerous applicants are going out of state due to lack of available slots. Tech hopes to bridge that gap.
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CANYON, Texas (KVII) A program fairly new to the Texas Panhandle aimed at filling a void of veterinarians in rural communities is on track despite weather related delays. A $90 million investment by Texas A&M University is impacting the Ag Industry and West Texas A&M University.
"We are training rural practitioners to serve the need of the Panhandle and South Plains," said Dr. Dan Posey, VERO academic coordinator. "There's no place in this world that you'll have this much learning and research power associated with it."
When completed a 22,000 plus square foot (VERO) Veterinary Education Research Outreach center and a diagnostic lab will help recruit students from all over the country who are interested in pursuing a career in vet sciences....
A shortage of veterinarians in rural communities will hopefully decrease as Texas A&M's $90 million investment in the future of large animal health takes shape. Both the (VERO) and the diagnostic lab are scheduled to open in the fall of 2020.
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https://abc7amarillo.com/news/local/expanding-veterinary-education-research-at-wtQuote:
CANYON, Texas (KVII) A program fairly new to the Texas Panhandle aimed at filling a void of veterinarians in rural communities is on track despite weather related delays. A $90 million investment by Texas A&M University is impacting the Ag Industry and West Texas A&M University.
"We are training rural practitioners to serve the need of the Panhandle and South Plains," said Dr. Dan Posey, VERO academic coordinator. "There's no place in this world that you'll have this much learning and research power associated with it."
When completed a 22,000 plus square foot (VERO) Veterinary Education Research Outreach center and a diagnostic lab will help recruit students from all over the country who are interested in pursuing a career in vet sciences....
A shortage of veterinarians in rural communities will hopefully decrease as Texas A&M's $90 million investment in the future of large animal health takes shape. Both the (VERO) and the diagnostic lab are scheduled to open in the fall of 2020.
Video of new facility already being built. at link. Sorry. TTech. Too little, too late.
