Aggie Veterinarians in Europe

The Graduate Veterinary Medicine Program ended in Berlin
by program participant  Kat Coker

Our whirlwind tour of Europe ended with a highly educational stay in Berlin. Between our visit to the Berlin Wall, the Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp, the Brandenburg Gate, the Reichstag, and Museum Island, we definitely had the opportunity to experience living history.

We spent Wednesday morning visiting the veterinary clinics at Berlin’s Free University. Because as a tech I have enjoyed watching surgery, I opted to go to the surgical suite in the Small Animal Clinic with Diana. There, we watched a splenectomy on a lab with a tumor the size of a football, a neuter and anal sac removal, and a laryngeal paralysis repair. The hospital was well organized, there were always enough students around to monitor anesthesia and help the doctors, and the techs kept the surgical prep running smoothly. The surgeons were extremely welcoming toward us, and when they realized that we were American students, they explained several of the procedures to us in English… Read the complete Article!

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Three eventful weeks

This semester's Media Arts students from Indianapolis spent 3 weeks in Germany.

Not only did they get an inside view of their field of study by attending specialized classes that focused on theory they also got to see different facets by traveling Germany and gaining first-hand experience in media.

In the photo you can see David Ebert presenting to the students about the well-known “Rheinkultur” festival, which is the biggest of its kind in the country with 170,000 visitors in 2009.

Trips to the enchanting Rhine Valley and Cologne were included in the program, as well as a 4-day excursion to Berlin, which was one highlight of the students' stay in Germany. Various company visits throughout the region offered possibilities to connect with experts, discuss current issues and experience professional life in the fields of media and event management directly.

Altogether, the group was impressed by the program, which was compact and intensive in career terms, but also a lot of fun for the participants.