Founding Texas Tech University School of Veterinary Medicine with Dean Guy Loneragan, DVM

“To be a student in that first class is, quite honestly, bragging rights for that student. They were apart of the first class at Texas Tech University School of Veterinary Medicine.” -Dean Guy Loneragan, DVMTexas Tech University School of Veterinary Medicine (TTU-SVM) in Amarillo, Texas, welcomes its first class of students in the fall of 2021. This will make TTU-SVM the second veterinary school in Texas with Texas A&M University College of Veterinary Medicine being the first and only for more than 100 years. The idea to open a second a veterinary school emerged in the 1970s, but it took  50 years for it to come to fruition. After receiving funding in 2019 from the Texas Legislature, the school broke ground and began constructing its state-of-the-art facilities. Our guest Dean Guy Loneragan, DVM, shares what it took to get to this moment, why there was a need for a second veterinary school and how it will benefit the veterinary medicine profession in Texas. To learn more about Texas Tech University College of Veterinary Medicine, please visit https://www.depts.ttu.edu/vetschool/. You can learn more about Dean Guy Loneragan by visiting https://www.depts.ttu.edu/provost/facultybios/2020/Loneragan.php. If you’re enjoying this podcast, we would love to hear from you. Write a review on Apple Podcasts. And if you have a story or guest idea, please contact host Dena Goldstein at [email protected]. Support the show