Priorities of the College
The College seeks to establish minimum endowment levels in each of the following areas so that the future needs and successes of the College are secured. |
$25,000 |
endows scholarships, fellowships, and residencies to ensure opportunities and achievements for veterinary and graduate students |
$2 million to $4 million |
endows program enhancements, professorships, and program directorships to begin and sustain educational excellence |
Targeted Priorities of the College (2005)
Unrestricted gifts and gifts of any amount help to meet these priority needs.
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$5 million |
develops Phase I of the Cornell Cancer Program for Animals, the future world's leading clinical cancer center for animals |
$8.5 million |
provides additional laboratories and modernization of the James A. Baker Institute for Animal Health |
$10 million |
develops, in concert with the university-wide initiative in genomics, a comprehensive program in genetic-based medicine, functional genomics, and targeted gene therapies |
$10 million |
provides for sustained excellence in the clinical care/services for animals at the Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital |
The Flower-Sprecher Library
Cornell University's Flower-Sprecher Library is one of the world's largest and finest academic veterinary libraries.
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$5,000 |
funds one veterinary student researcher position annually in Student Information Services |
$10,000 |
provides 20 additional Internet network outlets and installations in student study areas |
$12,500 |
establishes a collection of authoritative, primary source electronic publications for practitioners and their clients around the world |
$30,000 |
funds annual subscription and servicing for electronic journals, preservations, and special collection enhancements |
The Leadership Program
The Leadership Program is highly competitive and targets second-year veterinary students from around the world for its ten-week summer leadership, career, and research program. Alumni often choose careers in industry, government service, and higher education. Funding for the program depends upon private support.
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$5,000 |
provides individual summer fellowships for second-year veterinary students |
$500,000 |
creates a new two-year fellowship extension of the program, annually targeting 8 students whose focus will be food safety systems worldwide |
Current Student Services Initiatives
Service learning and pre-professional experiences are vital to future practitioners of veterinary medicine.
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$10,000 |
provides seed money to student organizations hosting symposia and other national educational events |
$25,000 |
supports successful volunteer, student-run community outreach programs that offer valuable educational, medical, and pre-professional experiences to the external community |
The Feline Health Center
The Feline Health Center, the only one of its kind in the world, provides annual research fund sand educational programs for veterinarians, cat owners, and others interested feline-related issues and disease prevention/cures. Annual memberships are available; gifts of any amount support educational programs of the center
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$25 or more |
commemorates or pays tribute to cat or those who love them |
$100 or more |
encourages expanded educational programming and consulting services |
Other Opportunities of General Interest
The College of Veterinary Medicine represents a wide variety of programs related to animal and human health concerns. Gifts of any amount are appreciated.
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$100 |
sponsors sets of 20 micro-satellite markers in the gene-mapping project at the James A. Baker Institute |
$250 |
purchases a True Companions Medallion to pay tribute or memorialize loved one -- pets and people |
$1,000 to $100,000 |
provides annual stipends and special studies for graduate students and residents focusing on the promotion of ethical and humane treatment of animals |
$1,000 to $50,000 |
funds educational projects related to bio-conservation, zoo medicine, and wildlife protection |
$5,000 to $15,000 |
provides summer internships in third-world and developing countries for veterinary students |
$500,000 |
funds the study of prenatal susceptibility to heart disease and stroke through the Edward R. Melby Cardiovascular Research Initiative |
