Meeting Minutes October 28, 2008
• Painting the rock and pizza… all in one meeting!!
• Networking within the club
• Jason: Jerome Baudry – Professor
o theoretical research
o using program to show molecular environments
o predict folding of proteins – about 90% successful
o BCMB 452 Undergrad Credit, but can do without credit
o Lord of the flies: reverse transcribe RNA of pupa brain; hibernation cycle
o Vet assistant at hospital, but might still be in hiring freeze; Aaron, Gina, or Nancy; summer is good time to work
• Allison: has shadowing/volunteering contacts available and will email them soon
o Ask teachers/advisors for names of people in vet school that do something that interest you
• Internship with vet oncologist in Memphis and got a job that fall
o East TN research
o Have contact because shows greater interest
• Dan: small animal clinic past 4 years - research projects
o Llama fecal samples
o Talk to teachers!
• Carl: endocrinology lab
o Worked in summer; applied through prevet club!
o Seminars in vet school
o Know way around vet school; meet people (teachers, students, etc.)
• Me: TN Wildlife Center
o Wildcat farm
o Contact Bobby Bean
o Lots of grunt work, but get exposure to lots of cats
o Talk to Dr. Heitman if interested
• While volunteering at church, met Ms. Jones, and was offered a job interview; networking is important – know the right people
• Karen at the vet school would be best contact if want job there
• Research experience at vet school, contact Dr. Hill
• Tiger Haven, Zoo always accepting volunteers
• Internship at the zoo: research project – studied behavioral interactions in lions
o Can sign up as a course through advisor
o Jennifer
o Go to Knoxville Zoo website and look up internships
• Internship at zoo:
o Can network your way around to do
• Dude ranch:
o Good place to work with horses
o Online and searched dude ranches
o Most hire for summer work
o Wyoming; most are out west
• Cherokee farms: feed animals and clean up after them
• Human medicine is good experience, too
o Diverse experiences
o Easier job to get because more of them
• Volunteer at Star
o Basically get to do what you want
o Not paid, but good horse experience
• Private clinics allow you more hands on experience sometimes because vet school clinic is bureaucratic and are not technically supposed to do a lot of things
• Young Williams Animal Center
o Knoxpets.org
o Volunteer program
o Vet clinic
o Get to do a lot
• October 30 is CASNR Halloween Mixer; food, candy, haunted house, games