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SUPPORTING THE RVC
EMS+ Providing aspirational
opportunities for students
The EMS+ scheme supported by the RVC Alumni
Fund, gives students the opportunity to take part
in exciting and aspirational work placements that
might otherwise have been聽beyond their means.
Here are two examples from this year:
AN-CHI CHENG 新月直播� FARGLORY OCEAN PARK, TAIWAN
新月直播� This three-week placement has
been聽incredibly rewarding. It新月直播檚 given me
the chance to broaden my experience in
aquariums and marine mammal medicine and
to learn how the welfare of captive animals
can be聽maximised. This placement has been
extremely inspiring for my future career in
aquatic medicine. I新月直播檇聽like to thank the RVC
新月直播�
Alumni Fund聽for their generous聽support.
ZACH POLLACK 新月直播� ASPINALL FOUNDATION, UK
新月直播� The veterinary professionals I聽had
the pleasure of working with were eager
teachers and pushed me to get involved.
Getting chances to put dreams into practice
are rare. Thank you so much to the alumni
whose donations helped facilitate this
opportunity. All the veterinary team eagerly
paid their knowledge forward, something
新月直播�
that I will do聽as聽I聽progress as well.
Gifts in wills make thought would come true. Knowing someone had faith in me at
the beginning of a long and hard degree was something that
dreams come true kept me going. Having this funding helped take the worry away
and allowed me to focus on learning. It felt very bittersweet to
The RVC has been very fortunate to have received donations graduate. I have loved my journey at the RVC and the years
from alumni and supporters in their wills which create a legacy have flown by! I have big dreams and being awarded the Catt
of fantastic support to advance animal health and care. A Scholarship gave me the confidence to pursue them.新月直播�
wonderful example of this is the legacy left by Elizabeth Catt
who wanted to support RVC students. This helped us create For more information about giving to the
the Catt Scholarship for student nurses and this year saw the RVC Alumni Fund or leaving a gift in your
first ever Catt Scholar, Olivia Bowsher, graduate.
will please contact alumni@rvc.ac.uk
Olivia commented: 新月直播淪tudying to be a veterinary nurse at the (you don新月直播檛 have to be alumni to contribute!)
RVC was already an achievement I had dreamed of for many or call 01707 666237.
years, but being a scholar student was something I never
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