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Student Chapters of the HBVC (SHBVC)

In an effort to increase the awareness of veterinary students about the role of veterinarians in beekeeping, the Veterinary Feed Directive, and to generate more interest in the discipline, the HBVC is recognizing the formation of Student Chapters of the HBVC (SHBVC) at individual veterinary schools.

The HBVC will recognize domestic and international veterinary student honey bee veterinary medicine clubs according to the following criteria:

Accreditation by the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA).
Submission of a letter of support from an on-site faculty advisor (from the College of Veterinary Medicine or Entomology).
Submission of a Constitution and Bylaws for approval. (See TEMPLATE for Constitution and Bylaws)
Contact information for current officers and advisors.
Submission of a SHBVC Annual Report by December 10th each year (HBVC Student Chapter Annual Survey).

Application materials should be submitted to the HBVC Student Chapter Committee Chair, Amy Franklin. Once your club has been approved, the SHBVC President is responsible for registering the chapter as a student organization with your university’s Student Union.

Benefits of SHBVC Membership

NEW this year - submit a club funding request to help support your projects! Request Funding. Be sure to submit your request via email to: Amy Franklin
HBVC speakers to present at SHBVC meetings. Based on availability, Zoom may be the only option. Request a speaker.
The use of “Student Chapter of the Honey Bee Veterinary Consortium” as a club name.
A Facebook page (coming soon) for Student Chapter members to connect and discuss the latest honey bee news.
Have your Chapter featured in the HBVC Newsletter. We love to hear from HBVC Student Chapters! Email Garett Slater and tell us about your Chapter’s latest activities.
Student Award for Excellence in Honey Bee Veterinary Medicine. Students who receive this award will be entered into a drawing to receive complementary registration to attend the HBVC annual conference.

Student Chapter Contacts

Below is a listing of the Student Chapters of the HBVC approved to date and their current faculty advisors with links to chapter web pages where applicable.

President: Mo USavage usava001@umn.edu

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Melinda Wilkins wilki510@umn.edu

President: Tess DeMarro tdemarro@upenn.edu

Faculty Advisor: Kaitlyn Krebs khkrebs@vet.upenn.edu

President: Alexandra Miller alexandra.miller@wsu.edu

Faculty Advisor: Craig McConnel cmcconnel@wsu.edu

President: Hannah Badenhop hannah.badenhop@colostate.edu

Faculty Advisor: Colleen Duncan Colleen.Duncan@colostate.edu

CSU Student Organization & Social Media links below:

Facebook Website

President: Aarthi Kannan Aarthi.Kannan@uga.edu

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Joerg Mayer mayerj@uga.edu

Instagram Website

President: Lauren Erdmann rusvmhbvc@gmail.com

Faculty Advisor: Robert Gilbert RoGilbert@rossvet.edu.kn

Student Social Media link below:

Instagram

President: Tiffany Sessions tiffanysessions@arizona.edu

Faculty Advisor: Christina Brownlee cbrownlee@arizona.edu

President: Rachel Downing downin51@msu.edu

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Meghan Milbrath mpi@msu.edu

MSU Student Organization & Social Media links below:

FacebookWebsite

President: Bethany Tucker btuck15@lsu.edu

Faculty Advisors: Sita Withers sitawithers@gmail.com
Kim Boykin kboykin@lsu.edu

LSU Student Organization website link below:

Website

President: Cameron Vanselow vanselow.3@buckeyemail.osu.edu
Faculty Advisors: Greg Habing habing.4@osu.edu
Reed Johnson johnson.5005@osu.edu

Co-Presidents: Dhyana Severson dhyana.severson@tufts.edu and Natalie McCarthy natalie.mccarthy@tufts.edu
Faculty Advisors: Gillian Kruskall gillian.kruskall@tufts.edu
Rick Rego richard.rego@tufts.edu

Tufts Student Organization Instagram link below:

Instagram

President: Nicholas Heffelfinger nheffelfinger26@gmail.com
Faculty Advisor: Preston H Morris preston.morris@lmunet.edu

President: Sophie Enda senda@tamu.edu
Faculty Advisor: Juliana Rangel jrangel@ag.tamu.edu