Wangen Receives Doctor of Veterinary Medicine Degree

URBANA - Kimberly Wangen, daughter of Mr. Ronald and Mrs. Kathy Wangen of Arlington Heights, Ill., graduated from the University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine with a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree on May 12. The College is one of only 28 veterinary schools in the United States.

Dr. Wangen and her fellow graduates in the Class of 2013 were the first to be educated under an innovative veterinary curriculum pioneered at Illinois. The new curriculum focused on integrating the clinical skills and basic sciences relevant to veterinary practice throughout the four-year doctoral degree program. Students in the Illinois program, unlike those in other veterinary curricula, spend 15 weeks during the first two years of study embedded in veterinary practice areas and practicing clinical skills in an extensive learning center equipped with models and simulations.

Dr. Wangen will practice veterinary medicine as an associate veterinarian at Scottsdale Veterinary Clinic in Scottsdale, Ariz.

Dr. Wangen graduated from Elk Grove High School, in Elk Grove Village, Ill., in 2005. She is also a graduate of the University of Illinois, in Urbana, Ill., earning a bachelor of science degree in animal sciences in 2009.

While at the College of Veterinary Medicine, Dr. Wangen participated in the Non-Traditional Species Club, the Illinois Student Chapter of the American Veterinary Medical Association, the American Animal Hospital Association, the American Association of Feline Practitioners, the Association of Reptile and Amphibian Veterinarians, and was a student representative for Oxbow Animal Health.