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Georgia funds VMLC, but fundraising will continue It was 14 years ago that the College administration first conceived the idea for a new Teaching Our Goal: Hospital to replace our aging facility. We are thrilled to report that this fall we will finally break ground on $25 Million our Veterinary Medical Learning Center! In early May, Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal signed the state’s budget for FY13, which includes $52.3 million in bond funding for construction of our new hospital. Part of our ability to get funding from the state relied on our ability to raise a minimum of $15 million in private donations toward the project. Thanks to the on-going support from so many of you, we exceeded our goal by the time the legislature RACTER PERSPECTIVE voted | on NORTH the budget. FACADE facing College Station Road Everyone who supported this project in any way helped us achieve this milestone: our alumni; friends of the College; our faculty and staff; the upper-administration at the University of Georgia; the Board of Regents; former Gov. Sonny Perdue (DVM ’71); Gov. Nathan Deal, and the members of the Georgia General Assembly. Despite our celebration, our work is not done. The funding provided by the state and the private donations received thus far will allow us to build most of the needed elements of the Learning Center. As with many major capital projects, some areas had to be deferred due to budgetary limitations. There are a number of deferred elements that we hope to include in the construction project if sufficient funds can be raised over the next few months. Our total fundraising goal is now $25 million. As of press time, we had raised $21 million in gifts and pledges. If you wish to make a multi-year pledge or consider a naming opportunity, please contact our Development office at 706.542.1807. For more information about the need for the VMLC, the plans for the facility, our capital campaign, and the honor roll of donors, or to give a gift through our secured website, visit: www.vet.uga.edu/vmlc Thanks so much to all of you for your continued support of this project, and for helping us create a new state-of-the-art facility that will serve our clients and patients, as well as our profession, for many decades to come! rinary Medicine Learning Center 1.2012 A Damn Good Read! Read a history of Uga, the University of Georgia mascots. A sports classic, this version is updated to include new material on Uga VI, Uga VII, Uga VIII, and Russ. The book is available from your bookseller of choice. UGA alums are eligible for a 30% discount if they order from the University of Georgia Press at 800.266.5842 or online at www.ugapress.org A portion of the proceeds from sales of this book benefits the University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine.
Why I give: Edith Martin Rogers My name is Edith Martin Rogers, and I am currently an associate at Peachtree Hills Animal Hospital, a small animal practice in Atlanta. I received my bachelor’s degree in biology from the University of Georgia in 1998, and a DVM from the UGA College of Veterinary Medicine in 2003. Following graduation, I completed a one-year rotating internship in small animal medicine and surgery at the Animal Medical Center in New York City and practiced small animal medicine in both Los Angeles and Los Altos, Calif., for a total of five years before moving back with my family to Georgia in 2009. I’m thrilled to be back in Georgia close to family, friends and the UGA College of Veterinary Medicine. I am passionate about being a veterinarian, and I am so thankful to have a career that I love. I also recognize that the opportunity to have such a career came from the wonderful education I received and the experiences I had with my classmates, teachers, interns and residents at UGA. Living and working out of the state only adds to the pride I feel for my time in Athens. It is that pride and the Photo courtesy of Edith Martin Rogers responsibility that I feel as an alumna that compels me personally to give a portion of my income back to the institution that made my career possible. My children are too young to really understand charitable giving, but it is important to me that when the time comes they understand the importance of supporting their alma maters and the institutions that supported them. I will also share with them my belief that, early in a career, the size of a donation to some degree is less significant than the participation itself. I believe it is important to condition oneself to give at any level. With that thought, I have made a concerted effort to give each year since my graduation, and I have increased my gifting when possible. For years, I contributed to the annual operations, but more recently, I have contributed to the capital campaign for the new Veterinary Medical Learning Center. I believe that the new Hospital is greatly needed and will provide an opportunity for UGA to shine in the veterinary world even more than it already does. As an alumna, I want to be a part of making that happen, and I will be excited and proud to visit the new facilities.
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