{"id":1070,"date":"2012-03-22T18:17:44","date_gmt":"2012-03-22T18:17:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/vetpac\/?p=1070"},"modified":"2017-11-15T18:47:14","modified_gmt":"2017-11-15T18:47:14","slug":"wildly-popular","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/vetpac\/news\/wildly-popular\/","title":{"rendered":"Wildly Popular"},"content":{"rendered":"
Hundreds of pre-vet students travel to N.C. State to attend the largest and most activity-packed ever APVMA national symposium.<\/strong><\/p>\n In a year of celebrating N.C. State University\u2019s history, a bit more history was made when the university\u2019s Veterinary Professions Advising Center (VetPAC<\/a>) and Pre-Vet Club <\/a>hosted the annual national symposium of the American PreVeterinary Medical Association (APVMA). The 2012 national meeting was the largest and best attended such APVMA event to date. Held in March \u2013 just before the university\u2019s March 7 Founders Day kicked off the celebration of N.C. State\u2019s 125th<\/sup> anniversary \u2013 the symposium drew 650 pre-vet majors representing 80 schools from coast to coast and from as far south as the University of Puerto Rico and as far north as Canada\u2019s University of Guelph.<\/p>\n