During the next 18 months, committee members will ask professional
colleagues and other members of the veterinary community to help
expand and upgrade the school's first new classroom building in many
years.
State and university funds will cover the $24.5 million building
costs, but private funds are needed to provide offices for student
clubs and the Pet Loss Support Hotline, a student lounge with a
refreshment area and patio, and a conference room.
Gifts will also support design improvements to make the building a
multipurpose facility, increase its display and exhibit capabilities,
and adapt public spaces as a welcoming center of veterinary education
on the UC Davis campus. The VMIF will then be suitable for class
reunions, emeritus faculty activities, annual lecture series and
continuing professional education programs.
"The VMIF will be the new 'instructional heart' of the school," says
Dr. Pedersen. "This is where our students will spend the majority of
their educational lives, so we are designing it such that it will not
only be a great learning environment, but will also be adaptable." Significant gifts will be recognized within the halls of the VMIF, and gifts of $10,000 or more will grant donors the option of naming a classroom or teaching space.
Helping the school to fund completion of the VMIF is an excellent way
to "give something back" to the school and the veterinary profession.
For more information, please contact the Development Office at 530-752-7024.
Veterinary Medicine Instructional Facility: view from courtyard
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Construction site in the health sciences district of campus, August 4, 2004 
