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February 2020 Newsletter

Thank you for being a part of VTAT! We are excited to announce that we will now be sending out a newsletter that will include updates about VTAT, upcoming CE opportunities, pertinent legislative information concerning the veterinary field, articles and case studies from various VTAT members, and much, much more!

2020 Officers of VTAT

Executive Board nominations were collected in the fall of 2019 for the open 2020 positions – President Elect, Vice President, and Secretary. Each position received only one nomination and after careful review by the Election Coordinator and 2019 Executive Board, each candidate was found to be very well qualified to hold their position on the 2020 Executive Board. Having an unopposed slate of officers for nomination, voting was not required. The Treasurer’s remaining position was appointed to Stephanie Wertman, LVT, VTS-EVN.

Please welcome your new officers for 2020!

President: Stevie Willett, LVT, VTS-EVN
President-Elect: Cortney Evins, LVT
Vice President: Jordan Berg, LVT
Secretary: Katie Smaus, LVT
Treasurer: Stephanie Wertman, LVT, VTS-EVN
Immediate Past President/Board Adviser: Ky Carter

We are all very excited to start a new year as your new board!

A BIG thank you to Kristi Ely, LVT, VTS-EVN for her role as our Immediate Past President for 2019! You have done so much for not only this organization, but also for this field. We cannot thank you enough!

SWVS Update

Thank you to everyone who stopped by our booth and attended the General Meeting at Southwest!
Here are some of our updates from this years conference:

The 3rd week in October will forever be known in the state of Texas as Veterinary Technician Week! A HUGE thank you to Sandy Nunn and David Sessum and everyone else for their efforts in making this a reality!
We gave our yearly update to the TVMA Paraprofessional Committee and had our General Membership Meeting where we let everyone know what changes have been made this past year in VTAT. Some of these included our increase in membership (922 current members!), building up our Regional Contacts and Student Representatives, and rolling out our newsletters!
We had multiple people sign up for Regional Contacts! We are still looking for Regional Contacts in regions 1 and 3 (a map of the regions is located further down in this newsletter). Thank you to everyone who signed up!

Fingerprinting for License Renewal!

Don't forget to have your fingerprints taken before renewing your license. You can schedule your appointment by going to www.uenroll@identogo.com and entering the code: 11HTGY

Regional Contacts Wanted!

We are looking for individuals located all throughout Texas who would like to volunteer to be a Regional Contact and giving a voice to your area!We are in need of Regional Contacts in regions 1 and 3, however we are always looking for more contacts in each region!

A big THANK YOU to everyone who signed up duringSWVS!

If you are interested in becoming a Regional Contact, please email our Vice President, Jordan Berg, at vicepresident@vtat.net

Meet your Executive Board!

We want to let you get to know your Executive Board! We will highlight a different board member in the following newsletters! We are happy to introduce to you your Vice President, Jordan Berg, LVT!

"From a young age, I’ve always had a compassion for the animal kingdom and loved the unique partnership shared between humans and their animal companions. Consequently, veterinary medicine has been my dream job since I was a child. After homeschooling for my entire grade school career, I entered Cedar Valley College Veterinary Technology program following my high school graduation. I graduated from the program in 2017 and began working there in the Veterinary Technology department as an Instructional Assistant part time. There I found I also have a passion for teaching and tutoring our students and helping them succeed. After many, many months of preparation, I passed my boards and became an LVT in June 2018. In August 2018, I started a full time job working as a technician in small animal general practice. It has given me the invaluable opportunity to develop my skills and expand and apply my knowledge in a clinical setting. My hope is to one day move into Surgical or Clinical Pathlogy specialty medicine and pursue my Masters of Veterinary Technology or DVM. Right now I’m just enjoying trying a little bit of everything I can get my hands on in the field. In my free time I enjoy reading, dancing, playing piano, crafting, and watching Netflix (sadly that has become a hobby)." - Jordan Berg, LVT

Job Board

Are your looking for a new job? You can access our Job Board here to what positions are available throughout Texas!

If you would like to advertise a job opening at your clinic or place of work please contact our President Stevie Willett at president@vtat.net today!

Upcoming CE Opportunities

Stop by out booth at this years TVMA Conference on February 27- March 1!
We will also be having our first General Membership Meeting of the year at the conference!

You can register for TVMA here!

Registration for SWVW 2020 has begun!
Members of VTAT receive $20 off registration!
You can register for SWVS here!

If you have any content you would like displayed in our newsletter, please reach out to our Vice President, Jordan Berg at vicepresident@vtat.net

Our Mission:
To represent and advance all veterinary staff through education, public awareness, legislative action, and membership development by collaboratively working with other veterinary professional organizations, working toward one common goal: the enhancement of veterinary medicine.

Special thanks to AgPro Insurance and Cindy Dittmar, LVT for their support of VTAT! We appreciate everything you do!

VTAT mailing address is:
801 Dellwood St, Ste 100 PMB 142
Bryan, Texas 77802

SWVS mailing address is:
801 E. Pano Parkway, Suite 208
Plano, Texas 75074

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