Michigan State University Archives - Craig Road Animal Hospital

Craig Road Animal Hospital Externship Program: Tori

June 21, 2021

Please welcome Tori, the newest extern to join the team at Craig Road Animal Hospital! Tori is a fourth-year veterinary medical student at Michigan State University (MSU) and will graduate in 2022. Tori is from Lansing, Michigan, and has lived in Michigan all of her life. According to Tori, she always had a strong drive to work with animals and enjoys the problem-solving aspects of working in animal medicine. She said her mother once told her that when Tori was…

Craig Road Animal Hospital Externship Program: Shelby

April 19, 2021

Say “hello” to Shelby, one of the newest externs to join the team at Craig Road Animal Hospital! Shelby is a third-year veterinary medical student at Michigan State University and will graduate in May 2022. She grew up in the Detroit area and started working in animal medicine in high school at a local, small animal hospital. Shelby said she enjoyed working in the medical field, but couldn’t decide between human or animal medicine. “I realized I just preferred treating…

Craig Road Animal Hospital Externship Program: Lindsey

April 13, 2021

Please welcome Lindsey, the newest extern to join the Craig Road Animal Hospital team! Lindsey is a third-year veterinary medical student at Purdue University and will graduate in May 2022. Lindsey is from Ann Arbor, Michigan, and has been a life-long lover of science and animals. She said she shadowed an animal clinic in her hometown as a veterinary assistant, and that made her fully realize she wanted to go into animal medicine. “I just couldn’t see myself doing anything…

Craig Road Animal Hospital Externship Program: Courtney

January 5, 2021

Say “hello” to Courtney, the newest extern to join the Craig Road Animal Hospital team! Courtney is a 4th-year veterinary medical student at Michigan State University and will graduate in May 2021. She grew up in the south suburbs of Chicago and said she’s always wanted to become a veterinarian for as long as she could remember. “All my life I’ve always loved animals,” she said. “My family always had a dog in the house growing up, and I just…