How do I become a SAVMA member in good standing?
- Pay annual SAVMA membership dues. (Renew or sign-up online)
- Serve on a SAVMA Committee for two years and fulfill delegated duties.
What are the benefits of joining SAVMA?
Tufts SAVMA Benefits: Free registration and hotel accommodations for SAVMA symposium Eligible for Tufts SAVMA Travel Grants, granted to at least ten students annually Information about scholarships and other monetary opportunities delivered directly from the Tufts SAVMA delegates Access to SAVMA events, such as lunch talks, 4th year board reviews and much, much more!
- Tufts SAVMA Benefits:
- Free registration and hotel accommodations for SAVMA symposium
- Eligible for Tufts SAVMA Travel Grants
- Information about scholarships and other monetary opportunities delivered directly from the Tufts SAVMA delegates
- Access to SAVMA events, such as lunch talks, club-hosted wet labs 4th year board reviews, and much, much more!
- National SAVMA Benefits:
- Annual Student AVMA Educational Symposium
- Free subscription to The Vet Gazette (Journal of the Student AVMA)
- Funds for the Navajo Indian Reservation externship
- Scholarships, grants, and other monetary opportunities
- Information concerning relevant veterinary issues through your Student AVMA Delegate
- AVMA Benefits (maximized with SAVMA membership during third and fourth years of school):
- Reduced subscription rates ($40/year) to the Journal of the AVMA (JAVMA) and American Journal of Veterinary Research (AJVR)
- Free advanced registration to the annual AVMA meeting, and reduced registration for all other AVMA symposia
- Access to the AVMA Auxiliary Student Loan Fund (up to $8,000) as well as the AVM Foundation scholarship
- Health, accident, life, and professional liability insurance through the AVMA Insurance Trust.
- AVMA’s Veterinary Career Center provides job listings and allows you to post your resume for worldwide exposure.
- Access to listings of post-graduate programs, externships, and internships – private, public, and corporate.
- Information on starting salaries and benefits, how to evaluate your first practice position, demographics on the profession, and the variety of veterinary careers.
- Counseling on how to negotiate salary and benefits.
- Computer-linked communication with other veterinary school students through the Network of Animal Health (NOAH).
- Reduced membership rates to the AVMA for 2 years after graduation
- Savings of up to 8% off home or car insurance.
What does SAVMA do?
SAVMA is the umbrella organization and major source of funding for all the other clubs on campus. SAVMA runs the campus store, which sells all of the general Tufts Cummings Veterinary School merchandise. We also sell merchandise at campus events like Open House and Parent’s Day. SAVMA organizes board reviews for students
- SAVMA is the umbrella organization and major source of funding for clubs on campus.
- SAVMA runs the campus store, which sells all of the Tufts Cummings Veterinary School merchandise. We also sell merchandise at campus events like Open House and Parents’ Day.
- SAVMA organizes board reviews for students in the fall of their 4th year.
- SAVMA provides a wealth of networking opportunities, with both on-campus and off-campus professionals.
- SAVMA helps facilitates students’ trips to the SAVMA Symposium, the largest conference intended specifically for veterinary students.
- SAVMA works closely in collaboration with the MVMA (Massachusetts Veterinary Medical Association).
- SAVMA delegates connect members with a large number of scholarship, loan and grant opportunities.