RaiderVet Podcast

There are many people at the veterinary school that do a lot a work to keep it going. Two of them, Scott Mitchell and Michael Acuña, join us today to discuss the management of the school facilities, horse training, and hunting (among many other subjects). Scott is the school's Senior Director of Operations whom has been with the school from the time the building was just in paper and has been inst...

What happens when you let the new student member of the RaiderVet podcast, a maker, and a veterinarian alone in a recording room? They talk about testicles… mostly (they’re fake, don’t worry). Patrick Guerrero discusses the collaboration between our Clinical Skills Model Technician, Anthony Goldsmith, and one of our faculty veterinarians, Clayton Cobb, for the training of veterinary students with...

The RaiderVet podcast is back! And to kick in season two we have two special guest that are too entertaining for their own good. We will hear from the Executive Associate to the Dean, Debbie Johnson, and the Network Program Manager for the Office of Clinical Programs, Danelle Barber. They will give us the non-veterinarian perspective of the ins and outs of the school, and will give us more informa...

This extra long, season finale episode coincides with the end of the first semester of the veterinary school. You can listen to the past hosts (Pippa, Jennifer, Kelly, Anthony (T.J.), Clayton, and for the first time Michael) discuss their careers, their lives as students, and their experience with the Texas tech University School of Veterinary Medicine. We are all very thankful that you have liste...

This episode focuses on the application process for the Texas Tech University School of Veterinary Medicine. Kelly interviews the Director of Admissions and Student Services, and Amarillo native, Sarah Innis. They discuss the reasons for our selection process, and the behind the scenes work done to ensure we admit students that meet our school's mission. After that, Anthony (TJ) sits down with two...

In this episode two of the power couples of the veterinary school sit down to discuss various aspects of the profession. First Pippa interviews Dr. John Gibbons, her colleague and husband, and discuss different aspects of research including benefits to producers, founding and student involvement. After that, Kelly sits down with economist Dr. Ryan Williams (her husband) on the importance of introd...

Moving on from the introduction of our deans, this episode features a very important part of our school: local veterinarians and clinical partners. Both of these professionals, Dr. Kent Glenn and Dr Janey Powe, have extensive experience and have moved from one aspect to veterinary medicine to another. Find out more about shelter medicine with Clayton and Dr. Glenn, and about the management of vete...

Dr. Britt Conklin is the last, but definitively not least, on our series of introductions of the Deans of our veterinary school. Kelly and Britt discuss the culture of the panhandle, community and family, and the last year of veterinary school at Texas Tech.

We continue the introduction of the Deans of the Texas Tech University School of Veterinary Medicine. This time the Associate Dean for Research, Dr. Annelise Nguyen, sits down with Pippa to discuss research and the veterinary school, the similarities and differences of cooking and research, and traveling.

The second episode of the Raidervet Podcast features the Associate Dean of Students and Academic Affairs of the Texas Tech University School of Veterinary Medicine, Dr. John Dascanio, and the Chair of the TTU Department of Veterinary Sciences, Dr. Michael Ballou. Subjects discussed include recommendations for current and aspiring students of the vet school, collaboration with the TTU main campus,...

This pilot episode features the Dean of the Texas Tech University School of Veterinary Medicine, Dr. Guy Loneragan. Clayton and Guy discuss the mission of the veterinary school, life as a veterinary student, and rugby.