One is for the number of veterinary colleges in Washington state. Two is for the number of students in the class of 1902, the first year the veterinary college produced graduates. Five is for the fifth oldest veterinary college in the country.
The Washington State University College of Veterinary Medicine, founded in 1899, celebrates 125 years of serving the state this year.
From humble beginnings—the college started in a single $60 shed—WSU Vet Med now houses the largest veterinary referral center in the Pacific Northwest, groundbreaking research, and one of the country’s top animal disease diagnostic laboratories. It treats thousands of animals—pets and wildlife—every year at the teaching hospital. The college has graduated nearly 7,000 doctors of veterinary medicine since its inception.
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Read the stories of a few of those WSU alumni veterinarians.
Find out more about the long history, amusing stories, and accomplishments of WSU veterinary medicine.