I have made it to Charlottetown, PEI and it’s almost like this veterinary school business is real! Wednesday my parents and I made the drive up from Maine (it took us about 12 hours, plus we forgot the time change and the time at the border crossing where I’d pick up my student visa). It […]
Shannon Emmons
Alumni Contributor
Shannon grew up in southern Maine hoping to one day become a veterinarian. She completed her bachelors degree at the University of Vermont in Animal Science with a minor in Applied Mathematics.
Shannon graduated from the Atlantic Veterinary College in 2017 and is now spending her long awaited time as Dr. Emmons at a small animal veterinary clinic in her hometown. She is happy to be home and living with her husband and their collection of fur babies. While in practice, Shannon is applying her interests in dentistry, exotic species, and animal behavior to her everyday practice and is enjoying the busy and friendly practice she now calls home.
Let’s talk money
Boring, I know. After a relatively uneventful weekend and not much else going on (besides the fact that I joined a singing group, what?!), one thing that’s always on every broke college kid’s mind is money. I’m not just talking about how I’m going to pay for groceries or when my next phone bill is […]
One week down, four years to go
First day of school! First day of school! That’s what I was shouting inside my head as I drove myself to class for the first time here at the AVC. Nervousness, excitement, fear, and all the feelings in between plagued me as I entered the doorway on Monday, but five days later I’m a well-acclimated […]
