A Running Start........Straight into a Hurricane!

Welcome all to our new class website! Your student representatives have created this blog as a way for all of us to keep our collective loved ones in touch. We will be expecting plenty of contributions from fellow classmates to report on special events, classes, weekend activities, and general island life. Ultimately we hope this will help bridge the gap (1747 miles to NYC as the crow flies) and connect all of us budding veterinarians to all of you who support us at home.

 
Along with frequent updates, we will be posting our class calender to keep us all on schedule for upcoming academic, fund raising, and leisure events (that means no excuses for missing out!). Soon we will have a photo feed up where the class can give you all a taste of all the studying we are doing, and don't forget to look out for the fund raising button and class store (coming soon!) to help us raise money for future class events. Watch this space and stay in touch!

Of course we are already 1/3 of the way through our very first semester and it is flying by. Orientation, the start of classes, and our first few tests are now in the books so we will do our best to quickly catch everybody up:

Orientation provided us with a many different experiences as we all tried to get settled. Island tours, local shops, car buying, new apartments, and of course Earl arrived just after all of us:

That was the first hurricane for most and hopefully it will be the last for this year at least, they can really ruin your Sunday afternoon (read: flood your apartment). 

MAC got us all sorted out before classes started so thankfully none of us ended up here:

and everybody got a pretty good look at the island, history, and culture before the semester.

It was a hot sunny day (as opposed to?) for our official welcome into Ross University. We all look pretty sharp in our white coats. Also note our well rested faces and bright smiles, I don't think we will be seeing those again until finals are done.

We are looking forward to the future and collectively everyone is excited for the challenges that will come and the success that inevitably follows (positive thinking!). We hope all of you will be able to join us on this journey and share all of the fun along the way.