Alumni and Melbourne University Veterinary Society (MUVS)

President's Welcome

Welcome to the MUVS website. What do we want MUVS to achieve?

1. Facilitate communication between Melbourne University veterinary graduates.
2. Inform graduates of the activities of the Melbourne veterinary school.
3. Facilitate social functions (predominantly year reunions).
4. Support activities of graduates and the veterinary school.

Current activities include maintenance of the web site and a database with contact details for alumni, and facilitating the Practitioner in Residence program. As always, we need your help. We need news items, whereabouts and activities of graduates, reunion plans and more. Please send all this valuable information via email to our email address: vet-alumni@unimelb.edu.au.

VetNews Summer 2007 Edition (PDF 665Kb)
The Faculty of Veterinary Science and Melbourne University Veterinary Society newsletter (December 2007)

WW1 Roll of Honour

The World War I Roll of Honour board from the original University Veterinary School reminds us of the rich history of the Faculty of Veterinary Science at The University of Melbourne and its predecessor, W.T. Kendall's Melbourne Veterinary College, the first provider of veterinary education in Australia. Names on this board include many illustrious figures in veterinary science, both nationally and internationally, who taught or who started their veterinary careers as undergraduates here. Brief biographical profiles and published obituaries, where available, provide us, and particularly today's students, with further appreciation of the history of the profession and the achievements of our alumni.

The Belle Bruce Reid Medal

Belle (Isabelle) Bruce Reid GMVC was the first and only woman to qualify from the Melbourne Veterinary College established by William Tyson Kendall in January 1888 following the passing of the Veterinary Surgeons Act of Victoria in December 1887.

To celebrate this centenary and the contributions made by female veterinarians to the veterinary profession, The University of Melbourne Faculty of Veterinary Science has established this Belle Bruce Reid Honour Roll on the 28 November 2006. Those 100 female veterinarians named on this roll include women who graduated overseas and made their contributions in Australia, and women who graduated from Veterinary Schools in Australia and made their contributions anywhere in the world.

Graduate Profile: Kerry Bail

Kerry with family at her Endeavour Hills Veterinary Clinic

Kerry grew up in Shepparton and says she ‘always wanted to be a vet’. At the completion of secondary schooling, her marks weren’t high enough to gain entry to Veterinary Science, so she completed a Bachelor of Science degree in microbiology at the University of Melbourne in1986. During that time, she applied again for Veterinary Science in 1985 and 1986. Still no success, so Kerry was employed as a research assistant at the Howard Florey Institute working on HIV projects. In 1989, Kerry was admitted to Veterinary Science with a year’s credit for the subjects she studied in her BSc degree. While studying Veterinary Science, she worked part-time as a veterinary nurse at the Blackburn South Veterinary Hospital. After graduating with her BVSc (Hons) in 1992, Kerry returned to the Blackburn South practice to work with small animals and later moved to other small animal practices. Kerry bought her own small animal practice 1999. Kerry has gained her Membership in the Australian C... [ » Full Profile ] » More Graduate Profiles