Illinois Student Chapter of the American Veterinary Society of Animal Behavior

Chapter Information

Chapter Mission:

As the Behavior Club our goal is to bring in speakers that can discuss animal behavior in many types of animals for those students interested in this topic.

We want to cover a variety of subjects including normal species behavior, sickness behavior, and how to better handle and work with an animal based on what it is "saying" through its behavior.

We hope to develop topics that incorporate interest with other clubs as well as to reach out to the interests of others in our school. Also, we plan to participate in public outreach events to help edcuate both children and adults in our community.

Recent news:

Congrats! Our club is now a nationally recognized student chapter of the American Veterinary Society of Animal Behavior as of May 29, 2008. Here's some info on becoming an AVSAB member:
- Newsletters are published quarterly and are available online only. At this time, the newsletters are broadcasted by email through the website. In order to be a part of the listserve and to get newsletters sent to you by email, you must become a member of AVSAB, which you do so by joining ISCAVSAB ($10 to Angie Hinlicky or Heather Brown for 2008-2009). Members of student chapters receive complementary registration to the AVSAB/ACVB scientific meeting each year in conjuction with AVMA. Click here to learn more.
On Friday, April 18, 2008 club members voted "yes" to put in an application to become a nationally recognized student chapter of the American Veterinary Society of Animal Behavior (AVSAB). See this link http://www.avsabonline.org/avsabonline/ for more information, including information on externships, internships and residencies.

2008-2009 officers:

President: Vivian Yu Wen
President Elect: Angie Hinlicky
Treasurer: Leslie Lau
Secretary: Heather Brown
Fundraising Chairperson: Melissa Skowronski
Webmaster: Keely Delcore
3rd year rep: Molly Sedarski
2nd year rep: Alena Abens
1st year rep: Kourtney Cone

SCAVSAB Advisor:

Our SCAVSAB (Student Chapter of the American Veterinary Society of Animal Behavior) advisor is Dr. John Ciribassi. Dr. Ciribassi has a behavior practice in Buffalo Grove, IL called Chicagoland Veterinary Behavior Consultants. Another link to his practice is at www.geocities.com/chicagobehavior.

Faculty Advisor:

Our faculty advisor is Ms. Linda Case. We would like to acknowledge her support and guidance in helping our chapter to offer a wide variety of activities and career support for students.