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Our usual breakfast offerings include bagels, donuts, smoked salmon, hard boiled eggs, fresh fruit, yogurt, cheese, & overnight oats.
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Technician Seminar Series – SAME LOW REGISTRATION FEE AS LAST YEAR
The four technician seminar series begins on November 5 exclusively online via our TEAMS platform. CE Credit will be available only to those who participate virtually on the day of the seminar.
It is time to register your technicians for the 2025-2026 DC Academy Technician 4-Seminar Series. The early registration fee for technicians is only $49 for the entire 4 webinar series. There is no single seminar registration. You may use our online credit card process to register technicians with no additional surcharge fees.
If your technician has never registered for our seminars in the past, please have them complete and return the fillable pdf registration form. Payment information is not necessary if using our online payment system.
NOTE: Series registration is technician-specific. Our hope is that you register all your technicians in advance of the seminars to make their participation simpler. Please download the form from our website and return it before October 20, 2025, to take advantage of this special offer. The first technician seminar on Dentistry is on Wednesday, November 5 and the second seminar on Anesthesia is on Wednesday, December 3.
Seminar Notes and Recordings are on Our Website
After surveying our speakers and reviewing what is requested of speakers for other presentations, we have revised the format of our seminar handout. We are asking our speakers to provide us with an outline/summary of their presentation. It may take a few months before the seminar handout is received in a standardized format and we appreciate your patience while the new process becomes more widely accepted. We're also asking our speakers to provide us with their slide packs a few days in advance of their presentation or shortly thereafter as many speakers work on their slides up to the evening before their seminar. We advise all members to review the seminar outline/summary from our seminar handout email or from our website.
NOTE: This is the same username and password to access the relief vet listings on our Classified Pages.
President's Column
Dear Colleagues,
I hope this message finds you well as we continue our shared commitment to advancing veterinary medicine through continuing education, collegiality, and professional growth.
Recently, a member of our board introduced a request for our organization to consider signing on to the Gender Identity Bill of Rights (GIBOR), an initiative by Pride Veterinary Medical Community (Pride VMC) that outlines the right of every veterinary professional to a safe, inclusive, and equitable work environment regardless of gender identity or expression. You can read more about it here.
When this was first raised to the board, I appreciated the thoughtful discussion that followed. Several members expressed hesitancy, concerned that signing on to such a document might align us with something "political." I’d like to take a moment to share why I believe this is not a political issue, but a professional one — and more importantly, a human one, and why we will, as an organization, be joining in the signing of this initiative.
As veterinary professionals, we are called to care deeply—not only for animals but also for each other. Our workforce includes a rich diversity of identities, backgrounds, and lived experiences. Gender-diverse individuals make up a significant portion of our profession, and the challenges they face in clinical and academic settings are real, well-documented, and solvable.
Signing the Gender Identity Bill of Rights will affirm a simple and essential truth: that every veterinary professional deserves to feel safe, respected, and seen in the workplace. This is not about partisanship; it is about people. It is about aligning with the values of compassion, equity, and excellence that underlie everything we do.
We will be in good company—many veterinary schools, associations, and CE groups across the country have already signed on, including the AVMA, AAVMC, and many state VMAs, including our very own VVMA. By joining them, we signal that our Academy is forward-thinking, inclusive, and committed to supporting every member of our community.
By an overwhelming majority our members are in support of this bill (68% to 32%). I encourage our members to read the Gender Identity Bill of Rights with an open mind and heart. If questions or concerns arise, I welcome thoughtful dialogue. But above all, I urge us not to shy away from supporting those within our profession who have too often been asked to justify their right to belong.
Thank you for being part of a community that cares, that leads, and that listens.
Warmly,
Natasha Ungerer, DVM
MARK YOUR CALENDAR – DC Academy/NVVMA Suicide Awareness Walk on October 4th
SAVE THE DATE & JOIN OUR TEAM ON Oct. 4th!
For a second year, the DC Academy, together with the Northern Virginia VMA, is pleased to lead a team in the Fairfax, Virginia American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) Out of the Darkness Walk! We are hoping to build on last year’s success to raise awareness and funds for this issue which uniquely touches our profession. This is a chance for our community to come together — hospital and clinic staffs, families, clients, and friends. Please join us!
When: Saturday, October 4th, 2025 (11 AM check in; program at 12:30 PM; event concludes at 2 PM) Rain or Shine
Where: Mosaic District, Fairfax
The course is typically just under 2 miles and is family, (trained, leashed) pet, and mobility friendly.
Ways to participate:
Webcast Reception Via Microsoft Teams
Please review the Teams Tutorial if you have not participated in our seminars using our Teams platform.
After the first two seminars, we will only send out one JOIN MEETING email as there is now a log on link on the DC Academy website home page.
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