News and Updates

The ICVA Office will be closed the on Monday, June 19th for the Juneteenth holiday. ICVA staff will be back in the office on Tuesday the 20th.

NAVLE Score Reports are now available to candidates that tested April 3-22, 2023. Access your 2023 NAVLE results via the internet via an email link that was sent to your email address on file here at the ICVA or access through the NAVLE Candidate Dashboard.

The ICVA grant program, overseen by the ICVA Academic Veterinary Assessment Committee (AVAC) on behalf of the ICVA Board of Directors, is pleased to announce the fifth year of its successful assessment grant program with up to three grant award opportunities of $10,000 USD. The purpose of an ICVA assessment grant is to validate current, discover new, implement and support best practices in assessment in veterinary medical education. This includes assessment of students, instructors, and programs.

Dr. Courtney Vengrin, Senior Director of Assessment, recently completed the Fundamentals of Graphic Design certificate program through Emory University.

A member of the ICVA staff since 2019, Kelly Collins recently became a SHRM Certified Professional (SHRM-CP) under the world's largest HR membership organization, The Society for Human Resource Management.

We are thrilled to share that our Chief Innovation Officer, Janine Hawley, has recently earned the Certified Credentialing Professional designation from the Institute for Credentialing Excellence (I.C.E), which serves as the primary resource for best practices.

ICVA congratulates our Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Heather Case, on her election as vice chair of the National Academies of Practice (NAP) Veterinary Medicine Academy (VMA).

The 2022 ICVA Assessment Grant Winners are Sarah M. Cavanaugh, DVM, MS, DACVIM (Cardiology); Robert O. Gilbert, BVSc, MMedVet, DACT, FRCVS; and W. Brady Little, DVM, MSc. Congratulations to all three investigators from Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine.

The first VEA Faculty Workshop was held November 4, 2022, with over a dozen participants attending virtually from Long Island University, Midwestern University, and the University of Missouri.

Dr. Heather Case, CEO attended and co-presented at the meeting.