As Dr. Guy Loneragan, Dean of the Texas Tech veterinary school, says: “Texas has one of the best veterinary institutions in the country, but it can only supply about 25 percent of the new veterinary workforce every year. The state has outgrown what any one institution can provide by many fold over.”

To address this problem that our state is facing, state legislators and the governor recently approved a budget that fully funds the appropriation requested for this session ($17.4 million) for the Texas Tech University School of Veterinary Medicine to be located in Amarillo. The new school will be located on the same campus as the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, bringing a new and innovative approach to veterinary education to our state.

Texas Tech’s veterinary school will support the agricultural community, an important industry that fuels our state’s economy, and it will provide educational opportunities for new generations of Texans. State funding will unlock more than $90 million that has been raised by generous donors and communities in Texas who strongly believe in Texas Tech’s veterinary school.