The 1,000 acre wooded campus of Lincoln Memorial University in Harrogate, Tennessee, is located 55 miles north of Knoxville. Alongside the DeBusk Veterinary Teaching Center (DVTC), this is the main site for professional student learning in the first three years of the curriculum. In Harrogate, the College occupies the Veterinary Medical Education Building. The DVTC is located about 12 miles from the Harrogate campus, in Ewing, Virginia, where most of our clinical learning occurs during the first 3 years of the curriculum. The CVM utilizes a hybrid distributive model for the clinical year, where students learn at sites such as UKVDL, Innovetive, animal shelters, the DVTC and private practice clinical affiliates.
Harrogate Campus
The College of Veterinary Medicine Building (CVM)
6965 Cumberland Gap Parkway
Harrogate, TN 37752
The Lincoln Memorial University-College of Veterinary Medicine (LMU-CVM) has moved into the new three-story, 85,000 sq. ft. College of Veterinary Medicine building on the Harrogate campus as of May 2019, following dedication ceremonies by United States Secretary of Agriculture, Sonny Perdue, DVM.
The CVM Building includes two large lecture halls which can join to accommodate over 250 per hall and can be combined to accommodate over 500 people, allowing the CVM to accommodate its entire student body in room for special occasions. The building also has 24 state-of-the art communications laboratories, the most of any CVM in the U.S., simulation laboratories, basic and clinical sciences classrooms, numerous study rooms, student break areas, faculty offices, student and academic services offices, clinical relations and outreach offices and the deans' suite. The building includes numerous smaller spaces, designed with flexibility to accommodate small group learning/active learning, wellness activities, and student club events. The building provides research space on the third floor, including a home for the Center for Animal and Human Health in Appalachia (CAHA) and Center for Innovation in Veterinary Education and Technology (CIVET) that will serve as a focal point for faculty and student research collaboration aimed to elevate veterinary medicine in Appalachia and beyond.
The DeBusk Veterinary Teaching Center Campus(DVTC)
203 DeBUSK Farm Drive
Ewing, VA 24248
The 1,000 acre DeBusk Veterinary Teaching Center (DVTC) is located in Ewing, VA and includes six buildings housing 93,303 sq. ft. of state-of-the-art facilities designed for teaching the highest quality veterinary clinical skills curriculum, in a safe and effective learning environment.
Lincoln Memorial University is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) to award associate, baccalaureate, masters, educational specialist, and doctorate degrees. Lincoln Memorial University also may offer credentials such as certificates and diplomas at approved degree levels. Questions about the accreditation of Lincoln Memorial University may be directed in writing to the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges at 1866 Southern Lane, Decatur, GA 30033-4097, by calling (404) 679-4500, or by using information available on SACSCOC’s website (www.sacscoc.org). Off-campus sites owned and/or operated by Lincoln Memorial University are not individually accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools but are approved as accredited off-campus sites of the Harrogate, TN, main campus. Off-campus sites' accreditation is dependent on the continued accreditation of the Lincoln Memorial University main campus in Harrogate, TN.
University of Kentucky Campus.
The Maxwell H. Gluck Equine Research Center is the only scientific institute in the United States with nearly all faculty conducting full-time research in equine health and diseases. Construction of the 81,000 sq. ft. facility was completed in 1987. The mission of the Gluck Center is scientific discovery, education and dissemination of knowledge for the benefit of the health and well-being of horses. Today, the Gluck Center faculty conduct equine research in seven targeted areas: genetics and genomics, immunology, infectious diseases, musculoskeletal science, parasitology, pharmacology, therapeutics and toxicology, and reproductive health.
The over 60,000 sq. ft. University of Kentucky Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory (UKVDL) strives to be the leasing veterinary diagnostic service, research and teaching laboratory in the United States through the application of peer-reviewed, validated scientific methodology and quality control systems in accordance with ISO 17025 standards. The mission of the UKVDL is to develop and apply state-of-the-art diagnostic methodology to improve animal health and marketability, to protect the public health, and to assist in the preservation of the human-animal bond through the principles of One Health. The UKVDL is fully accredited by the American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians.
