{"id":7322,"date":"2025-02-11T14:30:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-11T20:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vetmed.iastate.edu\/article-v2\/?page_id=7322"},"modified":"2025-02-11T14:32:42","modified_gmt":"2025-02-11T20:32:42","slug":"vbma-chapter-wins-national-award","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/vetmed.iastate.edu\/article\/vbma-chapter-wins-national-award\/","title":{"rendered":"VBMA Chapter Wins National Award"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n<div\n\tclass=\"paragraph-widget paragraph-widget--text-html\">\n\t<div class=\"text-content\">\n\t\t<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-7323\" src=\"https:\/\/vetmed.iastate.edu\/article-v2\/wp-content\/uploads\/vmba2-1024x471.jpg\" alt=\"VMBA Chapter Group Photo\" width=\"1024\" height=\"471\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vetmed.iastate.edu\/article\/wp-content\/uploads\/vmba2-1024x471.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vetmed.iastate.edu\/article\/wp-content\/uploads\/vmba2-300x138.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vetmed.iastate.edu\/article\/wp-content\/uploads\/vmba2-768x353.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vetmed.iastate.edu\/article\/wp-content\/uploads\/vmba2-1536x707.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/vetmed.iastate.edu\/article\/wp-content\/uploads\/vmba2-2048x942.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>February 11, 2025<\/p>\n<p><\/strong>The Veterinary Business Management Association (VBMA) student chapter received the &#8220;Most Innovative Award&#8221; at the recent National VBMA Meeting in Dallas.<\/p>\n<p>The Iowa State chapter was selected for their &#8220;Paws on Practice Ownership&#8221; events which provided College of Veterinary Medicine students the opportunity to visit local veterinary clinics to learn more about practice ownership as a veterinarian and observe various clinic layouts and designs. 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