Student Spotlights

The degree has given me the animal and industry knowledge, which combined with my MBA and the skillset of running a business, makes me a strong candidate for a variety of positions.

I was interested in the Master of Veterinary Science program because of the opportunities to apply various concepts to both my school and farm. I was looking for a way to get an additional master's for an affordable price...

...this program has helped me a lot in my personal and professional development, meeting colleagues and people who love what they do, and sharing with them knowledge in this industry that fills me with optimism and joy.

My name is Essam Otefi, and I grew up in Egypt’s beautiful coastal city of Alexandria. I earned my veterinary medicine degree from Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Alexandria University in 1999. I currently work as a Supervisory Public Health Veterinarian (SPHV) for the United States Department of Agriculture-Food Safety Inspection Service (USDA-FSIS). I have over a decade of food safety work related experience, and I enjoy working autonomously and as a part of a multidisciplinary team of food safety scientists.

I wanted to be a veterinarian since I was six years old. However,I was most familiar with small animal medicine until after graduation from Wilmington College of Ohio, when I went to work on a local sow farm. That is where I fell in love with pigs and population medicine!