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Pathways to Success Career Symposium 2025

  • October 11, 2025
  • 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM CST
  • Heritage Place 2829 S MacArthur Blvd Oklahoma City, OK 73128
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EVENT DESCRIPTION

“Pathways to Success” Career Symposium is a unique networking opportunity for veterinarians, veterinary students of all four years, and industry sponsors held annually at Heritage Place in Oklahoma City. The purpose of this event is for veterinary students, with an equine focus, to network with equine practices to learn about externship, internship, and job opportunities that exist. Students are also given the opportunity to spend time and network with industry representatives about product lines, services offered, and begin forming relationships with industry representatives in attendance.

Furthermore, this event is strategically held close to AAEP. This allows industry representatives to speak with attending practitioners about AAEP promotions, rebate standings, and make follow-up appointments for a future, more in-depth conversation.

 

EVENT ITINERARY

8:00am to 9:00am Registration, Set-Up – All Attendees
9:00am – 9:30am Opening Announcements from V.E.T. Board
Members
9:30am – 1:00pm Outreach Session – Tradeshow Exhibit
1:00pm – 2:00pm Lunch & Thank You to Student Externship Grant
Donors
2:00pm – 3:00pm

Keynote Speaker 1:

“Mentorship Mechanics”

Rosslyn Biggs, DVM (View Bio)
3:00pm – 4:00pm

Keynote Speaker 2:

Bo Brock, DVM, DAVBP-Equine
4:00pm – 4:30pm Closing Announcements from V.E.T. Board
Members

NOTE

V.E.T. cannot provide financial assistance to students for airfare. HOWEVER, V.E.T. will happily provide financial assistance to students traveling from out-of-state. V.E.T. will also gladly coordinate rides to and from the airport as well as provide transportation to and from the hotel to the event venue. If you are a student and need financial assistance, please reach out to V.E.T. directly.

Event Details

  • October 11, 2025
  • 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM CST
  • 2829 S MacArthur Blvd
    Oklahoma City, OK 73128

Venue Location

Hotel Accommodations

801 S Meridian Ave
Oklahoma City, OK 73108
(405) 942-1400
Discounted Room Blocks Available
10/10/25 - 10/12/25. VETERINARY STUDENTS attending please contact V.E.T. directly to book your hotel rooms.

V.E.T. will arrange and pay for your hotel accommodations. All other attendees call Brooklyn Kelley at (405) 246-7300 directly to make your reservation and use code 90T under "Pathways to Success" Career Symposium.

-Room cost is $119 per night.
-Rooms include breakfast.
-Both king and double queen bed rooms are available.

RSVP Information

Registration opens 8/15/25 and will close 10/6/25. Any registrations completed after 9/24/25 will not make it into printed marketing materials for the day's events.Register for Symposium

Rosslyn Biggs, DVM

Biography

Dr. Rosslyn Biggs was raised in Oklahoma as part of a farming and ranching family. She attended Oklahoma State University where she completed a bachelor’s of science degree in Agricultural Economics in 2001. Dr. Biggs graduated from Oklahoma State University College of Veterinary Medicine in 2004 becoming a second-generation veterinarian.

Upon graduation she spent three years as a mixed animal practitioner in Chickasha, Oklahoma. She joined USDA APHIS Veterinary Services in 2007 as a Field Veterinary Medical Officer. In 2015, Dr. Biggs joined the APHIS VS Veterinary Export Trade Services as Assistant Veterinarian In Charge managing international exports of live animals and animal products in Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkansas and Missouri.

Dr. Biggs made the move to Oklahoma State University as an assistant clinical professor in summer of 2019. She currently serves as Director for the Center for Rural Veterinary Medicine and Director of Continuing Education for the College of Veterinary Medicine and Beef Cattle Specialist for Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service. Her professional interests include rural veterinary issues, biosecurity, disease traceability, veterinary personal development/team dynamics, and beef cattle production. She and her husband also maintains 180 Consulting focused on animal health, veterinary, and legal expertise. She and her husband have two girls and are actively involved in the family farming and ranching operations. They stand four stallions and maintain a small group of embryo donors and recipient mares.