Roseman University’s plan to open Nevada’s first College of Veterinary Medicine has reached a new checkpoint. The American Veterinary Medical Association’s Council on Education has scheduled a consultative site visit to Roseman’s Henderson campus for January 24 through 28, 2027, an early but necessary step in the accreditation process.

The visit will let AVMA reviewers examine the university’s progress so far and offer guidance as Roseman keeps building out the proposed program. Founding dean Katherine Fogelberg said the visit marks meaningful movement toward bringing a veterinary college to the state.

“We are building a program designed to address workforce shortages and prepare veterinarians who can serve both urban and rural communities across Nevada and the broader western region,” Fogelberg said, according to Roseman’s own announcement.

Roseman first floated the idea in 2023 with a feasibility study on veterinary workforce demand. The university formally announced the proposed college in June 2025, naming Fogelberg as founding dean and submitting a letter of intent to the AVMA Council on Education.

Since then, Roseman has appointed a second leader, Dr. Christina Tran, as executive associate dean, and continued consulting with veterinary professionals across the state to line up clinical training partnerships. The Henderson campus already houses Roseman’s colleges of pharmacy, nursing, dental medicine, and medicine.

Roseman is not the only Nevada school working toward a veterinary program. The University of Nevada, Reno also got approval from its Board of Regents in June for its own College of Veterinary Medicine, as we reported at the time.

Both schools are responding to the same problem. Nevada has no in-state veterinary school today, and the shortage shows up as long appointment waits in urban areas and, in some rural regions, no access to veterinary care at all.

Roseman does not expect its accreditation process to clear in time to admit a first class before 2028, and university officials have not set a definitive launch date. For Las Vegas Valley dog owners, a second in-state program would add to the pipeline of veterinarians trained specifically with Nevada’s shortages in mind.