When you discover your people, everything just clicks. It's why we think your career and our community go hand-in-paw.

Community Veterinary Partners’ (CVP) mission is to bring joy to families by providing the best care possible to the pets they love. A growing community of animal hospitals, CVP empowers our veterinary professionals by providing unwavering support services that allows them to get back to what they love doing the most – caring for pets. Offering a fast-paced, exciting and true entrepreneurial work environment, CVP is a tight-knit community of veterinary professionals delivering unparalleled patient and client care in atmospheres of uncompromising compassion. Let us help grow your career by experiencing firsthand what it’s like to be part of our growing family of pet people people!
Building community through partnerships is kind of our thing. For the past several years Community Veterinary Partners (CVP) has partnered with Lincoln Memorial University College of Veterinary Medicine (LMU-CVM) to support and empower LMU veterinary students to lead the way in the future of pet care. Leadership adds value to the world and inspires others to do the same. It also deserves celebrating and supporting which is why we’re excited to offer a CVP-LMU Leadership Award.
Criteria for Selection
Only LMU-CVM fourth-year students are eligible to apply for the CVP – LMU Leadership Award during the current application period. Students must be in good standing and must intend to pursue a career in small animal practice upon graduation. The ideal candidate will be committed to supporting the CVP mission of bringing joy to families by providing the best care possible to the pets they love. Through clinical work and letters of reference, eligible candidates will be able to demonstrate they have exceptional communication skills with clients and colleagues, exemplary professionalism and an interest in further developing their leadership skills.
Award Recipients (that could be you!)
A fantastic group of mentoring Veterinarians from the CVP community will review all applications and select recipients. In addition to being recognized as a CVP – LMU Leadership Award winner, each student selected will receive $25,000 in tuition assistance from CVP and be offered a two-year employment contract at a mutually agreed upon CVP location (in one of our 125+ hospitals in 17 states! You have your pick of the litter…no pun intended!
Applications will open late Summer 2023
"The CVP Student Colleague Program was different from others I had experienced. I was emotionally and financially supported by CVP and they were really connected with me the whole time. Everyone at my hospital site was very accepting and being new, regardless of being a student or not, is scary. You want to feel welcome; you don’t want to feel like you’re in the way or that you’re a burden, and I never felt that way as a CVP Student Colleague. The program was exceptional in many ways, but especially at Chippens Hill where I ..."
"When you first graduate, there is much more pressure and stress than anyone expects. Having gained the mentor relationship during my time as a CVP Student Colleague, I felt better prepared for what to expect after graduation. It’s not just about the medicine, but about the personal and emotional support and always having access to the guidance I needed when a challenge arose. Fostering those relationships made my post-grad experience very positive."
"I mainly used the self-guided resources available in the free Ginger app from CVP. I enjoyed all the different modules, and that the app would recommend different ones to me based on what I said I was interested in. Due to the busy schedule of being a vet student, it was nice to have something I could do to better my mental/emotional health that was quick and didn't have to be scheduled, and I’m grateful that CVP made this available to student colleagues."
"Being a CVP Student Ambassador, I felt like I had an advantage in the veterinary industry having had the opportunity to meet other vet students, and other CVP veterinarians and executives. It was a great way to connect with people in the industry and classmates at other vet schools as well. I think that one of the biggest things for me though, is that it helped me build confidence and reassured me that I wasn't alone in the veterinary world. People talk about how small the veterinary world is, but in reality, when you're a ..."
Dr. Laura Strong brings a lifelong commitment to the well-being of creatures, furry or otherwise, to her role as Director of University Relations.
“Through my years of practice, I felt it was our duty to prepare the next generation of veterinarians. I am excited to work with our hospitals to provide our students with experiences that will set them off on their careers from the moment they graduate.” - Dr. Strong
To learn more about CVP student opportunities, fill out this form to get in touch with our University Relations team