Lynn Awarded Full Scholarship To Royal Veterinary College

A student from University Heights Academy has been admitted and accepted a full scholarship to London’s prestigious Royal Veterinary College (RVC).

Gatton Academy reports Gabriella Lynn, a student of the program at Western Kentucky University (WKU), will pursue a joint undergraduate-graduate degree at the RVC. Upon degree completion and successfully passing licensure exams, Lynn will be registered as Member of the Royal Veterinary College and able to practice veterinary medicine in broad swaths of the world, including in the United States, Canada, and throughout Europe.

WKU has actively cultivated a relationship with the RVC over the past two years and one full-ride scholarship is awarded to a graduating member of Gatton Academy each year.

Lynn had a chance to study abroad at Harlaxton during the summer of 2019 and toured the RVC. In the fall of 2019, the RVC admissions team visited WKU Pre-Vet students and met with Lynn again.

Over the past two years at WKU and The Gatton Academy, Lynn has been involved with undergraduate research, the WKU Pre-Vet Club, and completed an externship with Bates Saddlery and has worked at Mansfield Animal Hospital in Hopkinsville.

Lynn’s undergraduate research is mentored by Dr. Jennifer Gill in the WKU Department of Agriculture and Food Sciences. Lynn’s equine work examines a novel way to measure hoof pressure using film. Her research work has been published in the Journal of Equine Veterinary Science and been presented nationally.