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Virga, Vint. The Soul of All Living Creatures: What Animals Can Teach Us About Being Human. Broadway Books, 2014.

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Vint Virga tells stories from his years of being a veterinarian about how animals have impacted his life and the lives of others. He says that striving to perceive life like animals do, we can enrich our own appreciation of life, enhance our character and nurture our relationships. This book shows us how similar we are to animals and how it makes our behaviors meaningful.

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I would use this source in my research because even though it doesn't directly relate to my claim, it relates to why I decided to become a veterinarian. Vint Virga is a very credible author. He has his doctorate in veterinary medicine and he has many years of veterinary experience under his belt. This is a great source to show how much compassion and empathy you have to have to be able to do this job properly. The author tells personal stories from his own veterinary experiences and he shows us how empathetic animals are. He also shows us how personable our pets can be.

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The University of Findlay has a better pre-veterinary medicine/animal science program than The Ohio State University.

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Gray, Kathy. “Vets-to-Be Flourish at Findlay.” Ohio Farm Bureau, 22 Nov. 2022, https://ofbf.org/2022/11/22/university-of-findlay-veterinary-studies/.

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This article shows the need for livestock veterinarians and how The University of Findlay encourages their pre-veterinary students to go into that field or at least go into a mixed practice (livestock and pets). The article also states how many opportunities UF gives their pre-vet students, like having a very hands-on curriculum.

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I'm using this source because it is a good source to show what The University of Findlay has to offer me as a pre-veterinary medicine major. The author (Kathy Gray) is a freelancer, which means that she works for herself. She seems to be a farmer or she's in the agriculture community.

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Conroy, A. B., et al. “Alumni Perspectives of Using a Flipped Classroom and Experiential Learning at a University Dairy Farm.” NACTA Journal, vol. 63, no. 2, 2019, pp. 299–306. JSTOR, https://www.jstor.org/stable/26769654. Accessed 14 Feb. 2023.

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I'm using this source because even though it doesn't talk about the colleges I'm comparing, it supports the fact that having more of a hands-on learning approach is a better way for students to learn. For any science major/subject, doing things with your hands is the best way for the people studying them to understand the content better. This article just proves that fact and really supports my claim.

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Various data gathered here filters back to my claim. For example, "Hands-on type of experiences lead to increased science achievement and cognitive development," (Biermann and Sarinsky 340). Furthermore, these authors conducted many different studies about different science learning/teaching styles and the hands-on approach was the most effective.

In addition, "'The hands-on learning is the most unique part of our program relative to other, larger programs, but it’s also the faculty here and the amount of time they put in working with students, advising them and being available to them,' McCarthy said," (Gray). McCarthy is an authority here as he is the chairman of the Department of Animal and Pre-Veterinary studies at the University of Findlay. In short, most other universities don't have the same level of independence and trust that UF has for their students. Clearly, they teach their students how everything should look and feel and how certain protocols should be done straight out of the gate. Ultimately, this factor alone sets them apart from any other college/university.

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After reviewing all of these sources that I've gathered, even seeing the ones I don't want to include in my research, it's very clear that The University of Findlay has a much better focus on student benefit and success than The Ohio State University does in their animal science/pre-veterinary medicine programs. The hands-on learning out in the field is exactly what other science students(like myself) need when learning new things. I'm very confident in my decision to attend The University of Findlay this upcoming fall.

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“Animal Sciences.” Animal Sciences - The Ohio State University, https://undergrad.osu.edu/majors-and-academics/majors/detail/12.

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This article is straight from The Ohio State University. They're telling us all they have to offer animal science majors and what the benefits are of attending their university.

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I'm using this source to state tOSU's perspective and how they view their animal science program. This gives me a baseline of where to start comparing and contrasting their university with UF.

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“Animal Science​ - ​Pre-Veterinary Medicine​ Option​.” University of Findlay, https://www.findlay.edu/sciences/animal-science/pre-vet.

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This article is straight from The University of Findlay. They're telling us all they have to offer animal science/pre-veterinary medicine majors and what the benefits are of attending their university.

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I'm using this source to state UF's perspective and how they view their animal science/pre-veterinary medicine program. This gives me a baseline of where to start comparing and contrasting their university with tOSU.

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CollegeSimply. “Compare the University of Findlay vs. Ohio State University.” CollegeSimply, https://www.collegesimply.com/colleges/compare/the-university-of-findlay-vs-ohio-state-university-main-campus.

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This article weighs the pros and cons of The University of Findlay and The Ohio State University in total. It looks at every aspect of both universities as a whole and it doesn't dive into any specifics.

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This is a good resource for people who don't know what they want to major in, but they know that they love both of these universities. This isn't a credited website and there's no author listed. It's not specific enough for what I'm researching, so this is a source I'm not going to use.

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Sarinsky, Gary B., and Carol A. Biermann. “The Road to Success—Could It Be Hands-on?: A Comparison Between a Hands-on and a Remediationbased Biology Preparatory Course.” Journal of College Science Teaching, vol. 20, no. 6, 1991, pp. 340–43. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/42985689. Accessed 16 Feb. 2023.

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I'm using this source because even though it doesn't talk about the colleges I'm comparing, it supports the fact that having more of a hands-on learning approach is a better way for students to learn. For any science major/subject, doing things with your hands is the best way for the people studying them to understand the content better. This article just proves that fact and really supports my claim.