Important Points about Dues:

• Dues should be turned into the SCAVMA lockbox (far right of student mailboxes). The 2008 deadline is Friday, Sept. 26th at 5:00p.
• All checks should be made out to "SCAVMA" and have your correct name on the check. Please indicate what the check is for (e.g. Scavma dues or Scavma dues + JAVMA journal).
• For 2008, join MVMA and save $$! A check in the amount of $140 should made out to SCAVMA and placed in the SCAVMA lockbox. The check for MVMA dues ($45) needs to be mailed with your application for to the MVMA office.
• The cheapest and easiest way to join SCAVMA is to pay dues for all 4-years as a first-year during the membership sign-up period.
• If you are paying yearly, you do need to pay dues ($65) each year you want to be a SCAVMA member, including your fourth year.
• If you are in an extended program, you do not need to pay "extra dues." If you have questions about this, please contact Ryan Carpenter at scavmamemberchair@cvm.msu.edu
• There has been a change in our dues structure, effective for class of 2012. For more information, consult the constitution excert below.

From the SCAVMA Constitiution...

Article IX - Dues

A. Dues shall be assessed according to the following schedule:

1. For the classes of 2009, 2010 and 2011:

a. Total dues shall be $120. The total amount may be submitted in one payment any time prior to the end of the membership sign up of a student’s third year in the program. Although they are welcome at meetings and functions (paying a fee if necessary), no fourth year students may sign up to be a SCAVMA member.

b. Dues may also be submitted at the rate of $60/year for the first three years of the curriculum. The third payment must be made by the end of the membership sign up period of the third year of the professional program. The above payment plan must be initiated in the first year of vet school during the membership sign up period. Students joining after this time must pay the full amount of $120.

2. Effective Sept. 2008, beginning with the class of 2012.

a. Dues paid as a single payment at the beginning of the professional program will be assessed at $35.00 per year for a total of $140.00.

b. Dues paid on a yearly basis will be assessed at $65.00 per year.

B. Students may only join SCAVMA during the membership sign-up period, which is held during the first month of each academic school each year.

C. Payment of dues is required to be considered a “member in good standing” by the Student Chapter.

D. Dues assessed to a student in an approved extended program will not exceed those assessed to students in the regular four-year curriculum.