Special to WROY/WRUL News
URBANA – Alaina Lamp, daughter of Mr. Eric Gibbs of Union Mills, North Carolina, and spouse to John Lamp of Carmi, Illinois, graduated from the University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine with a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree in May 2025. The college is one of only 34 accredited veterinary schools in the United States.
Dr. Lamp and her fellow graduates in the Class of 2025 were educated under an innovative veterinary curriculum pioneered at Illinois. The Illinois curriculum focuses on integrating the clinical skills and basic sciences relevant to veterinary practice throughout the four-year doctoral degree program. Students in the Illinois program, unlike those in other veterinary curricula, spend 15 weeks during the first two years of study embedded in veterinary practice areas and practicing clinical skills in an extensive learning center equipped with models and simulations.
Dr. Lamp graduated from Benton Consolidated High School in Benton, Illinois, in 2015. She obtained her bachelor’s degree from Murray State University in Murray, Kentucky, in 2019.
Dr. Lamp has accepted a position at Thompsonville Veterinary Clinic in Thompsonville, Illinois.
Editor’s note: Photos and a feature article about Dr. Lamp can be found at https://vetmed.illinois.edu/2025/05/15/alaina-lamp-farm-animals/
