CDC Enhances
Graduate and Professional School Advising
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Dr.
Katya King
(photo by Donna Cote) |
The Career
Development Center will provide even greater support to MHC students
who
wish to pursue graduate and professional school.
Katerina “Katya” King, associate director of the CDC
and director for graduate and professional school advising, will
lead the College’s stepped-up efforts. Joining King’s
team is David Gardner, assistant director for prehealth and science
careers advising. Both King and Gardner will work closely with
individual faculty and standing faculty committees, as well as
the Alumnae Association and alumnae volunteers.
King was formerly
the assistant director for fellowships and scholarships, and
her duties continue to include administering major fellowships,
such as the Marshall, Goldwater, Truman, and Fulbright. In this
capacity, King will continue to work closely with the Faculty
Committee
on Fellowships, chaired by associate professor of astronomy Darby
Dyar. She is also responsible for advising prelaw students and
students applying to graduate school. Both King and Gardner are
available to all students exploring graduate or professional
study.
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Dr.
David Gardner
(photo by Donna Cote) |
Gardner is
responsible for advising students interested in pursuing professional
and graduate training in all areas of
health, including
medicine, veterinary medicine, dentistry, and other fields;
helping students obtain clinical internships and research experiences;
and assisting with applications for graduate fellowships. Gardner
will support the work of the Faculty Committee on the Health
Professions, chaired by associate professor of biological sciences
Sarah Bacon ‘87.
Gardner will also develop a liaison program with faculty in
the sciences to provide support for students seeking nonhealth-related
science careers.
King was born
in Prague, Czechoslovakia, and emigrated to Sweden
with her mother at the age of 11. At 19, she moved to Montreal,
Canada. She received her B.A. from McGill University and
her Ph.D. in Slavic languages and literatures from Harvard University.
Before
moving to South Hadley, she taught at Cornell University
for
two years. She and her husband, Jeremy, who is an associate
professor of history at Mount Holyoke, have three children:
Josephine,
7,
Theo, 5, and Felix, 3.
Originally
from Massachusetts, Gardner received his B.S. from Trinity College
in Hartford and his Ph.D.
from Duke
University.
He is pleased
to be back in New England after spending ten years as a
biology professor at Roanoke College in Salem, Virginia, where
he
was also chair of the premed advising committee. Gardner
is an
officer in
the U.S. Coast Guard Reserve and has many years of experience
in shipboard operations, search and rescue, and international
exercise
planning. He and his wife, Bridget, who graduated from
Mount Holyoke in 1981, have two sons—Nathan, 10, and Benjamin,
9.
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