Alaska’s First Veterinary Technician Degree Program is Coming to Mat-Su College

A new Mat-Su College course is intended to remedy a statewide shortage of veterinary technicians through Alaska’s first degree program, scheduled to start in September. The new University of Alaska Anchorage program at the Mat-Su College campus will run 2 1/2 years or six semesters and is open to 16 students, said professor Dr. Judith Montalbano, who has worked at private clinics in the Mat-Su and helps oversee the college’s current veterinary assisting certification program. The application deadline is March 1. All classes will be in-person in Mat-Su, she said.

Read the Anchorage Daily News feature here.

Source: Austin Osborne, Director. UAA Department of Marketing & Communications.