Moczarnik Receives Doctor of Veterinary Medicine Degree

URBANA - Jennifer Moczarnik, daughter of Mr. Dennis and Mrs. Roseann Moczarnik of Bartlett, Ill., graduated from the University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine with a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree on May 12. The College is one of only 28 veterinary schools in the United States.

Dr. Moczarnik and her fellow graduates in the Class of 2013 were the first to be educated under an innovative veterinary curriculum pioneered at Illinois. The new curriculum focused 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. Moczarnik will practice veterinary medicine at VCA Aurora Animal Hospital and VCA Berwyn Animal Hospital in Illinois as a small animal medicine and surgery intern.

Dr. Moczarnik graduated from Bartlett High School, in Bartlett, Ill., in 2005. She is also a graduate of the University of Illinois, in Urbana-Champaign, Ill., earning a bachelor of science degree in animal science in 2009.