My name is Katy Browne and I’m originally from New Jersey. I moved to Raleigh to go to North Carolina State University and I am now a member of the Mizzou CVM Class of 2023.

I got the majority of my veterinary hours at a family owned, local, mixed animal practice in NJ where I worked for two and a half years and made really close connections with the veterinarians there. I mostly worked with small animals, but also rode along on farm calls. I moved to Raleigh in 2016 for school and worked at the clinic over the summers and on breaks. I graduated NCSU in Spring of 2019 with a major in Animal Sciences and a concentration in Veterinary Biosciences. I graduated a year early because I entered NCSU with a lot of credits from my high school’s Dual Enrollment program. Since I obtained many small animal veterinary hours in NJ on summer and winter breaks, I focused my semesters on maintaining a competitive GPA and diversifying my experiences.

I worked as a VetPAC Intern during my sophomore year at NCSU and was the High School Outreach Coordinator. During this time, I also joined Turtle Rescue Team and Feed the Pack Food Pantry. I worked as an undergraduate research assistant in an epidemiology laboratory at NCSU’s vet school from January of 2018 until August of 2019. I also attended the ANS 495: Wildlife Management and Conservation in South Africa study abroad program in Limpopo, South Africa during the summer of 2018. In the fall of 2018, I was a teaching assistant for Dr. Trivedi’s ANS 205 course.

My experiences helped me decide that I do not want to work with large animals or in a research facility. I hope to work in the emergency medicine field after vet school, focusing on small and exotic animals.

Veterinary Experience:

Mixed animal clinic (NJ)

Wild game mobile practice (South Africa)

Turtle Rescue Team

Epidemiology research

Animal Experience:

Pet Sitting

Animal Shelter Volunteer

Mice Husbandry

Honors/Awards:

Summa Cum Laude

Greenwich Angels Scholarship Recipient

Dean’s List

Feed the Pack Volunteer of the Month

ASAS Undergraduate Achievement Award

Guest Speaker at Pre-Vet First Year Orientation

Invited to join Phi Sigma Theta & Golden Key International Honour Society

Extracurriculars:

Feed the Pack volunteer and ambassador

ANS 205 Teaching Assistant

Grocery store employee

Intramural Sports (dodgeball, ultimate frisbee)

Premier Boxing course

NCVC Attendant 2017

Miracle League volunteer

Tutoring Pre-Calculus

Lacrosse Team Captain