Academic Advisors & Student Support
Drop-in Advising Hours: Monday - Friday, 9am - 10am

Justine Garcia
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Hello! My name is Justine Garcia and I am an Academic Advisor for Pre-Nursing students in the Mark and Robyn Jones College of Nursing! I help students with course planning, application timelines, and anything else they might need. It's great to be back at my alma mater! I was born and raised in Santa Cruz, California, and I've been visiting Montana every year since I was born, so I knew this is where I wanted to go to school. I graduated from MSU with a degree in History and spent 3 seasons working for the National Park Service as a Ranger, giving historic tours and meeting people from all over the world! I came back to MSU looking for a steadier career and the chance to settle down, and this job is a great fit. When not at work, I'm visiting historic sites and National Parks, hiking, reading, working with the Extreme History Project, playing Dungeons and Dragons, and spending time with my fiancée and friends.

Jenna Kane
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Hi! My name is Jenna Kane and I am a Pre-Nursing Academic Advisor for the Mark and Robyn Jones College of Nursing. My background includes working in Journalism, Public Relations, Marketing, mainly within athletics, and now Higher Education. Outside of work, I enjoy hiking, playing tennis, reading, traveling and spending time with adorable pup, Tula. As an advisor, I enjoy being able to create an environment for students to feel comfortable sharing the successes, challenges, or obstacles they might be facing. I consider myself very lucky to get to work with future Bobcat nurses who will change our community and world for the better!
If you are a prospective nursing student completing pre-nursing from another college and have any questions about MSU, application to the nursing program or credit equivalencies please reach out to nursing@montana.edu
After official acceptance and placement into the nursing program students will be assigned a faculty advisor on their campuses. This advisor assignment will be reflected in your DegreeWorks. If you have any questions about your faculty advisor, please reach out to the Campus Director on your campus:
Billings
Debbie Fischer, MS, RN
406-657-1770
Bozeman
Kim Kusak, M.N.
(406) 994-7506
Great Falls
Dr. Susan Luparell
(406) 771-4459
Kalispell
Dr. Kaki Mendius
(406) 751-6969
Missoula
Dr. Tracey Koch
(406) 243-5609
