“As we all know, life gives us challenges that we don’t have the control over that we wish we did,” said Fink. I just feel overwhelmed with respect and affection for the-probably 600 students-that I’ve known over the years.”įink, who has earned degrees from Wesleyan University, Harvard University and the University of Maine, insists his decision to retire was not a planned event, but holds optimism for the future. Saying all of that, the number one benefit I would say is the students that we’ve had. We call her the ‘graduate goddess.’ She just works so well with our students. “The staff support we have, particularly Cathy Higley, the administrative assistant for graduate programs, should be mentioned prominently in any interview of our program,” he added.
The colleagues that I’ve known over the years have been a tremendous benefit to me and the college’s general climate of, as you well know, friendliness and interpersonal closeness, caring, commitment-all of that has been a benefit. “This has been a perfect fit for me professionally in terms of being able to be involved not only with our master’s program, but also in our Behavioral Sciences Department,” said Fink. David Fink, professor of counseling and psychology at JSC, will be retiring at the end of the semester after 28 years of teaching core courses in JSC’s master’s degree program in addition to being the program’s coordinator since 2003.įink’s work since joining JSC’s Behavioral Sciences Department in 1989 has involved supervising his counseling students’ fieldwork through their internships, while also working closely with the undergraduate psychology program.Īfter a long tenure with the college, Fink says he has greatly benefitted from the close-knit environment JSC has provided him with for his work.
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