WesternU receives $2.5 million grant for nurse practitioner, PA training

By Rodney Tanaka • Alumni, Featured Story, Graduate Nursing

Western University of Health Sciences (WesternU) is introducing a program in October 2021 that will provide vital training to nurse practitioners and physician assistants as they transition from graduates to …
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1 month ago

WesternU welcomes 1,100 students into the health professions

By Rodney Tanaka • Alumni, Osteopathic Medicine - NWT, Veterinary Medicine

Western University of Health Sciences welcomed more than 1,100 students to its Pomona, California and Lebanon, Oregon campuses with a mixture of virtual presentations and in-person events during Welcome Week …
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3 months ago

WesternU names Sylvia Manning as Interim President

By Jeff Keating • Alumni, Osteopathic Medicine - NWT, RSS Feed

The Board of Trustees of Western University of Health Sciences (WesternU) is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Sylvia Manning as the Interim President of the University, effective July …
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4 months ago

WesternU celebrates the achievements, resilience of the Class of 2021

By Rodney Tanaka and Jeff Malet • Alumni, Osteopathic Medicine, Veterinary Medicine

Western University of Health Sciences celebrated the accomplishments of about 1,100 graduates in 11 virtual Commencement ceremonies held May 17-21, 2021.
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4 months ago

WesternU Commencement to feature keynote speaker Dr. David M. Carlisle

By Rodney Tanaka • Alumni, Commencement 2021, COVID-19

Western University of Health Sciences will celebrate the accomplishments of about 1,100 graduates with a weeklong series of online Commencement ceremonies May 17-21, 2021.

WesternU invited a longtime friend and …
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5 months ago

WesternU COMP-Northwest student helps rescue people who crashed into a creek

By Jeff Malet • Alumni, Osteopathic Medicine - NWT, Prospective Students

Jacob Fletcher – who will graduate from Western University of Health Sciences College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific-Northwest (COMP-Northwest) on May 21, 2021 – is being called a hero …
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5 months ago

WesternU students learn to administer COVID-19 vaccinations from a nursing professor

By Jeff Malet • Alumni, COVID-19, Dental Medicine

To combat the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) expanded the list of health professions students who can administer vaccines. Western University of Health Sciences is …
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5 months ago

WesternU students, faculty volunteer for COVID-19 vaccine distribution

By Rodney Tanaka • Alumni, COVID-19, COVID-19 relief efforts

The WesternU Health Vaccine Clinic is now in full swing, but this is not the only way Western University of Health Sciences faculty and students are helping to vaccinate the …
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6 months ago

A first for WesternU, two Black student doctors Match into the highly competitive urology specialty

By Jeff Malet • Alumni, Osteopathic Medicine, Osteopathic Medicine - NWT

Two Black student doctors from Western University of Health Sciences matched into urology, a feat that hasn’t happened in the nearly 45-year history of the University and the programs they …
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6 months ago

WesternU CPM celebrates Class of 2021 student doctors during Match Day

By Jeff Malet • Alumni, Podiatric Medicine, WesternU General

Student doctors from Western University of Health Sciences College of Podiatric Medicine (CPM) held a virtual Match Day celebration Friday, March 19, 2021, learning where they will complete their post-graduate …
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