CHS students recite the Pledge of Commitment at their White Coat Ceremony Aug. 6. |
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MSN-E students don their coats at the CGN White Coat Ceremony Aug. 7. |
Welcome Week 2021
Western University of Health Sciences welcomed more than 1,100 students to its Pomona, California and Lebanon, Oregon campuses Aug. 2-7, 2021. Several colleges capped Welcome Week events with white coat ceremonies, cloaking students in their first white lab coat to signify their entry into the health professions. Visit WesternU's Facebook and Instagram accounts to see more, and look for additional coverage at www.westernu.edu later this week.
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COMP student Nisar Sheren (left) tries on a white coat as fellow student Ira Glassman looks on. |
CDM students walk with their supplies on the Esplanade. |
First-year CO students prepare to listen to a panel of second and third-year students share their experiences and insight. |
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CVM held white coat ceremonies for the classes of 2024 and 2025 on Aug. 7. |
COP students prepare for their White Coat Ceremony Aug. 7. |
CPM students pick up their white coats and equipment outside the new WesternU Bookstore location in Pomona on Aug. 5. |
COMP-Northwest hosted an Amazing Race style ice breaker event for the incoming Class of 2025 on Aug. 4. |
GCBS students walk the Esplanade during Welcome Week. |
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WesternU Giving Day
Mark your calendars! On Tuesday, September 7, we’re celebrating 24 hours of giving to raise funds for our amazing WesternU students. Join alumni, friends, faculty, staff, and other supporters in making a commitment to support our future health care professionals on WesternU Giving Day. It doesn’t matter how much you give, it’s that you give. Be all in for students. Every person, any amount! To give today or learn more, visit the WesternU Giving Day webpage.
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Telecommuting Agreements
Human Resources (HR) has collaborated with IT’s SharePoint team to create an upload site titled Telecommuting Agreement Upload Site. On this SharePoint site, employees can upload their signed Telecommuting Agreement. HR and Payroll will have access to the site to ensure correct stipends are issued and the arrangements can be logged for record keeping. |
This week’s CETL Staff & Faculty development opportunities:
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From COMP and COMP-Northwest:
Second-year COMP students Ryan Burd and Jared Cayton presented their research at the American Society of Parasitologists annual meeting July 26-27 (online platform).
This society is the North American meeting of parasitologists and includes the U.S., Canada, and Mexico. Burd and Cayton received the WesternU summer student fellowship, which has supported their efforts this summer. They started this project in November 2020 as an entirely virtual bioinformatics project. Burd and Cayton are now working on writing up their work for publication.
"Characterization of the highly diverse genomic regions of an important African vector of schistosomiasis."
Ryan Burd, Jared Cayton, COMP-Northwest Postdoctoral Fellow Tom Pennance, Jacob A Tennessen, Fredrick Rawago, Maurice Odiere, George Owino, COMP-Northwest Associate Professor Michelle L. Steinauer, PhD.
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From the College of Veterinary Medicine:
CVM faculty members Annika Linde, DVM, PhD, MPH, Tonatiuh Melgarejo, DVM, MS, PhD, Brian B. Oakley, PhD, and VSRP alumnus Adam Krantz, DVM Class of 2022, in collaboration with Janina A. Krumbeck, PhD, and Shuiquan Tang, PhD, of MiDOG LLC in Irvine, California, published a clinical research study that established the composition and relative representation of the urinary bacterial and fungal microbiomes in 50 clinically healthy companion dogs.
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Welcome
Please welcome the following recent hires to WesternU:
CVM: Jianghai Wang, Postdoctoral Fellow
Facilities and Physical Plant: Maria Diaz Amezcua, Maintenance Attendant
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