Alumni News & Success Stories - Pacific College /news/tag/alumni Pacific College of Health and Science Fri, 25 Oct 2024 10:26:03 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.2 /wp-content/uploads/2020/09/cropped-PCHS_Icon_Gradient-1-32x32.png Alumni News & Success Stories - Pacific College /news/tag/alumni 32 32 After Pacific: New Alumni/Faculty Reflection by Quilvio Rodriguez /news/alumni-spotlight/2020/11/16/after-pacific-new-alumni-faculty-reflection-by-quilvio-rodriguez Mon, 16 Nov 2020 21:34:09 +0000 /?p=13166 A story of how holistic nursing changed my life, By Quilvio Rodriguez PMHNP-BC, MSN, HNB-BC, BSN, RN  Welcome new and returning students to Pacific College of Health and Science’s (PCHS) Holistic Nursing program. I am delighted and honored to have been invited to teach after graduating from the RN-BSN program in 2018. In this submission, …

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]]> Nursing Program Alumni and Student Highlights – August 2020 /news/alumni-spotlight/2020/08/07/nursing-program-alumni-and-student-highlights-august-2020 Fri, 07 Aug 2020 22:37:52 +0000 /?p=12481 Pacific College’s nursing program wishes to recognize those members of its nursing program family who are inspiring to us all! We spotlight current student Jennifer Ferguson and alumnae Sara Choi, Lynn Vance, and Fernanda Durlene. Alumni Highlight: Sara Choi, BSN, RN, CEN, HNB-BC, IHWC-BC Here is what I’ve been up to recently. I have attached some …

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]]> How to Market Yourself and Your Practice /news/blog/2016/05/27/how-to-market-yourself-and-your-practice Fri, 27 May 2016 15:47:00 +0000 http://0 Marketing your practice doesn’t have to be difficult. Get started with these tips!

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]]> Oh, The Places You’ll Go! /news/blog/2016/03/05/oh-the-places-youll-go Sat, 05 Mar 2016 01:02:20 +0000 http://0 Have you ever wondered what unique job opportunities there are for acupuncturists? Here are 3 examples of unusual environments where you can excel in your practice: Travel the World on a Cruise Ship: Acupuncture at Sea with Karas Smith After graduating from PCOM in May 2014 with her Master’s in Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine, Karas Smith …

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]]> Acupuncture at Sea with Karas Smith /news/blog/2016/02/03/acupuncture-at-sea-with-karas-smith Wed, 03 Feb 2016 18:34:30 +0000 http://0 After graduating from PCOM in May 2014 with her Master’s in Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine, Karas Smith set out to work as an acupuncturist on board a Royal Caribbean cruise ship. The Journey to Acupuncture at Sea What got you interested in doing acupuncture at sea? I was interested in the idea of working without …

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]]> Naomi C. Broering Hispanic Heritage Award/Grant /news/in-the-news/2015/08/03/naomi-c-broering-hispanic-heritage-awardgrant Mon, 03 Aug 2015 19:17:37 +0000 http://0 On May 18, 2015, Naomi C. Broering, PCOM’s Dean of Libraries, received the Medical Library Association’s (MLA) first Hispanic heritage award at the annual MLA conference in Austin, Texas. Named the Naomi C. Broering Hispanic Heritage Award, the award honors and recognizes her past accomplishments in medical librarianship and library informatics. Naomi has a long …

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]]> PCOM Staff, Faculty and Alumni Giving Back to Veterans /news/blog/2015/04/25/pcom-staff-faculty-and-alumni-giving-back-to-veterans Sat, 25 Apr 2015 00:00:00 +0000 http://0 The heart of a healer is filled with compassion and the desire to serve. The heart of a warrior is filled with honor and the desire to serve. These two worlds come together at PCOM.  Some of our current students, alumni, and staff are veterans themselves.  Giving back to the community is not just about …

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]]> Graduate to Greatness Series Part 1: You’ve Graduated! First Steps to Setting up Shop /news/blog/2015/04/24/graduate-greatness-series-part-1-youve-graduated-first-steps-setting-up-shop Fri, 24 Apr 2015 07:00:00 +0000 http://0 You graduate with your acupuncture or massage therapy degree and are ready to take on the world. You are skilled and enthusiastic to make a name (and some money) for yourself in a career that helps people to feel great. But how do you put your education into practice? What steps do you need to …

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]]> A PCOM Alumnus’ Calling: The Himalaya Project /news/blog/2015/03/16/a-pcom-alumnus%e2%80%99-calling-the-himalaya-project Mon, 16 Mar 2015 00:00:00 +0000 http://0 When Mark Sobralske graduated from Pacific College of Oriental Medicine, Chicago and went to Kathmandu to volunteer in an integrative medical clinic, he anticipated gaining acupuncture and herbal medicine experience, deepening his Buddhist meditation practice, and certainly finding a little adventure. Mark didn’t anticipate founding a Tibetan medicine school for youths in the remote Nepali …

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]]> A Pacific College Alumna Works with Acupuncturists Without Borders to Assist Victims of Joplin’s To /news/blog/2015/02/08/a-pacific-college-alumna-works-with-acupuncturists-without-borders-to-assist-victims-of-joplin%e2%80%99s-to Sun, 08 Feb 2015 00:00:00 +0000 http://0 Marianne Chalmers, a 2010 Pacific College of Oriental Medicine New York alumna, lives 90 minutes away from Joplin, Missouri, where a tornado struck on May 22, 2011, leaving a devasting path of destruction in its wake. According to National Weather Service records, the recent Joplin tornado was the deadliest twister in more than 60 years. …

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