Year: 2021

All seven of PNWU’s enlisted fourth-year Osteopathic Medical Students were selected for their first-choice residency programs, clearing the way for them to continue fulfilling their long-term service aspirations. Each March, thousands of fourth-year medical students showcase their highest qualities as they apply for the residency positions of their dreams. For medical students enlisted in the…Continue Reading “My Dream Job:” PNWU Students Achieve Perfect Military Match

As you consider your final gifts of the 2021 tax year, thank you for remembering Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences! Every gift helps fulfill our mission and vision to educate and train health care professionals throughout the Northwest. With your help, PNWU can achieve its vision of revolutionizing community health. Tax Savings Expiring! A…Continue Reading 2021 Year-End Giving

As Parliamentarian of the nation’s longest-standing and largest independent network of osteopathic medical students, Student Doctor Ketchum will help to advocate for the collective interests of more than 15,000 of her osteopathic peers. Monica Ketchum, OMS III, was recently elected as Parliamentarian of the Student Osteopathic Medical Association (SOMA), the student arm of the American…Continue Reading Monica Ketchum, OMS III, Elected as SOMA’s National Parliamentarian

The typically silent Friday night foyer of Butler-Haney Hall echoed with cheers, whistles, claps and howls of laughter on November 30. Just steps away, in a space dominated by complex lectures and stressful tests, Student Doctor Jem Ostrea’s fingertips left the strings of her guitar, and the audience gathered for PNWU’s student-led talent show erupted…Continue Reading PNWU Community Showcases Often-Unseen Skills in Student-Led Talent Show

The health sciences university’s inaugural class of 50 Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) students is slated to begin this summer.   For Immediate Release: (Yakima, WA) — Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences (PNWU) is now accepting applications to join its inaugural Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) class. The DPT program is expected to welcome up to…Continue Reading PNWU Now Accepting Physical Therapy Students

Angela Felker MacCabe, PT, DPT, PhD, recently presented at the American Physical Therapy Association’s Educational Leadership Conference 2021, which was hosted in Atlanta, GA, from Oct. 22-24. Dr. MacCabe, who joined PNWU in 2020 as an associate professor in the university’s developing School of Physical Therapy, presented on two research projects within the scholarship of teaching and learning….Continue Reading Dr. MacCabe Presents at National PT Education Leadership Conference

Two mission-centric resolutions authored by PNWU students were recently passed at the Osteopathic Medical Education Conference’s (OMED’s) House of Delegates. PNWU Student Doctors Jenna Seeley, Victoria Sefcsik, Polly Wiltz-Medina, Monica Ketchum, Dannica Thornton, Kendra Swope, Tsaina Mahlen, Angie Yossef, and Nalee Little all participated in the vision-defining advocacy work, which led to the passing of…Continue Reading PNWU Students Pass Two Mission-Centric Resolutions at OMED’s House of Delegates

A collection of PNWU student doctors and one PNWU alum were recently recognized for their outstanding academic research at the Foundation for Osteopathic Medicine’s (FOEM’s) 2021 Academic Research Competition. Four representatives of PNWU’s College of Osteopathic Medicine (COM), including three current student doctors and one COM graduate, were selected to receive a total of six…Continue Reading PNWU Shines in National Osteopathic Academic Research Competition