On Friday, April 4, PNWU will host our annual Residency Fair. Set to take place from noon to 2 p.m. in the Grand Foyer of Butler-Haney Hall, this year’s event will welcome over 25 residency programs from across the region, providing students with an invaluable opportunity to connect with program directors, faculty, and current residents….Continue Reading Meet Your Future Residency Program at PNWU’s 2025 Residency Fair
The celebrations honored 178 PNWU Health Sciences graduates, who join over 1,500 PNWU alumni in service to rural and medically underserved communities of the Pacific Northwest. On Saturday, May 18, 2024, Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences (PNWU) hosted the Thirteenth Annual PNWU Commencement Ceremony, live from Yakima’s historic Capitol Theatre. The celebration honored PNWU’s…Continue Reading PNWU Hosts Thirteenth Annual Commencement Ceremonies Live from Yakima’s Capitol Theatre
In our last eNewsletter, we shared the launch of our faculty hiring process. Recruiting high-quality faculty will drive excellence in our academic program. We recognize faculty’s critical role in shaping our school’s future and enhancing the overall experience for our students and community. To guide our process, we have developed a comprehensive hiring plan. The…Continue Reading Fall Update on Faculty Hiring
Happy Autumn! It is hard to believe the summer is over, the days are getting shorter, and the year will be turning anew before we know it! I hope you have enjoyed our quarterly newsletter. We enjoy putting it together and sharing our progress towards welcoming our first class in August 2025. By the time…Continue Reading Fall Update from Dr. Panagakos
PNWU-SDM has hired a Director of Student Success and Engagement! Lolinda Turner is the newly appointed Director of Student Success and Engagement at PNWU-SDM. She is also a Registered Dental Assistant with over 20 years of experience and a DEI Practitioner. Ms. Turner is the 2023 Puget Sound Business Journal Healthcare Hero and Delta Dental…Continue Reading New PNWU-SDM Team Member
PNWU-SDM’s Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs, Dr. Robin Reinke, joined the team in June 2023. Dr. Reinke was born and raised in Tacoma, WA. She received her B.S. in Biology from the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma and then her D.D.S. from the University of Washington School of Dentistry in Seattle, WA. Dr. Reinke…Continue Reading Team Spotlight: Dr. Robin Reinke, Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs
This summer, a group of professors and students from PNWU ventured to Uganda for an enriching two-week experience in health sciences education. Led by Dr. Julie Randolph Habecker, PNWU’s Division Chief of Pathology, and Dr. Jeanne Rupert, Assistant Dean for Clinical Education, six first-year PNWU-COM students embarked on a trip to Kampala, Uganda as part…Continue Reading PNWU-COM Students and Faculty Embark on Educational Journey to Uganda
Students and faculty from our School of Physical Therapy (SOPT) recently teamed up for a pair of back-to-back July weekends in support of two local organizations focused on the health of individuals from both ends of the aging spectrum. In mid-July, PNWU-SOPT representatives gathered about 20 adaptive bikes and trikes and headed for Children’s Village’s…Continue Reading School of Physical Therapy Representatives Lend Support to Local Organizations
Although we are a little over two years away from our first students arriving on campus, it is critical that the School of Dental Medicine begin its recruitment of faculty and staff. In June, we kicked off this effort by participating in the Pacific Northwest Dental Conference (PNDC) meeting, hosting a booth to provide information…Continue Reading SDM Faculty and Staff Recruitment
Dr. David Klingman, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, PNWU-SDM PNWU-SDM’s Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Dr. David Klingman, joined the team in May 2023. Dr. Klingman was born and grew up near West Point NY and attended college at the State University of New York at Stony Brook, majoring in Biochemistry and minoring in Linguistics….Continue Reading SDM Team Spotlight