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FEATURE
The goal-setting never “Become a health care advocate for all,” Rouse said.
ends. You compassion, “Become part of the access to health care conversation,
your innovation, and not in silos, but in consensus building that is both
your expertise should ethical and professional.”
never stop growing.”
WesternU has a different mindset in terms of how
In all, 960 graduates – a professors and students collaborate and share ideas, said
record total -- CDM graduate Maryam Afifi, DMD ’14.
participated in
WesternU’s five “It has an openness to it that … I don’t think is very
Commencement common in other universities,” she said. “That openness
ceremonies, which also is, you can come and talk to us, you can come and share
included the colleges of things with us. You have more freedom to express what’s
Dental Medicine going on and present ideas. It’s friendly and respectful.”
(CDM), Graduate At the ceremony for the colleges of Graduate Nursing
Nursing (CGN), and Optometry, Howard Kahn, MBA, Chief Executive
Optometry (CO), Officer for
Osteopathic Medicine L.A. Care
(COMP), Pharmacy (COP) and Veterinary Medicine Health
(CVM), as well as the Graduate College of Biomedical Plan,
Sciences (GCBS).
asked
Of special note was the 3,000th graduate from the graduates
College of Allied Health Professions. to think
back to
CAHP graduate Chardonnay Shinn, MSPA ’14, is one of the time
many WesternU graduates entering primary care – family in their
medicine, in her case. life when
they
“I’m going into family medicine because of the variety decided to
you get with it as opposed to any kind of specialty,” she embark on
said. “It helps you master the skills of everything you a career in
learned.” health
care. He
Leo Rouse, DDS, FACD, Professor of Clinical Dentistry,
Interim Deputy Provost for Health Sciences and Dean, said he
Howard University College of Dentistry, provided “Pearls hoped
of Wisdom” to help guide CDM and COP graduates in that for all
their careers. He asked them to give back to WesternU, to of them, it
remain humble, and to continue the conversation about was an “a ha!” moment that meant they planned to
interprofessional, collaborative practice. He also urged pursue a passion rather than a paycheck.
each graduate to work with their colleagues to improve “There are distinct differences between a job and a career,
health care. and a career and a passion. I could tell the difference,
Continued on page 6
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The goal-setting never “Become a health care advocate for all,” Rouse said.
ends. You compassion, “Become part of the access to health care conversation,
your innovation, and not in silos, but in consensus building that is both
your expertise should ethical and professional.”
never stop growing.”
WesternU has a different mindset in terms of how
In all, 960 graduates – a professors and students collaborate and share ideas, said
record total -- CDM graduate Maryam Afifi, DMD ’14.
participated in
WesternU’s five “It has an openness to it that … I don’t think is very
Commencement common in other universities,” she said. “That openness
ceremonies, which also is, you can come and talk to us, you can come and share
included the colleges of things with us. You have more freedom to express what’s
Dental Medicine going on and present ideas. It’s friendly and respectful.”
(CDM), Graduate At the ceremony for the colleges of Graduate Nursing
Nursing (CGN), and Optometry, Howard Kahn, MBA, Chief Executive
Optometry (CO), Officer for
Osteopathic Medicine L.A. Care
(COMP), Pharmacy (COP) and Veterinary Medicine Health
(CVM), as well as the Graduate College of Biomedical Plan,
Sciences (GCBS).
asked
Of special note was the 3,000th graduate from the graduates
College of Allied Health Professions. to think
back to
CAHP graduate Chardonnay Shinn, MSPA ’14, is one of the time
many WesternU graduates entering primary care – family in their
medicine, in her case. life when
they
“I’m going into family medicine because of the variety decided to
you get with it as opposed to any kind of specialty,” she embark on
said. “It helps you master the skills of everything you a career in
learned.” health
care. He
Leo Rouse, DDS, FACD, Professor of Clinical Dentistry,
Interim Deputy Provost for Health Sciences and Dean, said he
Howard University College of Dentistry, provided “Pearls hoped
of Wisdom” to help guide CDM and COP graduates in that for all
their careers. He asked them to give back to WesternU, to of them, it
remain humble, and to continue the conversation about was an “a ha!” moment that meant they planned to
interprofessional, collaborative practice. He also urged pursue a passion rather than a paycheck.
each graduate to work with their colleagues to improve “There are distinct differences between a job and a career,
health care. and a career and a passion. I could tell the difference,
Continued on page 6
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