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MENTORS/PARENTS CARRY CGN FLAG
L-R: Joe Valenzuela, Stephanie Smith, ADN to MSN student, Sheri Smith, PA-C ’98, Carl Smith Jr., PA-C ’97, MSN-FNP ’14, Jeffrey Lo, MSN-E student
C to Masters (ADN to MSN) program for
Carl and Sheri Smith attended Western
University of Health Sciences’ Convocation
ambulatory care.
ceremony as students – both graduated from the
“I’m so proud of her. I feel like I’m reconnecting
College of Allied Health Professions’ physician
assistant program. Carl Smith Jr. also recently
it,” Sheri Smith said. “Her coming back, it’s
completed the College of Graduate Nursing’s to this school, although I’ve always felt ties to
Master of Science in Nursing/Family Nurse really strengthened those ties. I never dreamed
Practitioner (MSN/FNP) program. any of our kids would be doing this, especially
going to the same school we went to. It’s
They experienced WesternU’s latest Convocation amazing seeing how much the school has
ceremony on Aug. 9, 2014 in a new light, as grown.”
proud parents and mentors to two incoming
students. Stephanie works as a registered nurse (RN) at St.
Francis Medical Center in Lynwood, Calif. She
Their daughter, Stephanie Smith, entered the earned a bachelor’s degree from Chapman
College of Graduate Nursing’s Associate Degree University and initially looked into becoming a
12 Western University of Health Sciences
L-R: Joe Valenzuela, Stephanie Smith, ADN to MSN student, Sheri Smith, PA-C ’98, Carl Smith Jr., PA-C ’97, MSN-FNP ’14, Jeffrey Lo, MSN-E student
C to Masters (ADN to MSN) program for
Carl and Sheri Smith attended Western
University of Health Sciences’ Convocation
ambulatory care.
ceremony as students – both graduated from the
“I’m so proud of her. I feel like I’m reconnecting
College of Allied Health Professions’ physician
assistant program. Carl Smith Jr. also recently
it,” Sheri Smith said. “Her coming back, it’s
completed the College of Graduate Nursing’s to this school, although I’ve always felt ties to
Master of Science in Nursing/Family Nurse really strengthened those ties. I never dreamed
Practitioner (MSN/FNP) program. any of our kids would be doing this, especially
going to the same school we went to. It’s
They experienced WesternU’s latest Convocation amazing seeing how much the school has
ceremony on Aug. 9, 2014 in a new light, as grown.”
proud parents and mentors to two incoming
students. Stephanie works as a registered nurse (RN) at St.
Francis Medical Center in Lynwood, Calif. She
Their daughter, Stephanie Smith, entered the earned a bachelor’s degree from Chapman
College of Graduate Nursing’s Associate Degree University and initially looked into becoming a
12 Western University of Health Sciences
