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She added, with a smile, “Dissecting a cow eye piqued my
interest in optometry.”
She graduated from Palomares as valedictorian in 2015.
Now a junior at Pitzer College, she returned to WesternU
in summer 2017 as part of the Summer Health Professions
Education Program (SHPEP).
Graduation ceremony at
Pitzer College in Claremont. Sin is one of two students who graduated from PHCL and
completed the six-week SHPEP program at WesternU.
Genna Hampton, a junior at the University of La Verne,
also completed the program.
SHPEP encourages underrepresented students to enter
health professions. WesternU was one of 13 institutions
nationwide that hosted the program.
Palomares Principal and PHCL Director Dr. Camille
Ramos-Beal said the work she does for the school and the
program has been symbiotic, because it helps support the
local community by providing resources, activities, and
Crystal participated in a podiatry rotation
getting hands-on experience wearing scrubs opportunities for young people to pursue their interests in
and practicing suturing on a banana. the health sciences and medical fields.
“I believe that through the connections and opportunities
at Palomares and PHCL, Crystal was engaged with
WesternU and industry partners in a way that other
traditional high school settings are not able to,” Dr.
Ramos-Beal said. “I am looking forward to the ways that
our organizations will continue to cultivate and develop
the talent that is in our community. As William Butler Yeats
said, ‘Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting
of a fire.’
“By offering different opportunities to our students, we
stoke student interest to grow into passion,” she added.
Sin said Ramos-Beal always supported her in her scientific
pursuits, and kept her informed about health-related
events.
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The College of Graduate Nursing is teaching students to focus on future health care delivery within
a vulnerable population health orientation. Further, students and faculty are developing
interprofessional projects addressing chronic disease management models that improve the health of
patients and the population. We are looking forward to a stellar year!
– Mary Lopez, PhD, RN
Dean, College of Graduate Nursing
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interest in optometry.”
She graduated from Palomares as valedictorian in 2015.
Now a junior at Pitzer College, she returned to WesternU
in summer 2017 as part of the Summer Health Professions
Education Program (SHPEP).
Graduation ceremony at
Pitzer College in Claremont. Sin is one of two students who graduated from PHCL and
completed the six-week SHPEP program at WesternU.
Genna Hampton, a junior at the University of La Verne,
also completed the program.
SHPEP encourages underrepresented students to enter
health professions. WesternU was one of 13 institutions
nationwide that hosted the program.
Palomares Principal and PHCL Director Dr. Camille
Ramos-Beal said the work she does for the school and the
program has been symbiotic, because it helps support the
local community by providing resources, activities, and
Crystal participated in a podiatry rotation
getting hands-on experience wearing scrubs opportunities for young people to pursue their interests in
and practicing suturing on a banana. the health sciences and medical fields.
“I believe that through the connections and opportunities
at Palomares and PHCL, Crystal was engaged with
WesternU and industry partners in a way that other
traditional high school settings are not able to,” Dr.
Ramos-Beal said. “I am looking forward to the ways that
our organizations will continue to cultivate and develop
the talent that is in our community. As William Butler Yeats
said, ‘Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting
of a fire.’
“By offering different opportunities to our students, we
stoke student interest to grow into passion,” she added.
Sin said Ramos-Beal always supported her in her scientific
pursuits, and kept her informed about health-related
events.
Continued on page 30
The College of Graduate Nursing is teaching students to focus on future health care delivery within
a vulnerable population health orientation. Further, students and faculty are developing
interprofessional projects addressing chronic disease management models that improve the health of
patients and the population. We are looking forward to a stellar year!
– Mary Lopez, PhD, RN
Dean, College of Graduate Nursing
29
