A pharmacy degree from California Health Sciences University in Clovis is about to get more affordable. The university announced Tuesday that students in the College of Pharmacy are now eligible to apply for federal loan programs. Listen to this article: Up to now, about 84% of the college's students have...
Valley Students are Flocking to Clovis Pharmacy Program
California Health Science University in Clovis celebrated a recruiting milestone as school leaders welcomed their newest class of pharmacy students this term. Nearly 80% of the students just beginning their studies at the privately-funded university are from the Central Valley, school officials announced. The new cohort of 68 students brings total...
Boot Camp Gives These Med School Hopefuls a Big Leg Up
Cramming for exams is a long-standing strategy for students looking to get ahead in their most challenging academic courses. Now, California Health Sciences University in Clovis is employing a variation of the concept to prepare its potential students for the rigorous admissions process they'll need to ace to pursue a...
Holograms to Power High Tech Learning at Valley's New Medical School
Cutting-edge holographic technology will replace the traditional cadaver lab normally used for teaching anatomy when the Valley's first four-year medical school opens next year. On Thursday, California Health Sciences University demonstrated the 3D HoloAnatomy system that students attending the College of Osteopathic Medicine will use to explore the intricacies of...
California Health Sciences University Honors 54 Pharmacy Graduates
Mai Lee Yang stood in her cap and gown, surrounded by friends and family outside Clovis Hills Community Church. Around her neck was an earth-toned sash that marked her newly minted status as a Doctor of Pharmacy. "In a way, today doesn't feel real,"Â said Yang, of Fresno. "It still...
New Medical School Offers Peek at Its State-of-the-Art Technology
Greater Fresno's first four-year medical school is looking to make a dent in the Valley's chronic shortage of doctors. The privately funded College of Osteopathic Medicine will open its Clovis campus to students in 2020. Dr. John Graneto, the school's dean, believes that many future physicians who earn their degrees at...
What Should Fresno Be Thankful For? Let’s Start With 5.3% Unemployment.
One of the best things about Thanksgiving is that it prompts us to look to the bright side and count our blessings. Aside from my familial blessings, the thing I'm most thankful for is the turnaround in Fresno's economic trajectory. The city's unemployment rate in October was 5.3%. Ten years ago,...
Coming To a Valley Pharmacy Near You
Sixty-two students received their doctor of pharmacy degrees Saturday in a commencement ceremony at Clovis Hills Community Church. These men and women are members of the first graduating class from the College of Pharmacy at California Health Sciences University. State Sen. Ed Hernandez, a doctor of optometry and candidate for...
Pharmacy School Grads Will Boost Our Valley Communities
Lauren Park graduated from USC. She was born and raised in Southern California, which she loves with all her heart. Intent on becoming a pharmacist, Park sent out multiple applications and got the thumbs-up from schools in Massachusetts and Ohio. Curious about team-based learning and wanting to remain close to...
Proud & Looking Ahead: Pharmacy Students Don White Coats
On Saturday, Sept. 30, 87 first-year pharmacy students at California Health Sciences University received their white coats in an emotionally moving ceremony at the Paul Shaghoian Concert Hall on the campus of Clovis North High School. The white coats symbolize the entrance of each student into the pharmacy profession. In...