In 2016, these students came into the college to start down the path toward lives and careers spent helping people. The future of health care is bright at CHHS.
The College of Health and Human Services at WMU is home to exceptional undergraduate degrees and nationally respected graduate programs. US News & World Report ranks six of our programs in the top 100 of their kind and four of our programs in the top 50. From the top-ranking master's degree in occupational therapy to the brand new minor in Peace Corp health preparation, CHHS continues to grow and expand the academic reach of WMU.
Dr. Karen Schieman, assistant professor in the Bronson School of Nursing, and Dr. Alan Rea, professor of business information systems, have teamed up to develop a mobile application to help patients manage concussion symptoms post-injury and track their progress during their recovery period.
Four WMU physician assistant students assigned to rotations in Punta Gorda this fall were not necessarily expecting to be confronted by a hurricane. However, in early September, as WMU was beginning classes, they found themselves preparing to evacuate to safer areas.
Dr. Mary Ann Stark, professor in the WMU Bronson School of Nursing, has been awarded a $2 million HRSA grant to establish a new program to recruit, retain and graduate more students from underrepresented groups and educationally and financially disadvantaged populations.
When Dr. Stacie Fruth started as founding chair in January 2017, the department and program finally established a presence in the College of Health and Human Services. And this year has seen more growth and progress toward the 2019 start date of the DPT program.
Two consecutive days of events at the college welcome students from the Bronson School of Nursing back for the fall semester. Nursing Assembly Day serves as a welcome back for current students and an introduction for incoming students to meet the faculty. Skills Day was an opportunity for current students to refresh their previously learned skills as they prepare to enter the clinical environment again this semester.
Each year, the WMU Homer Stryker School of Medicine hosts an interdisciplinary "common read" event for the Kalamazoo health sciences community. The book for this year's event is A Mother’s Reckoning: Living in the Aftermath of Tragedy, a memoir which raises questions about trauma, grief and mental health.
