Claremont Graduate University and Western University of Health Sciences Form Powerhouse Alliance
CLAREMONT and POMONA, Calif. (PRWEB) June 05, 2019 -- One of America’s oldest graduate-only universities is joining forces with a neighboring institution with the broadest array of all-graduate health science programs in the U.S. to better prepare students to enter the rapidly-expanding health sector.
Claremont Graduate University (CGU) and Western University of Health Sciences (WesternU) today announced a strategic alliance to offer students collaborative programming with a focus on health sciences, public health, and health systems management. In addition to the complementary programs, the alliance will facilitate joint research initiatives between faculty and students that will address complex community, national, and global health industry challenges.
The alliance of two respected, unique, private, graduate-only institutions – situated on nearby campuses and with thematically similar missions and cultures – will benefit current and prospective CGU students and faculty, said Len Jessup, PhD, who is the president of Claremont Graduate University.
“CGU and WesternU share many characteristics, including similar missions to provide unsurpassed graduate-level education to our students so that they achieve professional success and fulfillment in their chosen professions,” Jessup said. “This alliance is a natural extension of our mission and provides unique opportunities for our students and faculty.”
For WesternU – which to date has focused solely on health sciences – the alliance will enable the school to expand its programs to include management and public health, said Daniel R. Wilson, MD, PhD, who is the president of Western University of Health Sciences.
“This natural partnership of neighboring institutions aligns one of the nation’s oldest all-graduate institutions with the largest aggregation of graduate health science colleges in the country,” Wilson said. “This is a new era for both universities, especially our students and faculty, but one that can benefit all the Claremont Colleges as well as the entire region and beyond. We take this robust partnership seriously. This remarkable new trajectory for teaching, research, and service, though as yet uncharted, will have great consequence to our students, our institutions, and the wider world.”
The alliance creates a concentrated, graduate-level, educational presence in Los Angeles County, Southern California, and the western United States. Together, CGU and WesternU serve 6,000 students and employ more than 1,000 people in Claremont and Pomona, Calif.
Each university will maintain separate operational, financial and governance structures. Students will have the opportunity to enroll in collaborative programming beginning in the Fall 2019 term.
About Claremont Graduate University:
Founded in 1925, Claremont Graduate University is one of a select few American universities devoted solely to graduate-level education. The university is a founding member of The Claremont Colleges, which include Pomona College, Pitzer College, Claremont McKenna College, Scripps College, Harvey Mudd College, and Keck Graduate Institute. CGU is comprised of seven schools, offering 86 degree and certificate programs. CGU offers a unique transdisciplinary perspective encouraging students to explore issues and education across academic disciplines. CGU is home to the Peter F. Drucker & Masatoshi Ito Graduate School of Management and the annual Kingsley and Kate Tufts Poetry Awards. For more information, visit http://www.cgu.edu.
About Western University of Health Sciences:
Western University of Health Sciences (http://www.westernu.edu), located in Pomona, Calif. and Lebanon, Ore., is an independent nonprofit health professions university, conferring degrees in biomedical sciences, dental medicine, health sciences, medical sciences, nursing, optometry, osteopathic medicine, pharmacy, physical therapy, physician assistant studies, podiatric medicine and veterinary medicine. WesternU is home to WesternU Health, where the best in collaborative health care services is offered. The Chronicle of Higher Education named WesternU a Great College to Work For in 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018.
Cynthia Baker, Claremont Graduate University, http://www.cgu.edu, 909-607-9224, [email protected]
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