Test your knowledge of Samuel Merritt University and our community with fun Centennial Trivia!
- What did the Samuel Merritt Hospital Board of Directors approve in 1987?
The transfer of selected assets to Samuel Merritt College of Nursing.
- When was the feasibility study for a graduate program in physical therapy at Samuel Merritt College presented to the Board of Regents?
June 20, 1988.
- When did the Board of Regents approve Samuel Merritt College of Nursing changing its name to Samuel Merritt College?
April 10, 1989.
- When was the first class of physical therapy students enrolled?
September, 1990.
- When did Samuel Merritt Hospital and Peralta Hospital merge becoming Merritt Peralta Medical Center?
1982
- When did Merritt Peralta Medical Center become Summit Medical Center?
February, 1992, when Merritt Peralta Medical Center and Providence Hospital consolidated.
- When did the entry-level master’s physical therapy education program at Samuel Merritt College first get approved by the American Physical Therapy Association and for what period of time?
The program was approved in 1992 for a five-year period.
- When was the first Graduate Commencement held at Samuel Merritt College?
August 22, 1992.
- In what year did the Samuel Merritt Board of Regents approve the development of a Master of Occupational Therapy program?
1993
- What graduate programs began at the College in 1993?
The Master of Science in Physical Therapy and Master of Science in Nursing, Family Nurse Practitioner.