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Alumnus Aarentino_Smith_DNP-FNP '18 at a community health fair while he was a student

January 19, 2022Campus News

DNP Ranked Top 8

Samuel Merritt University’s Doctoral Nursing Program (DNP) is among this year’s 8 Best Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) to DNP Programs in California, according to NursingProcess.org. The DNP...

Tiffany Tran national podiatry scholarship winner

January 11, 2022Campus News

Podiatry Student Wins National Competition

The American Podiatric Medical Association (APMA) has named Tiffany Tram Tran, CSPM '23, the winner of the inaugural APMA-PICA full-tuition scholarship. Tiffany, a third-year podiatry student with a 4...

December 16, 2021Campus News

No. 1 for Nurse Anesthesia

Samuel Merritt University is the top college in the country for nurse anesthesia, according to college rankings website College Factual. The Master’s of Science in Nursing – Nurse Anesthesia program...

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December 8, 2021

Nursing Alum Makes "Sac Biz Journal" 40 Under 40 List

Carter Todd, ABSN ’15, has been recognized by the Sacramento Business Journal as a 40 Under 40 in healthcare for his advocacy work recruiting Black nurses to the profession as well as his work...

December 6, 2021

Someone Like Me

Fiona Langley, MSN-CRNA ’15, knows her patients feel stressed and vulnerable as they’re being prepped for surgery. She’s seen patients shut down and refuse to talk and others who can’t stop talking...

December 1, 2021

Student Success: SMU Student Affairs Ranks Among the Best in the Nation

For the third year in a row, Samuel Merritt University has been named one of the 30 Most Promising Places to Work in Student Affairs, by Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, an online news website for...

Jason Saunders, MPA '22, in the Health Science Simulation Center.

November 22, 2021

“The Good Times Were When I Was Living in My Car”

When Jason Saunders, MPA ’23, thinks back to being 18, he remembers many of his peers locked away in jail, involved in selling and taking drugs, or dead. He was determined to take another path. “I...