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Student Rhaven McIver, CRNA ’21, offers tips for CRNA school.

October 11, 2021Student Voices

Pageant Winner, YouTuber, and Soon-to-Be Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist

Miss Black New York USA winner and nurse anesthetist student Rhaven McIver, CRNA '21, talks about her path to SMU and how she uses the power of personal videos to help others understand what to expect...

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October 1, 2021Campus News

Remembering Former SMU President Sharon Diaz

Sharon Diaz, PhD (h.c.), RN, the founding president of Samuel Merritt University who served in that capacity for nearly 37 years before her retirement, died unexpectedly on September 12. She was 75...

Podiatry limb salvage Dr. Alex Reyzelman

September 28, 2021Campus News

Saving Limbs, Saving Lives

Every 17 seconds, someone in the U.S. is diagnosed with diabetes. Each day, 230 of them require an amputation, usually a leg because of a diabetic foot ulcer. That’s why Dr. Alexander Reyzelman, DPM...

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September 21, 2021

OT Student’s Research Shines Light on 3-D Printing for Learning, Adaptive Devices, and Prosthetics

Wesley Chow, OTD ’21, took the University’s hands-on learning mission literally earlier this year when he printed 15 larger-than-life plastic finger bones using a 3-D printer. The finger bones were...

September 13, 2021

No. 1 University for Preparing Graduates to Land Jobs

Samuel Merritt University has been named the best college in California for getting a job by career research website Zippia. SMU was recognized for its 94.5% employment rate 10 years after graduation...

Aleesha Woodruf, BSN ’21, is doing a summer internship at the Kaiser Permanente Oakland Medical Center intensive care unit.

August 30, 2021

Kaiser Summer Internship Benefits BSNs

Watching Alzheimer’s disease take her father and seeing her mother endure dialysis for 10 years and go through a kidney transplant had a profound effect on Aleesha Woodruff, BSN ’21. “Seeing what they...

Physical therapy students demonstrate the Function in Sit Test

August 18, 2021

Why This SMU Professor has Researchers Flocking to Her

Professor Sharon Gorman is the creator of the Function in Sitting Test (FIST), one of the world’s foremost exams in measuring a person’s ability to balance while sitting. The test is taught in SMU’s...