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The heart of UWS’ chiropractic program

“At UWS we considered ourselves to be ‘evidence-based’ before the term ever came about,” Dr. Lester Partna says about the UWS chiropractic program. “The evidence-based approach uses the best available…

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Hood to Coast Relay team and student club formed

Last summer, novice runner Marie Rudback, thought it would be a fun to complete in the Hood to Coast Relay Race. She researched the race and found out that it…

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Risk pays off for massage therapy alumna

While managing several companies and averaging 55-hour work weeks, Candace Parmer suffered extreme shoulder pain. During a visit to a friend in Idaho, she signed up for a two-hour luxury…

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Sports fan finds a home in master’s program

After running a biology lab at the University of Oregon while completing his Bachelor’s degree in general science, Bradley Capp applied for a research scholarship at the University of Western…

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Craig Kawaoka, DC, serves as U.S. team physician at World Weightlifting Championship in Paris

Dr. Craig Kawaoka, the clinical director of the Master’s in Exercise and Sports Science program served as the team physician at the World Weightlifting Championship in Paris at EuroDisney.  …

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Future chiropractor advocates for performing artists

A passion and degree in dance turned Montserrat Andreys’ goal of a chiropractic practice into a unique calling. Andreys worked as a massage therapist for ten years, owned her own…

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Sports Science Master’s students assist at “Race the Reaper”

In the inaugural Race the Reaper event on October 1-2, 2011, to benefit Oregon Mission of Mercy, ten University of Western States students in the Master’s of Sports and Exercise Science…

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Exercise & Sports Science program assists at the 2011 Dew Tour

The Rose Garden roared to life for the 7th Annual Dew Tour on August 11 to 13 in which skateboarders and BMX riders converged. Two faculty members and two UWS students…

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Approximately 500 treated at Seaside Volleyball Tournament

More than twenty students volunteered their time at the three-day Seaside Beach Volleyball Tournament on August 12 – 14. For the past twenty-nine years, this has been the largest amateur…

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