Today the Senate Higher Education and Workforce Development Committee held a work session on meeting the state’s health care workforce needs. Dr. Brad Johnson, Dean of WWU’s College and Science and Engineering, and Anna Tognazzini, WWU’s Graduate and Pre-Professional Programs Advisor, presented to the committee on Western’s pre-healthcare degree pathways, which include but are not limited to: pre-medicine, pre-pharmacy, pre-physical therapy, pre-nursing, pre-physician assistant, etc.
In their presentation, Johnson and Tognazzini also provided information about WWU’s state budget request related to expanding pre-healthcare degree pathways, a key element of Western’s 2019 legislative priorities. Click here to view their PowerPoint presentation and click here to watch their presentation to the committee.