<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
<meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 15 (filtered medium)">
<!--[if !mso]><style>v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
o\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
w\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
.shape {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
</style><![endif]--><style><!--
/* Font Definitions */
@font-face
{font-family:Wingdings;
panose-1:5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0;}
@font-face
{font-family:"Cambria Math";
panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:Calibri;
panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
panose-1:2 11 6 3 2 2 2 2 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:Verdana;
panose-1:2 11 6 4 3 5 4 4 2 4;}
/* Style Definitions */
p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal
{margin:0in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;}
a:link, span.MsoHyperlink
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:blue;
text-decoration:underline;}
a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:purple;
text-decoration:underline;}
p
{mso-style-priority:99;
mso-margin-top-alt:auto;
margin-right:0in;
mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:0in;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;}
p.msonormal0, li.msonormal0, div.msonormal0
{mso-style-name:msonormal;
mso-margin-top-alt:auto;
margin-right:0in;
mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:0in;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;}
span.EmailStyle20
{mso-style-type:personal-reply;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
color:#1F497D;}
.MsoChpDefault
{mso-style-type:export-only;
font-size:10.0pt;}
@page WordSection1
{size:8.5in 11.0in;
margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;}
div.WordSection1
{page:WordSection1;}
/* List Definitions */
@list l0
{mso-list-id:1177572378;
mso-list-template-ids:2052354560;}
@list l0:level1
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:;
mso-level-tab-stop:.5in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Symbol;}
@list l0:level2
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:o;
mso-level-tab-stop:1.0in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";}
@list l0:level3
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:;
mso-level-tab-stop:1.5in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Wingdings;}
@list l0:level4
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:;
mso-level-tab-stop:2.0in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Wingdings;}
@list l0:level5
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:;
mso-level-tab-stop:2.5in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Wingdings;}
@list l0:level6
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:;
mso-level-tab-stop:3.0in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Wingdings;}
@list l0:level7
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:;
mso-level-tab-stop:3.5in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Wingdings;}
@list l0:level8
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:;
mso-level-tab-stop:4.0in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Wingdings;}
@list l0:level9
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:;
mso-level-tab-stop:4.5in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Wingdings;}
@list l1
{mso-list-id:1966541398;
mso-list-template-ids:1638703124;}
@list l1:level1
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:;
mso-level-tab-stop:.5in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Symbol;}
@list l1:level2
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:o;
mso-level-tab-stop:1.0in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";}
@list l1:level3
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:;
mso-level-tab-stop:1.5in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Wingdings;}
@list l1:level4
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:;
mso-level-tab-stop:2.0in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Wingdings;}
@list l1:level5
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:;
mso-level-tab-stop:2.5in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Wingdings;}
@list l1:level6
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:;
mso-level-tab-stop:3.0in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Wingdings;}
@list l1:level7
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:;
mso-level-tab-stop:3.5in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Wingdings;}
@list l1:level8
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:;
mso-level-tab-stop:4.0in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Wingdings;}
@list l1:level9
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:;
mso-level-tab-stop:4.5in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Wingdings;}
ol
{margin-bottom:0in;}
ul
{margin-bottom:0in;}
--></style><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapedefaults v:ext="edit" spidmax="1026" />
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapelayout v:ext="edit">
<o:idmap v:ext="edit" data="1" />
</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]-->
</head>
<body lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple">
<div class="WordSection1">
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<div>
<table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:100.0%;background:white">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in">
<div align="center">
<table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="550" style="width:330.0pt;background:white">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" style="border:none;border-top:solid #444444 4.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in">
<p class="MsoNormal"><img id="_x0000_i1025" src="https://mx.technolutions.net/proxy/thK50l25s6jI4mH1aLZnKeSALjW5lOGhI9h0HT9EhrhUj5VKV-rR7OIAsKvOJLXa7uk8y7qVmhmUDg4ZZ7Yk7sZxV3vO0_vKZclKQu6dinSS6noTziVdqPpS-eVDoldc" alt="WesternU campus"><o:p></o:p></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" style="border-top:none;border-left:dotted #CCCCCC 1.0pt;border-bottom:none;border-right:dotted #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt">
<p><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:black">Western University of Health Sciences is honored to host The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's <a href="https://mx.technolutions.net/mpss/c/1wA/jM0HAA/t.2ox/Uc5FbycjTkeahHf00trRPA/h0/dfsmPr-2FJq8A-2FKu6EHRYm9gOGbUw4mL9M635gozG9czo-3D">Summer
Health Professions Education Program (SHPEP)</a> on our campus again this year. <br>
<br>
As you probably already know, SHPEP is a highly acclaimed pre-health preparatory program hosted at 12 different universities across the country each summer. SHPEP’s goal is to increase diversity among the health professions to better mirror the patient population.
<br>
<br>
SHPEP is a 6 week residential program <strong><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">at no cost to the students</span></strong>. In addition to a stipend, SHPEP Scholars will receive up to $500 travel stipend, and all housing and meals are covered.
The program will run from June 23rd to August 3rd.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:black">National Program requirements include:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ul type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">Minimum 2.5 GPA<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">Must be a current Freshman, Sophomore, or Community College student<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">Be a U.S. citizen, a permanent resident, or an individual granted deferred action for childhood arrivals (DACA) status<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">Not have previously participated in the program<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:black">Preferred qualifications by WesternU<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ul type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2">
<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">Minimum 3.0 GPA<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2">
<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">To keep up with program’s curriculum, student should have at least 1 or 2 science courses completed<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2">
<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">Identifies with group that is racially/ethnically underrepresented in the health professions<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2">
<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">Comes from an economically or educationally disadvantaged background<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:black">The attached brochure and our
<a href="https://mx.technolutions.net/mpss/c/1wA/jM0HAA/t.2ox/Uc5FbycjTkeahHf00trRPA/h1/0a6y55l-2BWghB64Q-2F75OF7Tbii63F1x-2F3QPExg5mpjtU-3D">
SHPEP Website</a> should answer most questions but I'm here to help if there is anything you need. <br>
<br>
Sincerely,<br>
<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">Helen Musharbash</span></strong>, MS | Manager, Educational Partnership & Outreach | Academic Affairs<br>
Assistant Director of Service Learning, COMP<br>
909-469-8277<br>
<a href="mailto:hmusharbash@westernu.edu?subject=SHPEP%20Question">hmusharbash@westernu.edu</a><br>
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" style="background:#DDDDDD;padding:3.0pt 3.0pt 3.0pt 3.0pt">
<table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="3" cellpadding="0" align="left" width="300" style="width:2.5in">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td style="padding:18.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt">
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Western University of Health Sciences</span></strong><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
309 East Second Street, Pomona, CA 91766</span><o:p></o:p></p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="3" cellpadding="0" align="right" width="200" style="width:120.0pt">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td style="background:#DDDDDD;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt">
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://mx.technolutions.net/mpss/c/1wA/jM0HAA/t.2ox/Uc5FbycjTkeahHf00trRPA/h2/0a6y55l-2BWghB64Q-2F75OF7cI7qvyx7jLRU8veRA1-2FAq8-3D"><span style="text-decoration:none"><img border="0" id="_x0000_i1026" src="https://mx.technolutions.net/proxy/thK50l25s6jI4mH1aLZnKeSALjW5lOGhI9h0HT9EhrjiAbBYIlK06WdfjKRNkUc0lYd9wRgSDBbSjvwk09cc5YTfwnm-YbBIP8IhaCEdCco" alt="Western University of Health Sciences"></span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<div align="center">
<table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="650" style="width:390.0pt;background:#FAFAFA;opacity: 0.75">
<tbody>
<tr style="height:6.9pt">
<td style="padding:3.0pt 3.0pt 3.0pt 3.0pt;height:6.9pt"></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><img border="0" width="1" height="1" style="width:.0083in;height:.0083in" id="_x0000_i1027" src="https://mx.technolutions.net/mpss/o/1wA/jM0HAA/t.2ox/Uc5FbycjTkeahHf00trRPA/o.gif"><o:p></o:p></p>
</div>
</body>
</html>