Northwestern Health Sciences University graduates 23

December 19, 2010 — On Dec. 18, 2010, nine acupuncture and Oriental medicine students and 14 massage therapy students wee recognized as they graduated from Northwestern Health Sciences University. This marks the 24th commencement convocation for these programs.

The featured speaker at the acupuncture and Oriental medicine commencement was Patricia D. Culliton, MA, LAc, director and founder of Integrative Health Services and the Alternative Medicine Clinic at Hennepin Faculty Associates.

The massage therapy commencement featured Jeremy E. Miller, LMT (WV), NCTMB, massage therapist at Abbott Northwestern Hospital’s Penny George Institute for Health & Healing and chair of the Alliance for Licensing Massage Therapists.

Congratulations to the following students who graduated:

MCAOM — Acupuncture

• Tlahtoki Xochimeh

MCAOM — Oriental Medicine

• Marie Dawn Arvola
• Stephanie Jean Braunwarth
• Aimee Nicole Deen
• Leah Fifield
• Monica Lynn Helland
• Ilana Rahel Meltzer
• Elena Smirnova Pekurovsky
• Marcia Mae Swanson

School of Massage Therapy – Day Program

• Jennifer R. Clements
• Tanya L. Cook
• James Andrew Dragich
• Lisa Eckman
• Denise Irene Gagner
• Katherine M. Hall
• Rebecca Dorly Juarez
• Ellen K. Kreske
• Amber Danielle Peterson
• Daniel Rexius
• Katherine E. Sanders
• Celeste Skow
• Karla Elaine Trammel
• Amy Volavka

Source: Northwestern Health Sciences University, www.nwhealth.edu/nwtoday/index.html