{"id":4,"date":"2016-09-15T23:45:00","date_gmt":"2016-09-15T23:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stagewp.westernu.edu\/shipp\/?page_id=4"},"modified":"2023-10-16T17:25:39","modified_gmt":"2023-10-16T17:25:39","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/stagewp.westernu.edu\/ace\/","title":{"rendered":"Academic Community Engagement"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"hero-secondary\">\n  <div class=\"relative bg-black\">\n                <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"adhere object-cover\" src=\"\/media\/westernu\/basic-slider\/slide-default-00.jpg\" alt=\"slide-default-00\">\n      <div class=\"adhere gradient-overlay\"><\/div>\n        <div class=\"relative container pt-56 md:pt-112 pb-144 md:pb-192\">\n      <div class=\"md:flex md:justify-between px-12\">\n        <div class=\"sm:w-8\/12 md:w-6\/12 xl:w-5\/12 px-12\">\n                      <div class=\"mb-20\">\n              <div class=\"block font-sans font-bold text-14 text-white leading-130\">\n  <span class=\"inline-block\">\n    <a href=\"\/\" class=\"block hover:underline\">WesternU<\/a>\n  <\/span>\n      <span class=\"inline-block mx-6\">\/<\/span>\n          <a href=\"https:\/\/stagewp.westernu.edu\/ace\" class=\"inline-block hover:underline\">Academic Community Engagement<\/a>\n          <span class=\"inline-block mx-6\">\/<\/span>\n    <span class=\"inline-block\">Office of Academic Community Engagement <\/span>\n  <\/div>            <\/div>\n                                        <h1 class=\"t-h1-sans  text-white\">Office of Academic Community Engagement <\/h1>\n        <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"relative my-48 md:my-72\">\n  <div class=\"container\">\n    <div class=\"lg:flex px-12 lg:justify-start\">\n              <div class=\"w-full lg:w-5\/12 2xl:w-4\/12 -mt-80 md:-mt-112 mb-48 px-12 lg:pr-32\">\n                              <nav class=\"py-28 px-40 2xl:px-64 rounded-5 md:rounded-8 bg-gray-darker text-white mb-40\">\n            <ul>\n                                              <li class=\"block my-8\">\n                  <a class=\"text-22 font-normal leading-130 tracking-20 text-white hover:text-yellow transition-default\" href=\"https:\/\/stagewp.westernu.edu\/ace\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">Academic Community Engagement<\/a>\n                <\/li>\n                                              <li class=\"block my-8\">\n                  <a class=\"text-22 font-normal leading-130 tracking-20 text-white hover:text-yellow transition-default\" href=\"https:\/\/stagewp.westernu.edu\/ace\/shpep\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">SHPEP<\/a>\n                <\/li>\n                                              <li class=\"block my-8\">\n                  <a class=\"text-22 font-normal leading-130 tracking-20 text-white hover:text-yellow transition-default\" href=\"https:\/\/stagewp.westernu.edu\/ace\/health-career-ladder\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">Health Career Ladder<\/a>\n                <\/li>\n                          <\/ul>\n          <\/nav>\n                            <\/div>\n      \n      \n                  \n                  \n      <div class=\"w-full px-24 wysiwyg-content lg:w-7\/12 2xl:w-7\/12\">\n        <h2>Welcome to the Office of Academic Community Engagement (ACE)<\/h2>\n<p>WesternU is committed to our communities, and community engagement is central to the WesternU core mission:\u00a0 To produce, in a humanistic tradition, health care professionals and biomedical knowledge that will enhance and extend the quality of life in our communities. ACE builds the relationships and partnerships with others across our community that provide pathways for student success. One of our hopes and dreams is that every student will understand they have an equal opportunity to succeed in life, in school, and in college. If you would like to partner with WesternU from an academic perspective, contact Elizabeth Rega, PhD at <a href=\"mailto:erega@westernu.edu\">erega@westernu.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Please see some of WesternU&#8217;s academic collaborations below.<\/p>\n\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"my-48 md:mt-96 md:mb-72\" vue-app>\n  <div class=\"container\">\n    <div class=\"flex flex-wrap md:flex-row-reverse md:items-center app-gutter\">\n      <div class=\"md:w-6\/12 xl:w-7\/12 app-gutter pl-16\">\n        <div class=\"rounded-5 md:rounded-8 md:h-560 bg-yellow\">\n                                  <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"w-full h-256 md:h-560 object-cover rounded-5 md:rounded-8 transform -translate-y-10 -translate-x-8 md:-translate-y-18 md:-translate-x-16\" src=\"\/media\/ace\/images\/022523-westernu-health-career-ladder-069.jpg\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"(min-width: 768px) 50vw, 100vw\" alt=\"WesternU students from mentoring and inspiring local Pre-K through high school students during Health Career Ladder\">\n                  <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"md:w-6\/12 xl:w-5\/12 mt-32 md:mt-0 px-12 md:pr-40 lg:px-80\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"md:pb-40\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"text-lockup text-lockup--default\">\n\t<h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"t-h2-serif  block text-red-light\">Health Career Ladder<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"t-h2-sans  block text-red\">Pathways to Success<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wysiwyg-content t-p2 mt-24 text-black\">WesternU&#8217;s Health Career Ladder offers a pathway fostering the progress of students from the Pomona, California and Lebanon, Oregon communities in becoming skilled and compassionate health care practitioners in a variety of medical and health care professions. The program provides support, academic enrichment, and mentorship to children to be inspired with a career in medicine. Workshops are conducted by WesternU health care professionals and WesternU students who are studying to become health care professionals. <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"mt-28\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"cta-arrow cta-arrow--red \" href=\"https:\/\/ladder.westernu.edu\/pomona\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n    Learn More<svg class=\"cta-arrow__icon d-block w-16 ml-12\" viewBox=\"0 0 20 16\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><polygon fill=\"currentColor\" points=\"11.3168217 0 9.27266614 2.39591605 14.0042587 6.6137266 8.92524936 6.42314237 0 6.42314237 0 9.57685763 8.92524936 9.57685763 14.0042587 9.3862734 9.19197579 13.6063528 11.3168217 16 20 8\"><\/polygon><\/svg>\n<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section class=\"my-48 md:mt-96 md:mb-72\" vue-app>\n  <div class=\"container\">\n    <div class=\"app-gutter\">\n      <div class=\"relative md:flex md:justify-end\">\n        <div class=\"app-gutter\">\n                                  <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"md:absolute md:-top-32 md:left-0 w-full md:w-5\/12 lg:w-6\/12 h-240 sm:h-320 md:h-full object-cover rounded-t-5 md:rounded-8\" src=\"\/media\/ace\/072622-shpep-group-photos-02.jpg\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"(min-width: 768px) 50vw, 100vw\" alt=\"SHPEP 2022 group photos\">\n                  <\/div>\n        <div class=\"md:w-8\/12 xl:w-7\/12 app-gutter\">\n          <div class=\"p-32 sm:p-40 md:px-0 md:py-80 rounded-b-5 md:rounded-8 bg-red\">\n            <div class=\"md:ml-1\/8 lg:ml-1\/4 xl:ml-1\/7 md:px-40 lg:px-80\">\n                              \t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"text-lockup text-lockup--red\">\n\t<h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"t-h2-serif  block text-yellow\">Summer Health Education Professions Education Program (SHPEP)<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"t-h2-sans  block text-white\">A Summer of Opportunity<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wysiwyg-content t-p2 mt-24 text-white\">Western University of Health Sciences is one of 12 national SHPEP program sites. WesternU offers this summer enrichment program for college freshmen and sophomores who are interested in health professions such as medicine, dentistry, physical therapy, and optometry. During the six week course, students gain valuable hands-on clinical skills development activities and more.<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"mt-28\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"cta-arrow cta-arrow--white \" href=\"\/ace\/shpep\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n    Learn More<svg class=\"cta-arrow__icon d-block w-16 ml-12\" viewBox=\"0 0 20 16\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><polygon fill=\"currentColor\" points=\"11.3168217 0 9.27266614 2.39591605 14.0042587 6.6137266 8.92524936 6.42314237 0 6.42314237 0 9.57685763 8.92524936 9.57685763 14.0042587 9.3862734 9.19197579 13.6063528 11.3168217 16 20 8\"><\/polygon><\/svg>\n<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n                          <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n    \n  <section vue-app class=\"relative my-48 md:my-72\">\n    <div class=\"absolute top-1\/2 left-0 w-full h-1\/2 bg-gray\"><\/div>\n    <div class=\"container relative px-24\">\n              <h2 class=\"t-h2-sans mb-32\">Community Connections<\/h2>\n          <\/div>\n    <card-slider class=\"pb-40\" card-width=>\n              <li class=\"card-slider__slide block flex-shrink-0\">\n          <card-slider-slide class=\"px-20\">\n            \n<section vue-app>\n<a class=\"card flex w-full h-full pb-8 flex-col items-stretch bg-white rounded-b-5 md:rounded-b-8 text-left\" href=\"https:\/\/news.westernu.edu\/school-of-the-arts-and-enterprise-celebrates-partnership-with-westernu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n  <span class=\"relative flex justify-center items-center w-full h-208 md:h-288 xl:h-320 flex-shrink-0 bg-black overflow-hidden\">\n                <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card__image adhere object-cover pointer-events-none\" src=\"\/media\/ace\/images\/image00004-e1645203624723-1024x537-1.jpeg\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"(min-width: 768px) 50vw, 100vw\" alt=\"WesternU Chief of Community and Governmental Affairs Jeff Keating, MA, is cutting the ribbon.\">\n          <\/span>\n  <span class=\"flex w-full items-center flex-grow p-20\">\n    <span class=\"block font-sans font-bold text-18 leading-130 flex-grow\">School of Arts &#038; 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