Pacific College Student Councils

DEDICATED TO FOSTERING A NURTURING AND SUPPORTIVE ENVIRONMENT FOR ALL STUDENTS

The Pacific College of Health and Science Student Councils serving the New York, Chicago, and San Diego campuses are dedicated to cultivating a community of support and inclusion for their respective student bodies. Each Student Council has their own priorities and responsibilities, such as: creating and funding student clubs; serving as the liaison between students and staff; managing the student lounge; attracting new patients to the on-campus clinic; planning social events; hosting practice labs; and much more. A recent priority for the Chicago Student Council President, Gabrielle Fairfax, is to “collaborate with our on-campus Herb Club and create more clubs such as LGBTQIA+, BIPOC, and Veterans Club to promote pride in our diverse stories and backgrounds.” Student Council also serves “as a platform for student leaders to further develop their leadership, professional, and organizational skills,” says Bonnie Love, San Diego member. Pacific College is proud to see the Student Council members thrive in their leadership roles, while actively enriching students’ educational, professional, and social lives.

Suggestion Form

Students! The student council teams welcome your feedback and suggestions! Please use this form to reach us and we’ll get back to you as soon as we can!

 **THIS FORM IS ONLY FOR PACIFIC COLLEGE STUDENTS WISHING TO REACH STUDENT COUNCIL MEMBERS** If you wish to reach the college admissions or clinics, please use the form located on the program or clinic pages. Thank you!

All submissions are sent directly to your campus’s Student Council email. Your message is protected from viewing by anyone other than your Student Council members. Staff and Faculty do not have access to your submission. To contact your Student Council directly, please see each Student Council’s email address in the sections below.

Chicago Campus Student Council

If you’d like to contact, support, or join your campus student council, please send a message to [email protected].

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Carolina Jimenez

President

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Deanna McCarthy

Vice President

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Amber Smith

Secretary

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Titi Martinsen

Treasurer

Roxanne Tang

At-Large Member

Andy Lieu

At-Large Member

Chicago Clubs

Herb Club

Mission:

Herb Club is a space for students to casually come together and form relationships with each other as well as the plants and animals we are studying. Our goal is to help students retain information by creating fun and interesting extracurricular activities that involve all five senses. We believe that an enriched memory palace is a key aspect to a successful practice.

Contact Chicago’s Herb Club: [email protected]

BIPOC Club

Mission:

BIPOC Club is a collective of individuals with diverse backgrounds coming together to provide support, education, resources, and allyship through creative and inclusive perspectives on life (on and off campus), medicine, business, and healing.

This group serves to provide a platform of expression and community to those who are often overlooked, forgotten, and discredited, while welcoming allies who wish to learn and expand outside of their societal boxes.

Contact Chicago’s BIPOC Club: [email protected]

LGBTQIA Club

Mission:

LGBTQIA Club is an organization built on respect, love, and acceptance of the human experience and the various ways we show up in our healing practices. We pride ourselves on providing a listening ear to our members, leading thought provoking discussions, and sharing and conducting various educational and research initiatives to include those who are often excluded in the world of medicine.

We are here to do the work that will initiate change, inclusion, and equity in education, medicine, and culture.

Contact Chicago’s LGBTQIA Club: Chi.LGBTQ.Club@gmail.com

New York Campus Student Council

If you’d like to contact, support, or join your campus student council, please send a message to [email protected]

Harold De Longchamp
MSTOM

President

Megan Fitzpatrick
MSTOM

Vice President

Dora Fiotodimitrakis
Massage Graduate & MSTOM

Treasurer

Archana Gandre
MSAc

Secretary

Joel Perez Mora
MSAc

Floating Rep

Xinlin Zhang
MSTOM

Sergeant at Arms

Jennifer "Jay" DeLuca
Massage

Massage Rep

Olivia Choi
MSAc

MSAc Rep

Haley DiBiase
MSAc

MSAc Rep

Rolan Schain
MSAc

MSAc Rep

Sarah Christian
Graduate

Alumni Rep

Nicole Harkness
DACM & Graduate

Alumni Rep

Alex Jeannite
MSTOM

MSTOM Rep

Jenny Suh
MSTOM

MSTOM Rep

Thomas "Tyger" Moore
MSTOM

MSTOM Rep

Armin Allen
Massage & MSTOM

MSTOM Rep

Cynthia Neipris

Student Council Faculty Liason

New York Clubs

Herb Club

Mission:

Our mission is to promote the education and cultivation of herbs amongst fellow healers at Pacific College and within the NYC community. We believe that, through our work at Pacific College and within the NYC community, we can inspire fellow healers to live a more healthy, harmonious, and conscious life here on Earth.

Contact NY’s Herb Club: [email protected]

 

 

Over 40 Club NYC

Mission:

To create a space where students over 40 can gather for fun, information, friendship and comradery. 

 

San Diego Campus Student Council

If you’d like to contact, support, or join your campus student council, please send a message to [email protected]

Marielena McCarthy

President & Massage Liaison

Olivia Fuster

Vice President

Nancy Case

Treasurer

Sundy Fu

Secretary

Isabella Ingraffia

Social Media Manager

LESLEY HOGAN

Events Manager

Melanie Zenor

Alumni Liason

Kristi-Elize Charles

Concessions Concierge

Colette Casier

Communications Coordinator

Heather Panetti

Community Action Manager

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Jeffrey Odnert

Faculty Liaison

San Diego Clubs

Herb Club

Mission:

The Herb Club aims to provide support to the acupuncture curriculum by creating opportunities to supplement the course learning objectives and increase depth of understanding and knowledge of traditional herbal medicines.

San Diego RESOURCES

Spinal Alignment Workshop
With Dr. Bret Mosher
 

This class includes innovative techniques for assessing bones of the feet to stabilize pelvis rotation and how to correct using acupuncture and kinesiology tape, with no direct thrusting or manipulation of the vertebrae.

Watch on YouTube

Chi Yoga Workshop
With Osi Livni, HHP
 

This practice offers a unique blend of wisdoms from yoga, Chinese medicine, qigong, and Taoist healing. Explore gentle, yet deep, meridian stretching motions that open energetic blocks within the internal organs and their channels. Each stretch movement is accompanied by a specific healing sound, as well as mental intentions for emotional transformation.

Watch on YouTube

SoulGate Healing

With Osi Livni, HHP
 

Learn how to transform stressful emotions by stretching your qi. Balancing emotional stress is a key component in developing a vital body and a peaceful mind. This practice offers a unique blend of wisdom from the art of yoga, Chinese medicine, qigong, and Taoist healing with stretches that open energetic blocks within the internal organs and channels. These stretches involve spine twists, opening more space between the vertebrae, which allows free flow of the spinal fluid, and better alignment to the spinal cord, which harmonizes the nervous system. The external focus on physical movements along with the internal focus on subtle energetic change provides a rejuvenating process for the body and mind. The process includes self-practice methods as well as passive stretching, joint movements, and acupressure points to share with a partner.

Watch on YouTube

Tips, Tricks & Advice for Building Your Best Private Practice
With Jeneanne Paden, LAc
 

Jeneanne graduated from Pacific College in 1999, currently specializes in fertility, and owns her practice in La Jolla, CA. In this workshop, Jeneanne discusses the lessons she has learned throughout her 24 years of private practice, what she wishes she had known in school, mistakes she learned from over the years, and tips on how to build the best practice possible.

Watch on YouTube

Suggestion Form

Students! The student council teams welcome your feedback and suggestions! Please use this form to reach us and we’ll get back to you as soon as we can!

 **THIS FORM IS ONLY FOR PACIFIC COLLEGE STUDENTS WISHING TO REACH STUDENT COUNCIL MEMBERS** If you wish to reach the college admissions or clinics, please use the form located on the program or clinic pages. Thank you!

All submissions are sent directly to your campus’s Student Council email. Your message is protected from being viewed by anyone other than your Student Council members. Staff and Faculty do not have access to your submission. To contact your Student Council directly, please find the email address for your council listed on each of the individual student council pages.