162 students join CHSU's Class of 2029

CLOVIS, Calif. (KFSN) -- School is backmost successful league astatine the California Health Sciences University successful Clovis.

This year, much than 630 caller and returning aesculapian students are backmost connected campus, with 162 of them portion of the Class of 2029.

For first-year pupil Brittney Garcia, she could consciousness that archetypal time feeling arsenic she walked into her archetypal people astatine CHSU.

"I'm feeling truly nervous, but besides truly excited and a small overwhelmed," said Garcia.

Garcia joins CHSU's Class of 2029. She earned her bachelors and insignificant degrees astatine Fresno State successful 2023. After moving 2 years arsenic an ophthalmology assistant, she is present furthering her education.

"I truly similar that CHSU is successful the area. It's successful the Valley," said Garcia. "It serves students successful the Valley, and I similar that they benignant of cogwheel america towards moving successful the Valley aboriginal connected due to the fact that that's what I privation to do."

CHSU says 44% of this caller cohort is from Central California, with 90% coming from astir the state.

The assemblage hopes that the students who larn and turn present volition proceed their careers successful the region

"I cognize that they Valley is precise underserved," said Garcia, "That takes connected antithetic challenges beyond conscionable being a regular doctor."

For Brittney, whose hometown is successful Porterville, chasing her dreams successful healthcare started erstwhile she would assistance her dada connected the weekends, moving successful the fields. She saw however the hard labour could instrumentality a toll connected the body.

"I saw what that meant for radical older than maine who had been moving determination longer," said Garcia. "I heard them talking to each different astir location remedies, talking astir however they can't spot a doctor. It would beryllium months oregon years retired until they could spot somebody."

The assemblage says much than 3,300 students applied to CHSU's College of Osteopathic Medicine, with hundreds of applicants interviewed for autumn 2025 admission.

While Brittney is inactive exploring what her vocation way volition look like, she knows that her extremity is to span the aesculapian gap.

"If I tin instrumentality connected immoderate of that burden, immoderate of that work, it would truly assistance the assemblage and it would assistance america get much attraction retired determination and radical would beryllium healthier," said Garcia.

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