Did you learn more about pharmacy professional organizations at Club Info Night? You might recognize the College of Pharmacy Professional Committee Chair: "Hi! My name is Van Cathy Pham, but I go by Cathy. I am a third year pharmacy student. Born and raised in San Diego, I love cycling, hiking, food, and more food with drinks. Currently I am the sitting president for the California and the American Pharmacists Associations and the social co-chair of Orange County Pharmacists Association.

If you checked out any PA professional organizations at Club Info Night, you might recognize this face as the School of PA Studies Professional Committee Chair: "Hi! My name is Laura Bertsch and I am currently a first-year physician assistant student. I was born and raised in Orange County and outside of school, I am a native foodie and love to try new foods, coffee shops, and boba spots. I also love to explore the outdoors as well as practice the sport of Olympic Weightlifting.

Happy first day of Fall quarter ? To our students, new and returning, you've all come so far and today, you're closer to where you want to be as health care professionals. Let's all make this a great year together! #futureOD #futurePA #futurePharmD ??

"Residency starts tomorrow! So I’ve been busy reviewing my Pediatric and Vision Therapy notes to prepare! Loving this nerdy shirt I got from MBKU ! Can you recognize all the names on my shirt?" ?: @2020perspective

It's already been a month since our commencement celebrations for the Class of 2020 and today, we're just as proud of their achievements and resilience, such with SCCO's Dr. Alazigha Owei, who shares this about their journey, "It took being delayed by a year, successfully passing 3 Board examinations, a state law exam, 4 clinical rotations, and endless studying, sacrifices, and tears to get to where I am today. Optometry school was no easy feat for me and anyone who has been on this journey with me knows that. There were times when I wanted to give up. Times when I felt I was not capable.

This warm weather has many of us enjoying nature! Check out Dr. van de Pol's quaran-tivity, “We have released 82 butterflies so far. In the spirit of research, we kept track of M vs F releases: 50 F (61%) and 32 M (39%)!”

"One of my many future face mask selfies to commemorate milestones this year! 1st week in clinic ☑️ ???

After a 3-month quarantine, we were finally able to come back to Fullerton to do boot camps for Primary Care, Contact Lens and Vision Therapy clinics. These past 5 weeks have been mostly online lectures/labs ? and a few in-person skills trainings. This isn’t the most ideal way to learn for such a hands-on profession, but it’s worked well for what we can do ?

The PA Class of 2021 is currently in their emergency medicine module. They had the opportunity to come on campus in small groups to practice how to do incision and drainage on fake abscesses. They did their best impressions of Dr. Pimple Popper ??? One student, Vanessa Janovick (@vanessa_pa_s), expressed, "As an ER Tech, I used to set up countless I & D trays for the PAs. It was surreal to finally be able to learn how to perform them! Although this is skills practice, I enjoyed every second of it!"

The new academic year is right around the corner and the MBKU Student Association has plenty in store. We'll introduce some of these #FacesofMBKU throughout the next month. Here to kick it off is MBKUSA President, Taylor Austin:

How cool is it that SCCO Alumni, Dr. Hannah Cho of @floeopt, is developing her own brand of glasses? She even had her adorable daughters model some sample frames, “Got our first samples of our FLOE glasses ? So excited and girls did an impromptu photoshoot right before bedtime. And they really tried to break the flex titanium material but they couldn’t break them!…” We can't wait to see the final products! ?: @floeoptometrist