We’ve Come A Long Way
Since its founding, National University of Health Sciences (NUHS)
has been the “fountainhead” for progressive, evidence-directed edu-
cation. This tenet not only applies to its curriculum and research,
but to the inclusion of groups not typically allowed (early on) to
matriculate in health care institutions. Women have always been an
important part to the foundation of National as well as chiroprac-
tic in the United States. As the 1907 photograph shows, National’s
second graduating class was made up of entirely women.
The current enrollment at NUHS is 59 percent female, and the cur-
riculum includes training that allows all graduates to be competent
in women’s health management. Additionally, DC licensure in
Illinois has the unique distinction, according to the Federation of Chiropractic Licensing Boards (FCLB), of having
Minora Paxson, DC , obtain the first license here.
I’m reminded of a female patient of mine who recently passed away and happened to be a NUHS alum from the early
1950s. She graduated, got married and began a family, but she never practiced. During our discussions I got up the nerve
and asked why she never did so. With a pained look she said that it was very difficult to get an associateship or to start
your own practice as a woman during that era. The business climate was antagonistic toward entrepreneurial women, and
the only socially acceptable healthcare professionals were nurses. Thankfully times have changed.
Please join us during Homecoming this year, as our female colleagues educate us in diverse aspects of conservative,
mainstream healthcare that are uniquely chiropractic. The true meaning of Esse Quam Videri (to be, rather than to seem)
distinctly applies to all of our alumni, but during Homecoming, let us remember that female healthcare providers have
always had to prove themselves no matter the discipline.
See you at Homecoming!
Darren D. Hancock, DC, DACBSP
National University of Health Sciences will be hosting its Homecoming 2018 celebration, June 21-23, at the Lombard campus!
Come join us and connect with classmates and current students, learn about what is happening in your profession, and help
advance your education and career through networking opportunities with colleagues and exhibitors.
For more information and to register, click here!
Homecoming 2018 Featured Speakers
Rachel Klein,
DC, ND, MT Ty Talcott, DC, CHPSE
Brain Health:
A Balancing Act Who Is Getting Audited Via
HIPAA and OIG, and How
They Get Caught:
Part 1 & 2
Rachael Fabbi, DC,
DABCI, FIAMA, CFMP Janet Lintala, DC Kristine Tohtz, DC
Pamela Aaron Joachim,
DC, LAc, FIAMA Beth Rizer, BS, DC Alicia Yochum, RN,
DC, DACBR, RMSK
Erin Ducat, DC
Get Better Results by
Using Kettlebells
A Functional Approach to
Preconception Planning
CoxR Technic: The
Evidence-Based Neck and
Back Pain Relief System
Katie Johnson,
DC, NCCAOM
2
Multimodal Approaches
to Hormones: Complex
Clinical Cases
Overview of Autism
Spectrum Disorders and
Supporting Vibrant Health
on the Spectrum
FMT Kinesiology Taping
Concepts: Taping Movements,
Not Muscles
TCM Pediatric: Identification
of Children in the 5 Element
Model for Better Treatment
Options
Does Altered Biomechanics
Cause Bone Marrow Edema?
Gina Sirchio, DC, CCN
Female Athlete Triad Fertility
3