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Osteopathic Medicine

Wow. I'm ashamed to say that it took me an entire year to update. Sorry about that.

Well, to start off, I've decided to go to medical school and will be attending Touro University in Vallejo. It's an osteopathic medical school which is a little different from your traditional schools. Osteopathic medicine emphasizes the idea of allowing the body to utilize its own mechanisms to maintain health. It also includes an area known as Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine (AKA OMM). Another distinction can be that those that graduate from an osteopathic program are rewarded a DO (Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine). Nevertheless, the curriculum is relatively identical with MD programs and DO's can specializes in the same areas as MD's. At first I was skeptical of the program, but, after doing research, I'm very excited to start school. I particularly love the idea of allowing your own body to take care of itself. It really ties into prevention which is an area that I have interest in (thanks to Berkeley).

That's about it for now. Before medical school starts, I plan to go to a camp that my church is hosting and review some science material to refresh my memory. If I have the time, I'll try to update again. Hopefully it won't take me another year to do so. =)

Rebekah Kim
posted June 25, 2009 1:04 AM

Environmental Law via CRS

After graduation (CRS, '99), I worked for Governor Davis for a year doing environmental legislation and land use work. Realizing that I enjoyed working with environmental issues at the state government level but that I was too far from my own native state, I returned to New York for law school at Pace Law School. Pace has one of the best environmental law programs in the country, and it was a great fit for me. Surprisingly, I was the first Cal grad to come through the school.

I've been with the New York State Attorney General's office for four years now, in the Environmental Protection Bureau. My job pulls on my science background, as I work with hazardous waste remediation issues, and also the policy background which was part of my curriculum in CRS. If anyone out there is considering a career in environmental law, I'd be happy to chat about it!

Janice Dean
posted June 13, 2009 8:33 PM

From ES to Oxford

Hello interested blog readers. I was asked to give a quick profile of what I've done since graduating.

UNDERGRAD

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Josh Fisher
posted June 9, 2009 11:46 AM