Providing information to the community on holistic health care is an essential part of our mission. In order to further the understanding of the profession of Oriental medicine and body therapy, Pacific College provides informative Open Houses, speakers to local organizations, and special events and workshops at the college.
At Pacific, we believe that maintaining a dialogue with other members of the health care community and the public at-large through these activities is key to the growth of our students and the profession. Community outreach allows Pacific students and alumni to participate in activities where they can directly experience the benefits of networking and charitable, community service.
How outreach benefits students & prepares them for success:
- Students practice & build skills in talking to prospective patients about Oriental Medicine and Massage Therapy.
- Students gain experience speaking with other healthcare providers (doctors, nurses, hospital staff, chiropractors, etc.) about Oriental Medicine and Massage Therapy.
- Students build a network of healthcare professionals and community organizations with whom they can work with in the future.
- Community members receive an introduction and education about Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine.
The following is a list of some of the community outreach activities Pacific students and alumni have participated in:
- Ada S. McKinley Social Services Agency Health Fair
- Advance Healthcare Jobfair
- Albert Einstein College of Medicine
- Alcohol and Substance Abuse Programs – NY State
- American Indian Center
- American Cancer Society – Relay for Life Health Fair
- Beth Israel Hospital
- Biodiversity Expo
- Bonaventure House
- Chicago’s Gay Pride Festival
- Chinese New Year
- Chinese New Year Open House
- City College of New York – Health Issues & Alternatives
- Columbia College Student Services Day
- Columbia Presbyterian Healthy Seniors Week
- Complementary and Alternative Medicine Expo
- Cornell Medical School
- Fleet Feet 5 and 10Km run
- The Fortune Society
- Gay Pride
- Great American Smoke Out
- Green Festival
- Harlem Department of Education Health Fair
- Hospital for Joint Diseases
- Hurricane Sandy Acupuncture and Massage Relief
- Interchurch Center
- International Massage Week
- Jewish Home & Hospital
- Latino Commission on AIDA
- Maimonides Hospital
- Malcolm X College Asian Health/Wellness Day
- Marymount Manhattan College Student Stress Down Day
- Michele Clark High School City-wide Health Fair
- Mission Bay Hospital Lectures
- Montefiore Hospital
- National Massage Therapy Awareness Week
- North American Acupuncture & Oriental Medicine Day
- NYU Medical School
- Omega Institute Lectures
- Opening Doors Family Health Center
- ORR Campus of Small Schools College Career Day
- Peggy Notebaert Nature Center
- San Diego Drug Abuse Services Lectures
- Screen Actors Guild Health Fair
- Sharp Hospital Lectures
- Summary of Community Outreach and Education – New York Campus
- Tunnel to Towers
- UCSD School of Medicine Lectures
- US Open Wheelchair Tennis Championship
- US Surgeon Generals Office & Disaster Medical Assistance Teams
- VALGO (Venzuelan & Latin American Lesbian Gay Organization)
- Veg Fest
- Vision Navigators – Healthcare for children jobfair
- Visiting Nurse Service of New York
- Voces Latinas – Women with HIV/AIDS
- Weill Cornell Medical School
- Wilbur Wright College Health Fair
- Women’s Resource and Wellness Fair
- World Martial Arts
*If you know of an organization which would benefit from community education about Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine, let us know. Our Outreach and Alumni Services departments can provide free sample acupuncture treatments for relaxation, speakers on a wide variety of topics, and staff information tables at health fairs, educational or fundraising events.