Dorene Petersen
ACHS Appoints Tracey Abell as College President
The American College of Healthcare Sciences (ACHS, Portland, OR) has announced that Tracey Abell, BS, MS, has been appointed ACHS president. Abell joined the ACHS team in 2002 and was formerly the chief operating officer. During her tenure at ACHS, Abell was promoted to leadership positions across the institution including dean of admissions, dean of ...
ACHS Welcomes New Leadership
The American College of Healthcare Sciences (ACHS, Portland, OR) has announced the addition of key leaders at the institution: Hill Taylor, PhD has been named the college’s new chief academic officer. As chief academic officer, Dr. Hill will work in collaboration with the Board of Directors, president, chief operating officer, Center for Excellence in Teaching, Technology ...
ACHS President’s Scholarship Awarded to Digambar Prasad Chaudhary of Nepal
On April 30, the American College of Healthcare Sciences (ACHS) bestowed Digambar Prasad Chaudhary with the President’s Scholarship Award. He was accepted into ACHS’s Graduate Certificate in Aromatherapy program and will begin classes in the Autumn of 2019. Digambar, a resident of Dahiyar, Nepal, will attend classes through ACHS’s flexible, online education portal accredited by the ...
ACHS Celebrates 40 Years of Excellence in Holistic Health Education
The staff, faculty, and students of American College of Healthcare Sciences (ACHS) are celebrating four decades of excellence in holistic health distance education this year with a student graduation ceremony, wellness-focused projects, activities, and events on the theme of “Building on Traditions.” Dorene Petersen founded ACHS in Auckland, New Zealand in 1978. Before founding ACHS, Petersen ...
Erika Yigzaw Named ACHS President
The American College of Healthcare Sciences (ACHS) has announced that Erika Yigzaw, BCom, LLB (Hons), has been appointed college president effective June 15, 2018. Yigzaw formerly served as chief strategy officer and chief compliance officer. She will utilize her development and strategic planning acumen to usher ACHS, which this year celebrates 40 years of operations, ...
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