Meet Our Acupuncture Students
Andrea Hingst
"I looked into other schools, but picked National University because of the western science courses and the anatomy lab experience they offered. With my background, I'm pretty big on having science as a foundation for my education."
Eddy Toulassi-Djinan
“NUHS has helped a lot because I’ve been in classes where they give you classes to work on even though you’re not dealing directly with a human being. By doing those cases ahead of time prepared me better for the clinic. So when I see those cases in clinic […] I am not shocked, I […]
Elizabeth Spicher
"I like that we can experience clinic within the second trimester of the acupuncture and oriental medicine programs. We're getting our feet wet by watching the real practice of the medicine, not just by reading books. We learn through seeing patients and writing SOAP notes, which helps reinforce what we learn in the classroom."
Fan Jiang
"I liked the clinical part of the program. This profession is hands-on. The more experience you have, the more cases you see, the better. Our clinical experience here at NUHS is a big strength."
Greer Nesbit
"Even though there were acupuncture schools in the city, I chose to commute to Lombard because National had a real campus and offered an integrative medicine environment. It also had a flexible schedule and a cadaver lab, which the other schools couldn't offer."
Kathryn Rohrer
Doctor of Naturopathic and Acupuncture Student “One of the great things about National is the flexibility in your schedule, so you can take however many or however few classes you can really fit in a trimester.”
Tobias Donaker
"There's a good dynamic of people in the program that come from medical backgrounds versus people from sociological backgrounds like myself, as well as people from philosophical backgrounds. It all opens people's minds to absorb teachings from another culture and apply them to our own culture effectively."Student Blogs
Follow our students as they work their way through each trimester at National University. Get a first-hand glimpse into classes, studying, campus life, and our communities.