California Northstate University Master of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Congratulations to our MPS alumni on their White Coat Ceremony last weekend!! 🥼🎉✨ We are so excited for and proud of you and your continued medical education at COM! You are going to make great physicians someday 🩺🤍

Big congratulations to our Class of 2022 for graduating this weekend!! 🥳🎉🎊 We are so proud of you and can’t wait to see what amazing things you’ll accomplish! Best of luck with all your future endeavors ✨

Congratulations to our MPS2s that received awards at today’s COM and MPS Graduate Awards Ceremony! 👏🎊

Awards given:
• Best thesis defense: Anh Nguyen, Jon Clement, Kat Arnott
• Best capstone paper: Beeta Boushehri, Tiffany Wong, Sadaf Zarechian
• Class valedictorian: Jon Clement

Congratulations to today’s MPS2s that defended their capstone and thesis projects today!! 🎉 Your presentations were wonderful! Scroll through the images to see the interesting topics our students covered ✨

Congratulations to our MPS2s that defended their capstone and thesis projects today!! 🎉 You did amazing, and we are so proud of all your hard work! Scroll through the images to see the interesting topics our students covered ✨

Congratulations to Kyon and his best friend, Lawrence Santos, on winning CNU’s 3rd Annual Pet Competition!! 🎉✨ Thank you to all 45 of our participants and our CNU family for all your votes and support, making this our most successful competition/fundraiser yet! Special shoutout to our 2nd place winner, Phoebe, and our 3rd place winner, Boba! 👏

It was so fun getting together with our CNU family at this past Sunday’s Spring Bash! 🌼 Thank you to the SBC members who helped put on such a wonderful event!

Last week’s joint SACNAS and MPS Board game night was a blast! We will definitely be playing psychiatrist again ✨ Thank you to everyone who came and made the night so fun!

Both the beginning of spring and Chris’ birthday 🌼 Please join us in wishing our wonderful MPS1 Finance Chair a very happy birthday!! 🤩🥳🎉

Congratulations to our MPS students for their oral and poster presentations at CNU’s Annual Research Day! 🔬🧫🧬 Special shoutout to Dr. Mohamed for all his hard work on the CNU committee that put this amazing event together! 👏

This month’s Sweets & Treats social was a blast! We decorated Valentine’s Day themed and Singles Awareness Day themed cookies 🍪 Thank you to everyone that came, and special shoutout to those who presented a fun powerpoint! ✨

House Cup standings: the MPS2 Easy Peasy team is edging out the MPS1 Hedgehogs by only 7 points, bringing them to a total of 151 points! Who will take home the title of House Cup Champion? 👀

Please join us in wishing Karina a very happy birthday!! 🥳🎉✨🤩💓

As a member of the Class of 2023, she would like to share: “I received my bachelors in Chemistry at Sonoma State University. I love spending my time with my boys. Personally for me, it’s been a long bumpy road to get to where I am now but I am now closer than ever to my dream of medical school thanks to the MPS program!”

Congratulations, Sadaf and Dr. Farahat, on your research publication in Arkivoc! 👏✨ Swipe to read about their work.

Join us in wishing Thomas a very happy birthday!! ✨🥳🎉🤩🎈

As a member of the Class of 2023, he would like to share: “A little bit about myself, I helped co-found a fraternity chapter of DEM () at UC Riverside (). I also have worked as a medical scribe with Vituity for 4 years before becoming an EMT and working as an ER technician for over a 1 year before coming to CNU. Interesting fact, I started working as an ER technician during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. Definitely happy to be here in Elk Grove with such an amazing group of driven, like-minded individuals :D”

Please join us in wishing our amazing Arleigh-Ann from the Class of 2023 a very happy birthday!! 🥳🎉🎈💝✨

Happy first Friday of 2022!! 🤩🎉 We hope you all had a wonderful and restful break. Classes have started up again, and it’s been great seeing all of you back on campus! Here’s to another great semester ✨

Missing our monthly socials, so we’re throwing it back to last month’s Ready, Set, Snow event! ❄️ Here are the MPS1 & MPS2 superlative winners that you all voted for:
• Class Clown: Kishore & Justin
• Most Likely to be President: Kishore & Tiffany
• Most Likely to Survive a Zombie Apocalypse: Ryan & Olu (not pictured)
• Most Likely to be a Social Influencer: Hanaa & Beeta
• Best Dressed: Lawrence & Tiffany
• Most Accident Prone: tied between Chris & Mia and Shikha & Milo
• Best Shoulder to Cry On: Kishore & Tiffany
• Most Likely to Star in Own Reality Show: Hanaa & Beeta
• Most Likely to Win a Noble Prize: Carter & Priya
• Most Spirited: Chris & Beeta
• Most Likely to be Late to Graduation: Theo & Justin

We hope you all have a wonderful, restful Winter Break! 🤍 Happy Holidays! 🤗

Two of our amazing MPS faculty, Dr. El-Shamy and Dr. Farahat, recently had their research projects published in the journals of JCI Insight and Chemical Science, respectively. Join us in celebrating their scholarly achievements! ✨ Swipe to read about their work.

This month, we collaborated with and students and faculty to hold COVID-19 vaccine clinics to provide booster shots for our community. A total of almost 2,000 patients were vaccinated over the past four Fridays 💉 A big thank you to our amazing MPS students who volunteered their time to help make these clinics possible! ❤️

Join us in celebrating the birthday of our amazing MPS2 Outreach Chair, Beeta!! 🥳🤩🎉 Thank you for all your hard work on the Board! We hope you have the best day 💖

Last night’s get-to-know-you social was a blast!! Thank you to everyone that could make it 😊 In a surprising turn of events, the MPS2 Easy Peezy team took the lead against the MPS1 Hedgehogs in our House Cup games!⚡️

Special shout-out to our amazing Social Chair for planning such a fun evening! 💓

Today we had Dr. Xenoudi, the Associate Dean of Admissions & Student Affairs and of Clinical Affairs from CNU’s College of Dental Medicine, come and share about our newest MPS-to-CDM pathway! 🦷✨ Thank you for a wonderful presentation. We are so excited to offer this third pathway for MPS students! 🙌🏼

Today we’re celebrating the birthday of our new Class of 2023 President, Kishore!! 😍🥳✨🎈🎉

Here’s a little something he’d like to share with you all: "Hi everyone! I was born in India and bounced around all over the country before finding myself here in the MPS program! I'm looking forward to getting to know everyone and making the next few years some of the best ever as I pursue my Masters and MD!"

Please join us in wishing our fellow MPS2 Shikha a very happy birthday!! 🥳🎉💖

Here’s a little bit about herself she’d like to share with you all: “I come from Arizona where I attended the U of A and graduated with a bachelors of science in Microbiology. My dream is to become a physician so that I may help the community. I also love art and music 🎵”

What a fun first social of the school year! Thank you to everyone for joining us for this sundae funday 🍦🍨😋

Please join us in wishing our amazing Secretary Jon a very happy birthday!! 🤩🥳🎉🎊❤️

Here’s a message he’d like to share with you all: “I was born in Georgia and raised in South Mississippi. I’ve lived in Sacramento for the past seven years, and I currently enjoy taking my kids to the park and lab work at CNU. I’m a non-traditional student, but I’m closer than ever to my dream of medical school thanks to the MPS program! If I can do it, then you can too.”

Big congratulations to our 15 MPS Class of 2021 graduates on their White Coat Ceremony at ! 🎉🥼✨ As our first class to move on to complete their medical education at COM, we are so proud of you! You’re all going to make wonderful physicians someday 🩺🤍

Please join us in wishing our amazing Class of 2022 President Tiffany a very happy birthday!! 🥳🤩🎉🎊💖

Here’s a few words she’d like to share with you all: “It’s been an absolute pleasure serving as Class President and getting to know all of you! Before CNU, I majored in International Business and minored in Chemistry at UC San Diego. Outside of school and work, I love exploring skincare, makeup, and trying different types of workouts. I hope you all have a restful summer, and I look forward to seeing you in the fall 😊”

Please join us in wishing Farah a very happy belated birthday! 🥳🤩🎉💝✨

As a member of the Class of 2022, she would like to share a few words with you all: “Hi Everyone! It's a pleasure to be part of the MPS class and getting to know everyone. I got my bachelor's degree at San Francisco State University. Apart from school and work, I enjoy traveling to new places, cooking and spending a lot of time with my family and friends. I hope everyone is having an amazing summer break.”

Last Friday, we had our very first Annual MPS Org. Banquet 🌟 It was such a fun way to celebrate the MPS1s finishing their first year in the program and the MPS2s completing the program! 🎊 Special shoutout to our amazing Graduation Chair and Past Co-President for putting together this special event 💛