Emperor’s College is honored to have been selected to be the sole provider of acupuncture services at the 2017 West Los Angeles VA Stand Down. This is the third year that the college’s students and alumni have treated veterans at the event. Students and alum treated over 50 vets, for many of whom it was their first time experiencing acupuncture. The wellness area was organized by the Mindful Warrior Project. Emperor’s College is committed to serving the veterans community of Los Angeles. For more information about the college’s veterans clinic, educational and community initiatives, please contact the Emperor’s College Office of Veterans Relations at 310.453.8300 ext.115.
Emperor’s College achieved a 100% pass rate on the California Acupuncture Licensing Examination (CALE) during January – June 2021. All 18 graduates who took the exam for the first time passed. This is a significant achievement for our graduates given all the challenges that they have faced during the pandemic. All of these graduates had to adjust to remote education in 2020, and many of them treated patients in the clinic during the height of the pandemic when there were many unknowns. We congratulate them for this extraordinary accomplishment and for their incredible perseverance. We also express our gratitude to the brilliant faculty at Emperor’s College who continue to provide a rich academic experience for our students during this deeply challenging time. And finally, we acknowledge the tremendous dedication of our staff members who give 100% every day to meet the needs of our students. As we continue to navigate the evolving nature of this pandemic, we commit to caring for our community and to bringing compassionate healing to those in need. The full list of California Acupuncture License Exam pass rates by college can be found on the California Acupuncture Board websitehttp://www.acupuncture.ca.gov/students/exam_statistics.shtml
100% of Emperor’s College grads that took the California Acupuncture License Exam for the first time last March passed, the highest pass rate of any acupuncture school in the United States represented by more than four students. A total of 296 people from around the U.S. took the exam for the first time on March 21, 2017, 232 of whom passed, for a 78% pass rate. The next exam will be held August 23, 2017 in Sacramento, CA. Emperor’s College grads posted the highest 2016 pass rate with 88.6% of its grads that took the California Acupuncture License Exam for the first time passing. Over the last three years, Emperor’s grads have posted an 83.8% pass rate, outperforming the average by over 20%, the highest three year pass rate of any of the acupuncture schools in the country that sent more than two students to each exam. “The California Acupuncture Licensing Exam is recognized as the most difficult licensing exam in the country and that 100% of our grads taking the test for the first time passed is wonderful,” said Jacques MoraMaro, Academic Dean at Emperor’s College. “And that our grads outperformed the grads of the other major AOM schools over the last three years is a testament to the hard work of the students and the efforts at the college to continually improve and create the best learning experience possible for the students.” The full list of pass rates by college can be found on the California Acupuncture Board website at http://www.acupuncture.ca.gov/students/stats_mar2017.pdf
The Emperor’s College externship at Being Alive was featured in the June issue of Acupuncture Today. Written by DAOM candidate Jad Dawson and DAOM alum Craig Swogger, the article focused on the indispensable benefits of Being Alive to the Los Angeles community of people living with HIV/AIDS and the important role Emperor’s College plays at the West Hollywood nonprofit. The article is available at: http://www.acupuncturetoday.com/mpacms/at/article.php?id=33337 To learn more about all the Emperor’s College externships, including at Being Alive, visit: http://www.emperors.edu/masters-program/acupuncture-school-program-overview/clinical-externships/
Emperor’s College students and alum were honored to be invited to provide treatments to the participants of the 2017 Run For Hope participants. 1,700 individuals participated in the event, walking or running, in memory of someone close to them who died. The 5K event was a fundraiser for OUR HOUSE, a nonprofit support center that provides grief support services, education, resources, and hope. Since 1993, OUR HOUSE has helped thousands of grieving children, teens, and adults as they embark upon their journeys to hope and healing. Thank you to OUR HOUSE for inviting us to the event and share the benefits of acupuncture and Oriental medicine to people in the grieving process. For more information about OUR HOUSE visit http://www.ourhouse-grief.org/
Emperor’s College of Traditional Oriental Medicine interns and alumni treated dozens of women military vets at the 2017 Women Veterans Wellness Summit held March 24th in Los Angeles. Emperor’s College was the only school of acupuncture and Oriental medicine invited to create and operate clinics at the event and is honored to have been selected to be of service to the amazing women that attended. The event was dedicated to the health and wellness of women veterans and featured keynote speakers Kitty and Michael Dukakis. To learn about opportunities for veterans to receive free and low cost acupuncture treatments in the Emperor’s College community acupuncture clinic visit www.emperors.edu/military-vets/ Emperor’s College is committed to serving the veterans community of Los Angeles and is the leading acupuncture and Oriental medicine service provider to military vets in the United States. For more information about the college’s veterans clinic, educational and community initiatives, please contact the Emperor’s College Office of Veterans Relations at 310.453.8300 ext.115.