National University of Health Sciences
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| Motto | Esse Quam Vederi |
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| Type | Private |
| Established | 1906 |
| President | Joseph P.D. Stiefel |
| Vice-president | Tracy McHugh, Ron Mensching, Randy Swenson |
| Dean | Robert Shiel, Daniel Strauss, Randy Swenson, Jenna Glenn, Daniel Driscoll, Theodore Johnson, Gregory Cramer |
| Address | 200 E. Roosevelt Rd., Lombard, IL 60148, Lombard, Illinois, United States |
| Colors | Maroon and Goldenrod |
| Nickname | National, NUHS, National University |
| Mascot | Eagle |
| Website | http://www.nuhs.edu |
National University of Health Sciences is private not-for-profit higher education institution located in the Chicago, Illinois suburbs. NUHS offers professional degrees in chiropractic and naturopathic medicine, master's degrees in acupuncture and Oriental medicine, a bachelor's degree in biomedical science, and a certificate or associate degree in massage therapy.
NUHS is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission. On June 30, 2016, the University was placed on Notice by HLC. "Notice is a public status signifying that an accredited institution is at risk of being out of compliance with one or more of HLC's Criteria for Accreditation. The period of Notice is not more than two years, commencing with the date that the HLC Board of Trustees placed the institution on Notice. During the Notice period, the institution remains accredited and it has the opportunity to remedy the concerns that led to the Notice sanction."
National University of Health Sciences was founded as the "National School of Chiropractic" by John Fitz Allen Howard in 1906 in Davenport, Iowa. In 1908, the school moved to Chicago, because its founder desired a scientifically more rigorous academic culture. Another reason that Howard relocated to the Chicago area was that he received an agreement allowing his students to have access to anatomical study of cadavers at the nearby Cook County Hospital.
After being chartered and incorporated by the State of Illinois, the college's first home was on Congress Street across from Presbyterian Hospital. In 1920, the college's enrollment had grown to such an extent that it needed a larger facility, so it purchased a five-story building at 20 N. Ashland and the name was changed to "The National College of Chiropractic". In 1927, the college established its first clinic, the "Chicago General Health Service", which remained in operation until 2008.
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