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Thursday, August 2, 2012

KUOW Radio Interview - The Woman Who Changed Childbirth In America: Seattle's Penny Simkin

Penny Simkin, namesake of Bastyr University's Simkin Center for Allied Birth Vocations, was a guest on Seattle's NPR station, 94.9 KUOW-FM.

A portrait of Penny Simkin
Penny Simkin was recently a guest on the Seattle NPR station.

Click here to listen to a nearly 19-minute interview with Penny Simkin, namesake of Bastyr Univeristy's Simkin Center for Allied Birth Vocations, on Seattle NPR radio station 94.9 KUOW-FM.

 

 

 

 

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Jun 24 Simkin Center

(formerly Professional Education in Breastfeeding & Lactation)
Earn a Lactation Educator Certificate in 5 days, instructed by expert faculty of Evergreen Perinatal Education.
Monday-Friday, June 24-28, 2013
8am-5pm
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Jun 24 General

The principal speaker at the University's 32nd annual commencement ceremony is Jorge Jiménez de la Jara, MD, MPH, Professor of Public Health at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile in Santiago, Chile.
Jun 25 Simkin Center

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Learn responsive birth support in 4 days. Team-taught by world class faculty since 1988.
Tuesday-Friday, June 25-28, 2013
8am-5:30pm
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In celebration of Earth Day 2013, The Princeton Review highlights Bastyr University's commitment to "going green".

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