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Exceptional healthcare education begins here.

The Mission

Rocky Vista University provides quality healthcare education while inspiring students to serve with compassion, integrity, and excellence.

Meet Dr. Forstein

Our fearless and humble leader is a mainstay in our mission, bringing years of medical and academic experience to his steadfast commitment to supporting the entire RVU community.

Core Values at RVU

Collegiality

Mutual respect, collaboration, and the open exchange of ideas advance mutual goals and facilitate individual growth.

Compassion

The willingness to be engaged with the needs of others.

Diversity

The recognition, reflection, and representation of individual differences within a community including, but not limited to culture, race, age, ethnicity or national origin, color, sex, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, religious beliefs, spiritual practices, political beliefs, mental and physical ability, socioeconomic status, individual life experiences, or other ideologies.

Equity

The implementation of unbiased policies and practices to ensure everyone has access to opportunities along with needs-based distribution of resources to obtain positive outcomes so that all individuals and groups may attain their full potential and no one is deprived regardless of identity, abilities, background, or socially determined circumstances.

Excellence

The commitment to exceed expectations in education.

Inclusivity

The dynamic process of creating a welcoming environment that increases awareness, knowledge, and empathetic understanding to enable individuals with diverse backgrounds, abilities, insights, and experiences to interact in an open, fair, respectful, equitable, and collaborative fashion.

Innovation

Delivering new and creative ways to provide healthcare education while consistently demonstrating compassion, integrity, and excellence.

Integrity

The quality of living a unified life in which one’s convictions are well-considered and match one’s actions, demonstrating fairness, honesty, sincerity, professionalism, and a consistent commitment to our mission, vision, and values.

Service

Through active service, we support one another and seek to meet the needs of the larger community.

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Come as you are.
Learn what you love.

Here at RVU we practice Inclusive Excellence, which means we see inclusiveness and excellence as one in the same. We can’t have one without the other. Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion is deeply embedded in all aspects and dimensions of the university, and everyone on campus is responsible for upholding this practice.

Accredited by the Higher Learning Commission (HLC). Inspired by you.

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Get to know more about RVU

Discover what makes Rocky Vista University a unique place for learning, growing, and community. Explore everything from our dedicated leadership, to our mission-driven strategic plan, and the vision of our Office of the President. Learn how RVU is shaping the future of healthcare education.

Additional Resources

Careers at RVU

Careers at RVU

Careers at RVU

Rocky Vista University welcomes employment inquiries from qualified individuals who share and support our mission and vision. We value individuals who demonstrate a commitment to lifelong learning, community service, and excellence. As one of the newest of the colleges of osteopathic medicine, RVU enjoys an entrepreneurial culture featuring state of the art facilities and innovative approaches to learning.

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Faculty & Staff

Faculty & Staff

Faculty & Staff

The faculty and staff are a school’s most valuable commodity. They are the basis of the school’s success and the future success of its graduates. At RVU, we have a group of employees who are dedicated to the mission of providing quality healthcare education and of inspiring students to serve with compassion, integrity, and excellence. Visit the RVU Directory to get to know the faculty and staff.

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Information Hub

Information Hub

Information Hub

There are many ways to learn more about RVU; from the latest news to the stories of our students, faculty, and staff – the Information Hub has current press releases, news updates, and featured blogs.

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What’s happening at RVU?

Transforming Residency Challenges: The Success of RVU’s PDI and MPDI Programs

News

Transforming Residency Challenges: The Success of RVU’s PDI and MPDI Programs

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RVU Utah Hosts RVU Global Meet and Greet

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RVU Colorado Student Serves on the Council on Legislation Board (Colorado Medical Society)

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RVU PA Program Participates in 65th Annual Frontiers of Science Institute

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Reflecting on World Mental Health Day

Blog

Reflecting on World Mental Health Day

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Sun Safety Awareness Highlighted by RVUCOM’s Dermatology and Pathology Club

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Enrollment Management Refines Whole Person Approach

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Get in touch

Reach out with questions or comments at the emails below. If you have a general inquiry or are not sure where to begin, fill out the form below and someone will be in touch.

Admissions

Colorado: [email protected]
Utah: [email protected]
Montana: [email protected]

Registrar

[email protected]

Employment Verifications

[email protected]

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