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Changes to the petition
on 29 May 2026
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Petition addressed to: Administrators at University of Western States
- Re-Hire Dr Peter Vuky, beloved clinician for the Connected Whole Health Clinic at the University of Western States, as a full-time clinician
- Change policies around hiring and stop terminating employees via email
- Increase support for clinicians in the student clinic
Reason
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On Tuesday, May 26th, an email was sent to Dr Peter Vuky informing him that he is being laid off and his last day would be Thursday. The university offered him a part-time position (18 hrs per week), but due to alleged budget cuts and the fiscal year ending on May 31st, they could not keep him on as a full-time clincian.
This is the first of many positions that have been eradicated since I started the DC program in 2023, but this one hit particularly hard. Dr Vuky is a pillar in the school’s community and a friend to all. He frequently goes out of his way to help students, hear personal stories, and attend student events. He even volunteered as a standardized patient and a teaching assistant for a quarter on top of his clinic hours. He is also the faculty advisor for the Asian Student Association.
He is a mentor to many students, and frequently has interns hanging out at his office or faculty stopping by to check in. Dr Vuky is adored by his patients and the UWS community alike. In many ways, he is the heartbeat of our school.
Finally, next term, 3 clinicians will be left to mentor over 60 student interns in their first quarter at the student clinic, while also managing existing interns. Having one less clinician means there is significantly less capacity to mentor students in arguably one of the most pivotal points in our chiropractic education.
Dr Vuky is currently in negotiations with administrative staff at UWS. Your signature on this petition will amplify student voices and increase the liklihood that he be reinstated as a full-time clinician.
Thank you so much for your support, Emma Agger, Portland
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Petition details
Petition started:
05/29/2026
Collection ends:
12/02/2026
Region:
Portland
Topic:
Education
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Dr vuky is a solid clinician. Like anyone else he is human and may have made mistakes. I graduate several years ago and am not privy to the details of his termination and therefore unsure if it’s warranted. However, during my time in the clinic with Dr Vuky he took excellent care of his students and taught us many real world techniques and business tips that were invaluable when opening my clinic. I was thrilled to have Vuky as a clinician and I hope he can still have a role at UWS in some capacity. We spoke often of his goals and career aspirations and they always involved UWS, and I’d hate to see him not make his goals.
As a brand new student in only my third quarter of the DC program, I would easily put Dr. Vuky as one of my favourite staff members at UWS. He is not my clinician, he is not my professor, I don’t even see him every day, and yet he has already impacted me positively and brightened my experience at UWS. In every educational institute I have attended from my elementary school to my undergraduate school, I have never met anyone who cares like Dr. Vuky. Even from afar, I can tell the people who work with him every day absolute love and adore and respect him. He is a huge light at this school and the immense support behind him is so loud. It is a bit of a shame that those who have higher positions and higher power see that this loss was necessary.
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As a 2023 UWS alumni and an intern of Dr. Vuky, I was extremely upset to hear about this news. UWS has great staff, but many seem to have been either let go now or have left to other universities. An example being Dr. Major, a harvard neurology researcher who is now at pitt university. However, out of all the great staff I interacted with at my time in UWS, Dr. Vuky stood out in a significant way. His honesty, patience, and passion for his job and helping students was unmatched and truly inspirational. He played a pivotal role in my growth from an intern to a graduate; and I will never forget his kindness and guidance through the difficult and stressful program. I believe him being let go, especially in the manner it was done, was an extreme oversight and miscalculation by the school