May 26-27 offered double the joy, squared: Members of the DMU Class of 2022 and their loved ones celebrated graduation, alumni with “milestone” class years toured campus and traded tales of their student days, and everyone enjoyed the festivities in person […]
DMU commencement, reunions return for in-person celebrations Read More
This spring, DMU President and CEO Angela L. Walker Franklin, Ph.D., was honored by the American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine and inducted into the Iowa Business Hall of Fame. Approximately four miles south of Jordan Creek Town Center
Honors for an “extraordinary servant leader” Read More
Chad Becker, D.O.’16, and his father, Charlie, enjoy traveling the world and strive to include a charitable component in their trips. When they climbed Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, for example, they brought computers to donate to a local school. But
DMU grad transports supplies to Ukraine Read More
Nearly two years ago, DMU’s College of Osteopathic Medicine (COM) launched a process that closely coincided with the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic – the heavy lifting of again applying for and earning accreditation by the Commission on Osteopathic College
DMU COM earns full COCA accreditation Read More
Graduation + wedding proposal = new adventures Commencement is typically a day of celebration and excitement for DMU graduates, but for Logan Driscoll, it also brought a case of the jitters. A member of the physician assistant (PA) Class of
Matches made in medicine Read More
Some people may look at a drift of pigs and see pork chops and bacon. Lisa Rochette, D.V.M., M.P.H.’15, sees creatures that help feed the world and bolster the economy. “They produce a fair amount of meat compared to what
Doing her part to help feed the world – safely Read More
It started with the seed of an idea that has since grown: to transplant some of the small burr oak saplings on the University’s current campus to the site of the new West Des Moines campus.
Transplanting our roots, literally Read More
Sean Grambart, D.P.M.’01, FACFAS, assistant dean for clinical affairs in the College of Podiatric Medicine and Surgery (CPMS), was a student and more recently a colleague of Robert Yoho, D.P.M., M.S., FACFAS, who retired in May after 28 years at
Honoring the lasting legacy of Dean Yoho Read More
DMU’s new West Des Moines campus is still a work in progress, but Dave Kapaska, D.O.’86, M.B.A., and his wife, Mary Ann, already have made their mark on it by naming the Telehealth Room, to be located in the Innovation
You name it: Make your mark on DMU’s new campus Read More
Ryan Dow, M.P.H.’12, M.H.A.’12, led a team at a major Iowa-based agriscience company to implement a massive coronavirus testing program. Three states to the west, Braden Ainsworth, M.P.H.’12, pivoted his public health care role to join the pandemic response. In
Alumni contribute to fight against COVID-19 behind the front lines of health care Read More