Wordless Wednesday: DMU in bloom
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Memorial Day: picnic season’s official start
While our DMU campus is buzzing with commencement and the festivities of celebrating the work of our faculty and students, there is another holiday that falls at the end of the month: Memorial Day. And for many families, Memorial Day
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Annual memorial service honors DMU body donors and their families
On Friday, May 18, Des Moines University will honor 56 people who donated their bodies to further medical education in the past year. This year’s service recognizes donors from across the state, as well as Illinois and Missouri. The family
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Wheels a turnin’
May is Bike Month and Des Moines has a ton of opportunities for you to dust off those wheels and hit the trails. • May 14: Two-Wheel Caucus, 7-8 a.m. Meet at 39th Street and Grand Avenue, as politicians from central Iowa
Promoting cultural competence
When asked by prospective students what it is about DMU that should impress them, I always bring up the quality of the students. It’s not just that we are more diverse than we might seem at first glance, with surprising
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Wordless Wednesday: Best use of theme
**Check out our square downtown on Court Avenue in front of Dos Rios restaurant.
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Second annual kids health fair offers fitness activities, teaches healthy habits
In an effort to promote physical activity and fight obesity, Des Moines University students are holding the Mission: Active health fair, a free event for kids on Saturday, May 5. The second annual health fair will be held from 9
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Speaker to share experiences of taking medicine to the streets
Des Moines University has invited Dr. Jim Withers, pioneer in an emerging field known as “street medicine,” to speak to students and faculty at noon on Monday, April 23, in the Student Education Center Auditorium, 3300 Grand Avenue. The event
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Open house offers free treatments, knowledge about osteopathic manual medicine
The public is invited to learn about and experience first-hand the benefits of osteopathic manual medicine (OMM) at Des Moines University’s annual OMM Community Night on April 24 from 6 to 8 p.m. in the Student Education Center, 3300 Grand
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Community Ambassador Program – Spring 2012
The Community Ambassador Program (CAP) at Des Moines University offers area students – grade school through college – opportunities to learn about various health and medical topics and issues. Schools and classes that participated in CAP in recent months include
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