I’m Andrew, a second year DO student at DMU. I’m on the HPSP scholarship and will be a Navy doctor when I graduate. I grew up in Taiwan but went to San Diego for college. Now I’m here in Des […]
What’s it like to…be a California transplant? Read More
The transition to medical school is tough. An overwhelming amount of new, complex information is coming at you every day and you quickly realize you’re not in undergrad anymore. You’re studying non-stop, just trying to make it through the next exam. Before
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First- and second-year D.O. students were involved in a volunteer disaster relief training on September 26. The American Red Cross took 440 students — the largest group trained in the United States this year — through a tabletop exercise with disaster situations
440 medical students take part in largest disaster training Read More
Human trafficking is a modern-day slavery, involving victims who are forced, defrauded or coerced into labor or sexual exploitation. An estimated 293,000 U.S. children are at risk of being exploited and trafficked. Des Moines University is holding a series of
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Diversity doesn’t just happen; to make it real and relevant, it requires champions. This spring the DMU office of multicultural affairs recognized students, faculty, staff, a community member and an organization as Diversity Champions for demonstrating an ongoing commitment to
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As a group, DMU students are passionate – about their academic success, their future careers and their community service. That passion extends to the University itself, as demonstrated by the many students who volunteer their time to serve as ambassadors for the DMU admissions office. “I tell them,
Student volunteers recruit future colleagues Read More
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Wordless Wednesday: #icebucketchallenge Read More
The 31 students who participated in the DMU health service trip to Honduras touched the lives of more than the nearly 1,600 patients they saw over five days in March. They also earned the pride of the clinicians who oversaw and guided them onsite. They inspired a
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