Welcome to the first official blog from the College of Health Sciences Alumni Association. Many of you may not know about our group, so I thought I would make the introduction. Our Alumni Association is a comprised of all the College of Health Sciences programs and many functions are collective activities with students &/or staff and faculty. We are still new ‑ we started only a few years ago and the word is still spreading to all of alumni, so share the word and connect your classmates to us! The CHS association is designed to support the College’s mission and be a liaison between alumni and current students. If you are interested in finding out more, visit www.dmu/alumni.

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“The Doctors” is an ABC tv show on which four docs of various specialties weigh in on pertinent health topics and bring in guests to explore health-related issues.  Tomorrow, Dr. Lee C. Rogers, a ’04 grad of DMU, will be on to discuss diabetic amputations and how to prevent them. Here’s a lil bio of Dr. Rogers from awhile back on StudentDoctor.

Catch it in Des Moines at 3 p.m.; check your local listings if you’re in another timezone!

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HAPPY DOCTORS’ DAY to our graduates, our faculty and our doctors-to-be!

Happy doctors’ day to all those working in the DMU Clinic — we have docs in occupational health, physical therapy, family medicine, ophthalmology, podiatric medicine, physical medicine and rehab, osteopathic manual medicine & radiology.

I can think of very few professions as altruistic as the one you have chosen. You go through years & years of school and devote yourselves completely to the well-being of others. For this we thank you and celebrate you!

Posted in Current Students, DMU Alumni, Osteopathic Medicine, Physical Therapy, Podiatric Medicine, Post-professional Physical Therapy, Prospective Students, Rural Health | 1 Comment

While watching the Olympics (love ‘em!) I saw these GE commercials and wanted to share them. (For those of you reading this via email, click HERE to view the videos. Sorry they don’t come through.)

This first commercial is a GREAT reminder of who true heroes really are. It’s something I think of constantly as I get to work with amazing health care professionals AND future health care rockstars. Check it out & don’t forget to honor true heroes:

This second commercial is a nice picture of global health outreach like we do at DMU:

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Happy Birthday seems to be the most used phrase lately in the PA neck of the woods. Last Monday, November 23, was a very special birthday for one of our PA faculty and once again, we had a good time! Pam Chambers (if you don’t know her…you should because she rocks) turned 50, so of course we had to celebrate.

My class threw together a little surprise party which was a blast. Our cover story was a class potluck that we invited the PA faculty to. The party included more food than imaginable (potluck style, of coarse), birthday cake, ice cream and presents. Each person in my class, plus a few others, brought a gift totalling 50 gifts she had to open. Let’s just say there were some hilarious gifts given and thank goodness Mrs. Chambers was such a trooper. Of course we made her wear anything wearable she got (hence the bright red lips from some smokin’ red lip stick in the picture…don’t worry that’s not her normal color!)

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This is heart-warming, use it for inspiration today: see what this lil 4-year-old Iowa boy wants for Christmas. So now I know you’re wondering how you can do good too… here’s some options:

• Go to LetsSayThanks.com to send a free postcard to the troops overseas!

• Buy tickets for The Nada’s annual Silent Night concert Dec. 4, 8 p.m. The concert raises money & collects toys to donate to Toys for Tots. This year, pre-concert there will also be a silent auction and every dollar goes to Dylan’s Smile.

• Check out Medicine for Mali, a non-profit founded by 2 DMU alums to bring aid to Africa. Every little donation helps ($150 pays for a trimester of tutoring at a village school for 400 kids) as does spreading the word about them.

• Donate toward scholarships or global health work or any of the great things going on here at DMU.

• Give to the Des Moines Area Religious Council food pantry. As a holiday gift, you can give and receive a voucher for your recipient saying a donation has been made in their name in lieu of a physical gift. $25 will provide 5 days of food for a family of 4! If you’re at DMU you can drop cans or boxes of food into the collection boxes on each floor or the shopping carts in each building the first full week of the month.

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