DMU osteopathic medical student Katie Eggerman was “one of those three-year-olds” who always knew a health care career was her destiny. She’s also one of those students who seizes leadership opportunities, such as her new post with the Student Osteopathic Medical Association.
Nearly 50 million Americans, including more than 16 million children, struggle with hunger. Last Halloween, DMU students worked to alleviate this scary problem by trick-or-treating for food pantry donations.
Coming up with a way to convince older women to wear sensible shoes led a group of Des Moines Girl Scouts to learn teamwork, practice problem-solving and advance in a regional Lego competition. In the process, they gained mentors in some DMU podiatric medical students.
The team DMU is assembling for a health service trip to the Central American nation of Honduras March 16-24 will wear multiple hats. To date, the group includes students from all three DMU colleges and five of its nine programs; four Drake University pharmacy students; two DMU alumni; two DMU faculty members and two Drake…
The crisis of world hunger likely has endangered humans since they came to exist. But the problem is about to get much worse, and not just for third-world dwellers with distended bellies and protruding ribs. “Nearly one billion people are hungry every day,” Raymond Offenheiser, president of Oxfam America, stated at the fourth annual Heartland…
His patients and colleagues sing the praises of DMU graduate Robert Birk, but he says he’s simply doing what he wants – being a small-town care provider in the county where he grew up.
Whether they were garbed in golf togs or formally dressed for dinner, hundreds of alumni and friends turned out in recent months to support scholarships for DMU students.
You may recognize those little red plastic poppies, typically distributed on Memorial Day, as a way to remember and honor those who died in service to their country. You might not know, however, this symbol of the ultimate sacrifice was created by an osteopathic physician.
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