Preparing tomorrow's health care leaders
At DMU, we enable our students to make a tangible difference in the world. Our three health sciences colleges house eight different programs, all widely respected and highly competitive. We provide a hands-on learning environment that emphasizes competence, compassion, and community.
Numbers double for DMU Service Award
On May 17, DMU recognized 111 students with this year’s Service Awards, compared to 58 recipients last year. The Des Moines University Student Service Award recognizes students from all programs who demonstrate efforts to improve lives in our global community …
Alumni: get a DMU master’s degree online and at a discount
DMU’s master of health care administration (M.H.A.) and master of public health (M.P.H.) degree programs will become more affordable for some individuals beginning this fall: DMU alumni, members of the American Osteopathic Association, active members of the military and veterans …
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DMU completes purchase of West Des Moines property for new campus
Des Moines University (DMU) announced today that it has closed its transaction to purchase the 88.28 acre parcel in West Des Moines as part of its effort to move the campus and accommodate necessary growth and innovation. The transaction is …
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Epigenetics: taking greater control of your health and wellness
Can we change our genes – or at least how they’re utilized in the body – through diet and exercise? When illness or disease strikes or we become unhappy with our appearance, we tend to sigh and say things like: …
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Alumni came back for a memory-fueled Reunion
We were honored this past week to have the members of Class of 1969, 1979 and 1994 on campus to celebrate and participate in Alumni Reunion 2019! And from what they said, reunion participants were thrilled about the experience. “From …
DMU celebrates the class of 2019
It was another celebratory year as Des Moines University awarded 458 degrees in eight programs at the 119th annual Commencement Ceremony on May 24. Family, friends, faculty and staff celebrated the graduates throughout the week with programs, awards and a …
Respect, awareness and humility among key takeaways at TransHealth Series
Transgender individuals are those whose gender identity is different from their biological sex assigned at birth. Transgender persons require the same basic health care that is essential to the well-being of all humans; however, they also have unique needs that …
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REUNION REFLECTIONS: Alumnus practices by his “Ruddism” that the patient is most important
Growing up in Houston, all Charles Rudd, D.O.’69, ever wanted to do was become a marine biologist and “live near and under the water.” As a biology major at Southern Nazarene University, however, he had a professor who talked him …
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1898
year DMU was founded, making us the second oldest osteopathic university
$7 million
received by students in scholarships each year
Improving Lives
in our global community is part of our core mission
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Des Moines is the most affordable place to live in the U.S.
“During our pre-clinical years, we are immersed in a curriculum that balances innovation and technology with lectures from renowned professors. We are given the tools, resources and opportunities to become compassionate, empathetic and competent clinicians to serve on local, national and even global levels.”
Neel Patel, D.O.'20