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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Harry’s here
There is a little magic in the air at the Des Moines University Library as a new U.S. National Library of Medicine exhibit makes it’s debut. Harry Potter’s World: Renaissance Science, Magic, and Medicine will run through June 16 and
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
2012 CPMS Recognition and Rite of Passage Ceremony
The annual CPMS Recognition and Rite of Passage Ceremony was held on Saturday, April 21, in the Student Education Center at DMU. Julia Moffitt, Ph.D., associate professor of physiology and pharmacology, received the Pre-Clinical Faculty of the Year Award; the
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DMU’s PA students are Pretty Awesome
A few quick facts about physician assistants: They are licensed to practice medicine with physician supervision in physicians’ offices, hospitals and other health care settings. They are formally trained to examine patients, diagnose injuries and illnesses, provide treatment and prescribe
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Alumni spotlight: Lindsay S. Dean, D.P.T.’10
Exercise science. Treating a variety of ages and diagnoses. Working out over the lunch hour with my husband (an employee at DMU)! I was a student ambassador and loved giving tours of DMU to prospective students and visitors. Start looking for jobs early and send out resumes and cover letters. Potential employers will be impressed with you if you apply early. Triathlons, road races […]
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Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food
If you read the foodie blogs, or follow the food debates, it doesn’t take long to find someone who doesn’t want you to eat something. Whether their reasons are passionate, personal or evidence–based, the volume and clutter of “don’t eat”
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