Our trip was in conjunction with Global Brigades, an organization with ongoing sites in multiple areas around the world. The Honduran staff for Global Brigades were quite good and prepared for our arrival. They provided translators, although some of our group […]
“A privilege of service” Read More
On a recent Friday evening on the DMU campus, a group of students gathered in the Student Education Center’s osteopathic manual medicine laboratory for some hands-on practice. They were perfecting a type of muscle energy technique different from what usually
Melding music with med school Read More
Adrian Simien was barely a year old when pioneering “gangsta rap” group N.W.A. debuted the 1988 album “Straight Outta Compton” that popularized the violent reputation of his hometown. Simien experienced first-hand the southern California city’s high rates of violence and
A recent early March morning in Des Moines was the kind that would make most medical students – most people, for that matter – hit the snooze button and crawl deeper under the covers. Central Iowa was under yet another four inches of
Reaching out to the unsheltered Read More
When Melissa Rhoads, a student at Aveda Institute Des Moines, learned about an opportunity to join hair stylists of Salon Adeva in West Des Moines at a fundraising event at DMU, she went beyond packing up her scissors. She agreed
DMU students lose hair, collect cash during research fundraiser Read More
Last fall, members of DMU’s American Academy of Podiatric Sports Medicine Club (AAPSM) enjoyed “Friday Night Lights” with more professional learning and not so much drama as the popular NBC television program. “The Sports Medicine Club talked with me about
More in sports: learning lessons on the sidelines Read More
Since 1998, DMU has produced pumped-up men’s and women’s football teams to take on Drake University law students in the annual Malpractice Bowl. However, the DMU women’s team, coming off a third consecutive triumph last September, raised their spirit to
DMU puts interprofessional spin on pigskin Read More
After a successful inaugural event that shaved dozens of heads and raised $20,000 for childhood cancer research, Des Moines University students are aiming for more donations and bald heads at the second annual St. Baldrick’s Day celebration on February 25.
DMU students aim bigger, balder at second annual head-shaving event Read More
Des Moines University is hosting the fourth annual Mission: Active health fair, a free event for kids, on Saturday, February 1, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Olsen Center, 3200 Grand Avenue. Mission: Active has more than 20
DMU kids health fair promotes physical activity to fight obesity Read More
As vice president of the DMU Student Government Association (SGA) during her second year in the University of Osteopathic Medicine and Health Sciences (UOMHS), now DMU, Katie Nelson Martin, D.O.’00, set as one of her goals to bring to the University a program
Treasured DMU Traditions Read More