This Week@WesternU, May 1-5, 2023

May 1-5, 2023

WesternU COMP brings together donors and scholarship recipients to share stories

Western University of Health Sciences College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific (COMP) reimagined its Honors Day as a way to bring together scholarship donors and students.

The inaugural COMP Recognition Dinner, held April 20, 2023 at the DoubleTree Hotel in Ontario, California, was a change from past award dinners that might last three to four hours. COMP recognized students’ accomplishments in a slideshow that played throughout the evening, as well as in a printed program.

“The sponsors and donors have a story to tell. Students have a story to tell. Let me buy you dinner and some nice wine and allow you to enjoy one another,” said COMP Acting Dean David Connett, DO ’84, FACOFP Dist. “Get to know your sponsor. Get to know a student so you understand what this is about. I thought we would try something a little different tonight to go ahead and let everybody get to know one another and enjoy the evening.”

MSMS Research Symposium

In an effort to build a diverse and competent biomedical workforce able to address issues in underserved and underrepresented communities, the Master of Science in Medical Sciences (MSMS) program, part of the College of Health Sciences, hosted the MSMS Research Symposium on April 17, 2023.

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WesternU Staff Council Ice Cream Social

The WesternU Staff Council hosted its first in-person Staff Engagement Event with an Ice Cream Social on Wednesday, April 26, 2023. The event was held simultaneously on our Pomona and Lebanon campuses. The event was well attended, and the staff was happy and excited to be able to socialize and see familiar and new faces.

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