WVSOM plans to celebrate 40th anniversary this weekend

The West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine will celebrate its 40th anniversary with a full weekend of activities for alumni and their families, as well as welcoming 201 first-year students just embarking on the path to become physicians.

With 340 graduates expected, along with guests, reunion events such as Friday evenings country BBQ and concert under the tent and Saturdays elegant dining and dancing function at The Greenbrier resort are sure to be well-attended.

Registration/check-in for grads and their families will begin today from 2 to 5 p.m. at the Alumni Center.

Also scheduled for alumni today is a class offering four hours of continuing medical education (CME) credits. The on-campus class runs from 4 to 8:30 p.m.

Registration will continue all day Friday, and another class this one offering eight hours of CME credits will be offered from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

While the doctors are in class, a range of activities is in store for their children and spouses/significant others. Beginning at 2 p.m., the adults will choose among several cooking classes and a tour of historic Lewisburg, while the children will enjoy supervised activities on the WVSOM campus.

The family barbecue dinner will run from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Friday at the Alumni Center, and then a family celebration concert will be staged under the tent on the campus parade field.

The Friday concert will feature the Ramp Supper Band and acclaimed duo The Dueling Fiddlers Adam DeGraff and Russell Fallstad who plug-in and perform rock n roll standards on violins.

Saturday at 9:30 a.m., 201 new medical students will receive their white coats, symbolic of the profession they have chosen to pursue, in a solemn ceremony on the parade field. The public is invited to attend the Convocation and White Coat Ceremony, which will also be aired live on the http://www.wvsom.edu website.

Dr. Rodney Fink, D.O., chairman of the WVSOM Board of Governors and a 1987 graduate of the school, will deliver the ceremonys keynote speech.

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WVSOM plans to celebrate 40th anniversary this weekend

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