Students Caught
Dealing for Charity
by K. Friday and David S. Warden
LAS VEGAS NIGHT 2002
Uncle Sam would have been proud.
| With red, white and blue flags waving and a
crowd sporting patriotic garb, the MSUCOM community came together to raise money
for the needy—and have some fun in the process.
This year’s Eighth
Annual Las Vegas Night and Charity Raffle, sponsored by the Michigan
Osteopathic Association, raised over $9,000. The theme was American
patriotism, and everyone seemed to be in the giving spirit. Over half
the proceeds will go to Lansing’s Ele’s Place, a shelter and
resource for grieving children, and the remainder will be used to
support MSUCOM Student Council activities.
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Student Karla Witzke
spins the wheel for anxious players.
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More than 170 faculty, staff, students, clinical
faculty, friends and parents came to Vegas Night for an exciting evening of
blackjack, money wheel, roulette, and craps—the latter being the "hot
spot" all night. Table sponsors included:
MSUCOM Alumni Association,MSUCOM Student
Council, Department of Internal Medicine, MSUCOM Class of 2005, MSUCOM Statewide
Campus System, Department of Psychiatry, MSUCOM Class of 2004, MSUCOM Student
Services, Department of Radiology, Ingham Regional Medical Center, St. Joseph’s
Mercy of Macomb, and William D. Strampel, DO, dean.
UAAO AUCTION 2002
This year’s annual Undergraduate American
Academy of Osteopathy auction raised more than $5,800 to send MSUCOM students to
the annual UAAO conference in Norfolk, Virginia.
Some of this year’s auction items included a
weekend at the English Inn in Eaton Rapids, OMM tables, a $300 bottle of wine,
computer tutoring, textbooks, a suite at a Detroit Pistons game, a signed MSU
Spartan ice hockey jersey, and 18 holes of golf with Dr. William Falls.
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The pace was hectic
as workers sorted out prizes for high bidders.
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The UAAO at Michigan
State University is dedicated to increasing students’ awareness of
osteopathic principles and practices, particularly osteopathic
manipulative medicine. They provide many opportunities for students to
learn and practice OMM skills through workshops and classes that are
designed to supplement the regular curriculum. Also, the UAAO provides
unique opportunities for students to interact with their colleagues here
at MSU as well as across the nation through the Visiting Clinician
program. |
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