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College of Optometry Assistant Professor Frank Spors, game at once, knows all of the resources and skills at his
PhD, received the WesternU Distinguished Teacher disposal based on the situation, and can accurately
Award, which honors excellence in teaching, determine what needs to be done next. The health care
contribution to the educational mission of the university, system of the 21st century demands that kind of skill set
demonstrated concern for students and their learning if it has any hope of succeeding, he said.
and a commitment to high standards of professional life
by a faculty member. “If you’re not involved, somebody else will be, and that
might not be a good thing,” said Dearing, chief medical
Following the award presentations, as well as official officer for the John C. Lincoln Health Network in
welcomes from Provost and COO Gary Gugelchuk, PhD, Arizona. “We are the point guards of our industry, and
and Board of Trustees, faculty, student, and alumni now is the time to play ball.”
representatives, the academic year was declared officially
open by Dr. Pumerantz. Students and their families then COMP-Pomona’s 227 new students then took to the
migrated to eight sites in Pomona and Claremont for stage to don their white coats with the help of COMP
each college’s white coat ceremony, which symbolizes faculty members. A week earlier, on August 2, 2014, 106
students’ entry into the health professions. more DO students had donned white coats at the
At the white coat ceremony for the College of university’s COMP-Northwest campus in Lebanon,
Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific (COMP), keynote Oregon, making the total number of entering COMP
speaker and 1984 COMP graduate James Dearing, DO, students 333.
urged members of the Class of 2018 to “push yourself to
be the best possible physician you can be.” COMP Assistant Dean of Longitudinal & Experiential
Learning and Associate Professor Edward Barnes II, MD,
He likened the role of a primary care provider – which FACP, talked about collaboration in his keynote speech
osteopathic physicians often become – to that of a point for the College of Podiatric Medicine white coat
guard on basketball team: Someone who sees the entire ceremony.
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PhD, received the WesternU Distinguished Teacher disposal based on the situation, and can accurately
Award, which honors excellence in teaching, determine what needs to be done next. The health care
contribution to the educational mission of the university, system of the 21st century demands that kind of skill set
demonstrated concern for students and their learning if it has any hope of succeeding, he said.
and a commitment to high standards of professional life
by a faculty member. “If you’re not involved, somebody else will be, and that
might not be a good thing,” said Dearing, chief medical
Following the award presentations, as well as official officer for the John C. Lincoln Health Network in
welcomes from Provost and COO Gary Gugelchuk, PhD, Arizona. “We are the point guards of our industry, and
and Board of Trustees, faculty, student, and alumni now is the time to play ball.”
representatives, the academic year was declared officially
open by Dr. Pumerantz. Students and their families then COMP-Pomona’s 227 new students then took to the
migrated to eight sites in Pomona and Claremont for stage to don their white coats with the help of COMP
each college’s white coat ceremony, which symbolizes faculty members. A week earlier, on August 2, 2014, 106
students’ entry into the health professions. more DO students had donned white coats at the
At the white coat ceremony for the College of university’s COMP-Northwest campus in Lebanon,
Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific (COMP), keynote Oregon, making the total number of entering COMP
speaker and 1984 COMP graduate James Dearing, DO, students 333.
urged members of the Class of 2018 to “push yourself to
be the best possible physician you can be.” COMP Assistant Dean of Longitudinal & Experiential
Learning and Associate Professor Edward Barnes II, MD,
He likened the role of a primary care provider – which FACP, talked about collaboration in his keynote speech
osteopathic physicians often become – to that of a point for the College of Podiatric Medicine white coat
guard on basketball team: Someone who sees the entire ceremony.
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