COM Outlook - Winter 2016

College of Osteopathic Medicine 17 First-year student Michelle King was just one of many students who participated in a Dr. Seuss-inspired paint event, which was sponsored by both the Pediatrics Club and the Cultural and Fine Arts Club. Once the artworks were completed, they were generously donated to local hospitals and clinics. shared how music had been such a big part of her life before medical school. She was encouraged to rekindle that love and play her violin and oboe to serve the community. As a result, other medical students decided to share their love of music and unite in song to lift the spirits of hospitalized children and their families at Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital in Hollywood, Florida. “This experience showed me a way to combine two things I love— music and medicine—and reaffirmed the healing power of music both for the patient and the performer,” Babaie stated. “It is truly a universal way to connect to others.” In September, the Cultural and Fine Arts Club members conducted a program through the college’s Lifelong Learning Institute where they taught seniors to connect with distant family and friends through the art of story- telling, sending e cards, and other ways to use technology and social media to help seniors rediscover vital purpose and be seen in a new light as wise and super-hip old sages. The club has now become interdisciplinary in nature, which is why nearly every month there is a new service event where students get to enjoy the practice of their art to benefit the community. Because there are so many noteworthy ways our students give back to the community, it is impossible to list each and every activity that has personal importance and value. As a result, since community is an NSU Core Value, the goal is to feature additional exam- Second-year students Ashley Van Putten (left) and Kristina Gemayel share a fun moment with a child at the Museum of Discovery and Science Anatomy Academy in Fort Lauderdale. ples of NSU-COM students’ heartfelt community service in future issues of both COM Outlook and the Student Government Association newsletter— SGA Rounds .