At 245 Strong, AUC Mobilizes for Community Action Day
More than 240 students, staff, and family from American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine (AUC) spent their Saturday volunteering across Sint Maarten. Outfitted in grey t-shirts and...
View ArticleAUC Announces Three New Academic Scholarships for Incoming Medical Students
American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine (AUC) has launched three new scholarship programs to recognize incoming students with superior academic achievement. “At AUC we seek to enroll...
View Article54 AUC Colleagues Receive Award for Work and Dedication during Hurricane Irma
When Hurricane Irma took a direct turn toward Sint Maarten last September, Melissa Harrison-Grinuva told her husband and mother-in-law to come shelter at American University of the Caribbean School of...
View ArticleAUC Grad and Wife Pen Book on Child Rearing
Ben Boswell M.D. (’10) and his wife Lisa Boswell, recently wrote their first book, Too Much Love, Too Much Discipline, a guide to help parents better understand the best techniques to raise children...
View ArticleAUC Grad Awarded Prestigious Fellowship
John Lusins III, MD (‘06) has received an American Psychological Association (APA) Psychiatric Leadership Fellowship. The fellowship is a two-year award which offers psychiatric residents, with...
View ArticleA Soldier Faces a New Battle: Medical School
Luke Smith−Iraqi veteran, father, husband, medical student− is laughing uncontrollably. His two-year old daughter Lilly, has presented him with a hamburger bun. No meat, just a bun. “I have no idea...
View ArticleThe Traveling Doctor
It’s early morning and Jody Sadler, M.D. (’09), is zipping across major highways clocking a few hundred miles from Champaign, Illinois to Georgia. The Atlanta Braves are playing and Sadler, born in...
View ArticleQ&A with Dr. Cesar Labitan – Doctor Turned Author
Dr. Labitan, MD, ABFP, FAAFP, MBA, is a 1987 graduate of AUC and a former student government president. He is a physician, author, and value investor who prefers to be called “Bud” by his friends and...
View ArticleProvidence Hospital Honored as a Top Teaching Hospital
Providence Hospital was again ranked as one of the nation’s top 15 major teaching hospitals by one of the country’s leading sources of health care information and research. The recognition from...
View ArticleStudents Make Strides in Vaccination Research
In today’s world of diversity, cultural melding and vast range of socioeconomic conditions, it is crucial for physicians to be culturally competent, understanding and appreciative of human...
View ArticleAt White Coat Ceremony, First Semester Students Begin their Journey as...
New medical students at American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine (AUC) capped their first day of medical school by gathering in the school’s auditorium to participate in the traditional...
View ArticleAUC Resumes Classes in Sint Maarten following Temporary Relocation after...
Four months after Hurricane Irma caused American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine (AUC) to evacuate students and faculty from Sint Maarten, AUC has resumed classes on its Sint Maarten...
View Article2018 Marks 10th Anniversary of Community Action Day
This year marks the 10th anniversary of Community Action Day (CAD) at AUC. The initiative, which connects hundreds of students, colleagues, and extended family members to volunteer opportunities...
View ArticleHappy Holidays from Dean Chumley
Dear Students, Colleagues and Friends of AUC, Happy Holidays! As 2017 comes to a close, I want to express my heartfelt gratitude and appreciation to our entire AUC community. It has been a (very)...
View ArticleWhite Coat Ceremony Caps an Eventful Semester for New AUC Students
Their new white coats may be short but for 204 first semester students, the journey to receive them has been anything but. Four months ago, first semester students had barely arrived to AUC when a...
View ArticleECFMG Updates: Presidential Proclamation, Step 1 Passing Score and More
In the latest edition of the ECFMG Reporter, the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG) published several updates for international medical students to be aware of. Students are...
View ArticleStudent Achievement on Display at Third Celebration of Academic Excellence
AUC hosted its third Celebration of Academic Excellence on Sunday, December 3, 2017 to recognize the efforts and academic achievements of students in medical sciences. The event, which has evolved...
View ArticleAUC Donates Supplies to Benefit Local Schools on St. Maarten
AUC has donated more than $3,000 worth of school supplies requested by the Ministry of Education to seven schools on St. Maarten. The donation will help outfit the schools with much-needed supplies...
View ArticleAUC Releases 2017 Residency Report
American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine (AUC) has released its annual residency placement report, which charts 2016-17 graduates’ residency attainment, including performance in the...
View ArticleJanuary 2018 Semester Update and Relocation Task Force
A message from Dean Heidi Chumley to the AUC Community: I want to thank all of you who have submitted responses and questions regarding AUC’s plan to resume classes in Sint Maarten in January. Our...
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