Location: Burruss Hall (Doors open to guests at 9:00 AM)
Dress: Business casual attire
Graduates, Faculty, Stage Party, and Family Hooders arrive by 9:15
Parking info: VT Parking Info.
Parking passes are not needed on Saturdays (Do not park in Service Vehicle or handicap space unless proper tags are displayed)
You must order student regalia and family hooder regalia separately by following the instructions outlined below.
Please click the link below to order your graduation regalia. This link will take you to the Oak Hall company website. The information you provide will help ensure that you receive appropriately sized regalia. The cost of your regalia is covered by the graduation fee you have already paid, and you will be able to keep your regalia as a memento of your graduation from medical school. The deadline for placing your order is Monday, February 28.
Order Student Regalia
VCOM allows select family members to support you on stage as you are hooded during the graduation ceremony. While Dean Willcox will present your D.O. hood and place it on you, certain family members are invited to be with you on stage. This opportunity is only available to your spouse, parents, step-parents, grandparents, siblings, aunts, and uncles, and only if they have a D.O. or M.D. degree. Cousins, family friends, mentors, and family-like individuals are not included, and no other degrees are permitted. The cost for purchasing family hooder regalia is $65.50. If your family member still has their regalia from medical school graduation, you do NOT need to place an order, just fill out the survey. The deadline for placing your order is Monday, February 28.
Please note the Alma Mater field should be completed as follows under the “Customize your product” option for your family hooder:
Alma Mater: include the full name of the school, city, state, and/or country
Please make checks payable to VCOM and send to:
VCOM
ATTN: Mallory Case
2265 Kraft Drive
Blacksburg, VA 24060
To have a family member participate in the ceremony, please complete these steps:
Hosted by: SNMA
Where: Online at Accelevents (see flyer below)
The theme of this event is focused on educating future physicians on providing medical to international communities significantly affected by healthcare disparities.
In honor of National Hispanic Heritage Month, HCMO presents:
Serving the Hispanic Population with Dr. Marcie Costello.
This event is open to Students, Faculty, and Staff by ZOOM link sent via email.
VCOM-Virginia, 2265 Kraft Drive, Blacksburg, VA 24061
Location: VCOM 2
Registration is FREE, but required. Registration opens on November 15, 2021, and the deadline to register is February 2, 2022, registration is now closed.
With registration for this event, attendees receive:
For any problems with registration, please email Ms. Kelly Varelos or Dr. Jim Mahaney at ResearchDay@vcom.vt.edu.
Attendees are invited to share their research in poster format. Poster abstracts must be accepted for the event for posters to be displayed. The Via Research Recognition Day features an optional poster competition with distinct categories: Research by a medical resident, biomedical research by a faculty member, biomedical research by a student, clinical research by a faculty member, clinical research by a student, educational research by a faculty member and educational research by a student. For the competition, students are defined broadly as any student in training, including undergraduate, graduate, medical and post-doctoral students. The resident research category is reserved for physicians currently in residency, internship and/or fellowship training.
Abstracts must be submitted electronically to ResearchDay@vcom.vt.edu using the Abstract Submission Form at the link below. The final deadline for abstract submission is Friday, December 10, 2021.
Please note due to limitations in space, no extensions for abstract submission will be granted.
When an abstract is accepted, the submitting author will receive further instructions on poster submission via email.
VCOM provides free poster printing for any meeting attendee with an accepted abstract. Details will be sent to submitting authors with the abstract acceptance email.
Free VCOM Poster Printing Deadline (if in person conference) is January 21, 2022, at 5 p.m.
For questions about abstract submissions or participation in the poster competition, please email Ms. Kelly Varelos or Dr. Jim Mahaney at ResearchDay@vcom.vt.edu.
The Via Research Recognition day is a forum for health professionals and scientists at academic institutions, teaching hospitals and practice sites to present or benefit from new research innovations and programs intended to improve the health of all humans. By attending the sessions with the speakers, participants will have the opportunity to learn cutting edge information in the physiological bases of osteopathic manipulative therapy efficacy, new trends in physician-based research networks, and how to develop innovative research projects with high impact for human health. By attending the poster session, participants will also learn about the biomedical, clinical and educational research activities at VCOM and its partner institutions and will have ample opportunity to identify new collaborative research opportunities.
Physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, public health professionals, medical residents, health professions students and others interested in primary care issues and research.
It is the policy of the VCOM Medical Education Department to ensure balance, independence, objectivity, and scientific rigor in all its educational programs. All participating faculty are expected to disclose to the participants any real or apparent conflict of interest related to the content of their presentations.
Amount: Tuition and approved fees + monthly stipend
The purpose of the HPSP Physician Scholarship program is to provide financial assistance to individuals pursuing a program of study leading to a degree of doctor of medicine or equivalent degree resulting from a course of education in allopathic or osteopathic medicine.
NOTE: Pediatrics is not eligible for this scholarship program.
Benefits and Stipend
The HPSP award pays a participant's school tuition and approved fees through direct payment to the school. HPSP assistance includes topping off any existing grants and scholarships to ensure 100% of tuition and required/mandatory fees are paid.
HPSP will pay a monthly stipend directly to the participants. The payment is made for each month a participant is enrolled in coursework, beginning with the first month of the school year. If the participant is a full-time student, the stipend continues through the summer months, provided the participant has not yet completed the participant's degree requirements and is enrolled in coursework. The stipend payment is discontinued the month of a participant's degree completion.
Service Obligation
Recipients are obligated to complete a minimum of 18 months of service, for every year sponsored, at a VA facility after graduation, licensure and residency.
Sponsored by US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)
Amount: $40,000 a year loan repayment with a maximum of $160,000
The Specialty Education Loan Repayment Program (SELFRP) provides financial assistance to physicians in the form of a loan repayment to recent graduates of an accredited medical or osteopathic school and are currently enrolled or matched to a residency identified as a shortage by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). The loan repayment is $40,000 a year with a a maximum of $160,000. In return the recipient would agree to serve in a clinical practice at a VA facility for a period of 12 months for each $40,000 of loan repayment with a minimum of 24 months of obligated service.
Sponsored by US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)
