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From the Halloween revelers on Bourbon Street to the physician educators in the convention center, New Orleans was the place to be this week for the 2009 American Osteopathic Association Convention. Many MWU students, alumni, faculty, and staff visited the Big Easy to participate in the many activities.

Last Friday, more than 700 first-year students from the Glendale Campus received their white coats. A painting helped to tell their story.

A few weeks ago, the Office of Development & Alumni Relations launched the We're MWU Proud Campaign at both of our campuses. This effort has two goals: to promote team spirit and morale on campus and to provide opportunities for MWU employees to financially support scholarships, campus beautification, or areas of greatest need. Halfway through the campaign, it is clear that we have been successful in achieving both.

On Saturday, MWU's Glendale Campus hosted the annual American Diabetes Association Stepping Out for Diabetes Walk. About 1,000 people gathered on our campus for one of only two twilight ADA walks in the country. I was honored to be one of the walkers on Team MWU.

Last Friday, the White Coat Ceremony was held for the first-year students on the Downers Grove Campus. Nearly a packed house of family, friends, faculty, and students gathered for this annual rite of passage.

Last night, the Downers Grove Campus hosted the annual fall open house to over 150 people interested in a career in health care.

This afternoon, many MWU students, faculty, and staff lined up to donate blood at the Downers Grove Campus. The line was pretty long, which was a good thing.

The school year is off and running, and I realize it has been many weeks since my last blog. Between orientations and graduations and recognition dinners, it has been hard to keep up!

Today, September 16th, marked the kick off of the, We're MWU Proud Campaign on the Downers Grove Campus.

I am not going to lie--August in Phoenix is miserable. Not only is it hot, but it tends to get humid, particularly during the monsoon. The good news, though, is that relief is only two hours away.

Traveling as much as I do, I occasionally share an airplane with people of varying levels of fame. On Monday, Billie Jean King was sitting behind me in seat 5B from Phoenix to Chicago.

If you drive past 59th Avenue and Utopia Drive in Glendale, you will see the large crane and the structural steel going up on our latest initiatives--the Midwestern University Eye Institute and the Midwestern University Dental Medicine Clinic. Both are scheduled to open to the public in spring 2010.

Today, August 13th, was the annual "Take Our Sons and Daughters to Work Day" on the Downers Grove campus.

Today marks the 11th year the Midwestern University Downers Grove Campus plays host as the kick-off site for the Chicago chapter of the annual St. Jude Children's Research Hospital runs.

History in the osteopathic medical profession was made yesterday, as CCOM Dean Karen J. Nichols, D.O., was elected to the office of President-Elect of the American Osteopathic Association.

MWU's own Courtney Sullivan, Manager of Marketing, blogger, and web site maven, gave birth yesterday to her latest and most likely best little market research project: Baby Quinn!

Today’s guest blog comes from Justin Walters, a senior at Corona del Sol High School in Phoenix, and one of 48 participants in the 2009 MWU Health Careers Institute, an annual eight-day interactive summer program for students interested in the medical fields.

If you visit MWU this summer, you may notice a lot of people walking all over campus. Why? Take a group of health-oriented, competitive-leaning people, arm them with free pedometers, give them a team challenge, and lots of stepping is the result!

Today’s guest blog comes from Victoria Placencia, a senior at St. Mary’s High School in Phoenix, and one of 48 participants in the 2009 MWU Health Careers Institute, an annual eight-day interactive summer program for students interested in the medical fields.

My parents and friends are convinced that I have it easy in the summer since I work at a school. While I would certainly like to slow down the pace in June, July, and August, that isn't necessarily the case at MWU.