More than 200 students, colleagues, and friends set off from AUC School of Medicine’s Sint Maarten campus on Saturday, February 22, bound for multiple volunteer sites across the island.
When Julie Van Baardwijk first moved into her apartment near AUC School of Medicine’s St. Maarten campus, she only knew Eric Tharmathurai as her upstairs neighbor who enjoyed singing late into the night.
As the holiday season approached this year, the AUC community gave back in big ways. In Sint Maarten, the AUC campus hosted two donation drives: one benefiting food banks around the island and a second for orphanaged children.
As a medical school, we are focused on teaching students how to care for their future patients. But equally important is helping our students and our community learn how to care for their own health, both physical and emotional.
