Community Action Day: Deepening Community Bonds and Fostering Future Health Care Leaders
American University of the Caribbean (AUC)’s long-standing Community Action Day is a celebration of service, learning, and community collaboration.
Keren-Happuch Ikechi-Konkwo, Class of ‘25
Black Medical Student Association
New medical students look forward to their first medical school rite of passage with excitement—the White Coat Ceremony. Wearing their first white coat is the symbol of beginning their careers as future physicians.
The Future You program brought Sint Maarten adolescents together with AUC faculty and students to learn about careers in medicine and academics, while setting professional goals through interactive activities.
The final Community Action Day of the year took place on Saturday, November 26, with hundreds of AUC students and colleagues collaborating with community partners to drive forward more than a dozen service projects in health, environmental awareness, education and more.
This past weekend, AUC School of Medicine in collaboration with the Positive Foundation and The Ministry of Public Health, Social Development, and Labor, hosted a successful free breast screening event in Philipsburg. The October 22 event was the second of three events this year, with the final event for 2022 scheduled for November 26.
“My main goal is to help marginalized communities,” says Vanisa. “Becoming a physician will give me the tools I need to do the most good that I can.”
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