Community Action Day: Deepening Community Bonds and Fostering Future Health Care Leaders
<p>American University of the Caribbean (AUC)’s long-standing Community Action Day is so much more than just a fun event; it is a testament to our deep commitment to engaging holistically with the development of our medical students.
Second-year American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine (AUC) student Chyrisha Rucker has always been guided by her mother's spirit. Losing her mother to breast cancer as a teenager, she felt her presence when she became a doula — and still feels her presence today. "I felt like my own mother was guiding me as I witnessed mothers and their babies meeting for the first time."
Growing up the son of a single mother in the inner city of the south side of Chicago, American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine (AUC) alum Steven D.
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.
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.