“I progressed to various naval hospitals working side by side with orthopedic surgeons,” said Owens. navy officer on the last day of her residency at Oakwood Hospital in Dearborn, MI.Īccording to Owens, she began her career as a podiatric doctor and surgeon at Naval Hospital Camp Lejeune in North Carolina, but throughout her eight years in the Navy, she was able to serve in many global locations including Japan, Afghanistan, and Cuba. “Gibley was a really good man who had a gentle soul with tremendous integrity and strong convictions towards strong academics in podiatry.”ĭr. “He was a steadfast resolute supporter of podiatry and being an academic person, he knew that one avenue to garner the respect of the MDs and the Osteopath professions was to have a strong national board testing procedure,” said Dr. Gibley on the National Board of Podiatric Medical Examiners to create a Clinical Skills Patient Encounter (CSPE) component of the American Podiatric Medical Licensing Examination (APMLE). “He insisted on strong academic standards and as both a former student and later a colleague, I’m grateful to him for his contributions to our School.”ĭr. “Charlie left a significant legacy as the former Academic Dean of the Pennsylvania College of Podiatric Medicine,” said Dr. Gibley made great contributions to the school, and will be fondly remembered. Kieran Mahan ‘80, TUSPM Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Dr. Gibley, as he served as our college’s (then known as the Pennsylvania College of Podiatric Medicine) Academic Dean for many years in the past.Īccording to Dr. Temple University’s School of Podiatric Medicine also felt the loss of Dr. On October 25, the podiatric profession lost the dedicated and passionate Dr. hangs in the library at Temple University’s School of Podiatric Medicine. “It’s the kind of event that everyone can look forward to and know that it is going to happen each year.”Ī portrait of Dr. “I told our president-elect that this is the we want people to know for,” said Arneson.

The Community Service Club has not hosted a large-scale event in the past, so the drive was a great experience for all members of the organization. “It’s not only a way to communicate better with our patients clinically, but it’s a way to help them outside the clinic as well.” It feels just as good to donate as it is does to see the happiness on people’s faces,” said Arneson. The drive enabled TUSPM students to support the community in a way beyond the clinic’s walls. “People always say they are going to help, but they kind of need a reward to push them, and, people were helped and were rewarded as well.”Īt first, submissions came in slowly, but by the last week, the boxes were almost entirely filled and the second-year students had come in first-place. “We stored on the first floor of the building so you were a third year going to the clinic or a first or second year going to class, you would pass them every day,” said Arneson. The reward for the class who donated the most food was a helping of Philadelphia’s famous Beiler’s donuts.

TUSPM Community Service Club Secretary Jackie Reed (left) and President-Elect Anthony Camarda stand by the donations.ĭuring the first week of October, the club set a large box for each class year by the elevators on the first floor of the building, and students were encouraged to donate non-perishable food items until the Global Day of Service on November 7. Students were encouraged to bring in non-perishable food items for the drive, which brought TUSPM students closer to the urban community in which they reside. “A woman came out from the back and the minute she walked out, her jaw just dropped-she was very happy.”Īpproximately 15 TUSPM students organized the first- annual Turkey Day Charity event, a month-long food drive that involved most of the student body of TUSPM, according to Jessica Arneson, Community Service Club President. Upon reaching the center, the students saw firsthand how much their school’s donation would affect the community. The forecast was dim on the day that the TUSPM Community Service Club drove three large donation boxes of food to the Veteran’s Multi-Service Center in Old City.Īs Anthony Camarda (President-Elect of the Community Service Club) recalls, the boxes were “overflowing with donations,”and a smaller container was brought along to collect the items that spilled over. TUSPM Community Service Club President Jessica Arneson (left) and Vice President Foram Udeshi gather the donations.

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