I have been digging on Eastern Virginia Medical School since news came out about Gov. Ralph Northam (D-VA) and his 1984 yearbook spoofyness.
Not that it means much, but here are a few oddities about EVMS.
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Alumni included David Brown MD, a space shuttle astronaut killed on the Columbia.
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Alumni included William McGee, MD, the founder of Operation Smile which was so loved by the McCains.
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Ironic quote from the college President in 2016…
Looking out over a sea of medical students, you can’t ignore that their coats aren’t the only things that are white. Overwhelmingly, so are their faces.
By most measures, Gerry Ovide is a typical medical student. Inspired to pursue medicine following the death of a loved one, he is now a third-year medical student busy rotating through clinical departments, preparing for his medical licensure exam and working hard to realize his dream of becoming a physician.
But in the classroom and in his chosen profession, Mr. Ovide stands out — he is a black man.
“As a kid, I wanted to become a basketball player,” he says. “That is a sentiment that I feel many African-American children have. They see successful black male athletes, musicians and other entertainers, and they aspire to be like them.”
Often young black males never consider medicine as a career, in part, Mr. Ovide says, because of the scarcity of role models. “How often do they see black physicians?”
https: // www.evms.edu/about_evms/administrative_offices/marketing_communications/publications/issue_9_4/black-and-white-issue.php