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Experience the West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine's annual White Coat ceremony by visit: https://www.wvsom.edu/events/white-coat-ceremony-class-2029-2025-09-12 The West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine Marketing Department produced a new logo for the school's annual White Coat ceremony. More than 200 osteopathic medical students at WVSOM received their white coats during a ceremony celebrating the beginning of student doctors’ journey to becoming physicians. The White Coat Ceremony was held in the Conference Center in the WVSOM Student Center with packed house. President James W. Nemitz, Ph.D., and Linda Boyd, D.O., Vice President of Academic Affairs and Dean led the ceremony. Tom Takubo, D.O., a WVSOM alumnus who was elected to the West Virginia Senate in 2014, served as the keynote speaker.

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The West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine (WVSOM) unveiled the logo for its WVSOM Bio event, an economic development forum on the school’s Lewisburg campus. The forumon Aug. 21, was attended by industry representatives, executives from agencies who work to attract business, and state and local government representatives in addition to WVSOM personnel. The forum featured discussions about the opportunities and challenges of growing the bioscience presence at WVSOM, and in the Greenbrier Valley and West Virginia. The event took place in conjunction with an Aug. 20 ceremonial groundbreaking for the $35 million expansion of WVSOM’s Fredric W. Smith Science Building, which will devote an entire floor for outside researchers. James W. Nemitz, Ph.D., WVSOM’s president, said the decision to include that space was part of a strategy to boost the region’s economic strength by making it a hub for bioscience activity. “Our primary goal for the expansion of our research facility is to serve the research needs of our students, faculty and staff,” he said. “But with this expansion, I saw an opportunity and directed our team to create a shell space for public-private partnerships to attract bioscience researchers, institutions and companies to WVSOM. We’re open to collaboration in all areas.”

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This bench has been dedicated in memory of Hamza Syed on the WVSOM campus.

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Moderator Derek Redd, standing, talks with three seated panelists: Jim Nemitz, Elizabeth Pellegrin and Stephen Pachuta.

Dr. James Nemitz, seated, joins two other panelists at a table during the 2024 Legislative LookAhead

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Message from President James W. Nemtz, Ph.D.: The West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine (WVSOM) will forever be indebted to our founders and first president who created our institution to educate students to become osteopathic physicians to serve the medical needs of residents of West Virginia, Appalachia and beyond. WVSOM was founded on December 12, 1972, so on this day we honor and celebrate our founders and first president: Carlton Apgar, D.O., Founder, Huntington, W.Va. O.J. Bailes, D.O., Founder, Princeton, W.Va. Donald Newell Sr., D.O., Founder, Oak Hill, W.Va. Frank Wallington, D.O., Founder, Moundsville, W.Va. Roland P. Sharp, D.O., First President, Marlinton, W.Va. It was my honor as president of WVSOM to establish the Founders Day Celebration in 2022 as part of our 50th anniversary celebration, but also to continue the recognition annually as a tribute to the visionaries responsible for starting our osteopathic medical school. Today, I hope all students, employees and guests will have an opportunity to join me in the Conference Center from 2:30 – 4:30 pm for a social event to honor our Founders, celebrate the history of WVSOM and enjoy the holiday season with food, fellowship and, of course, chocolate.