A mere one half mile apart on Old Peachtree Road in Suwanee, Gwinnett County Public Schools and PCOM Georgiaregularly collaborate to provide Gwinnett students with STEM opportunities.
The two entities became neighbors in 2004 when the Gwinnett County Board of Education approved the purchase and renovation of an existing manufacturing facility to house the school system’s instructional and support personnel. Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine renovated a former distribution facility just down the road and began offering classes in the fall of 2005.
Ten years later, PCOM Georgia signed up to be the presenting sponsor of the Gwinnett Science, Engineering + Innovation Fair, an annual event that encourages Gwinnett County’s elementary, middle and high school students to delve deeply into the sciences. In addition, a faculty and a staff member began serving on the Science Fair Advisory Board. The relationship between the two organizations has flourished ever since.
PCOM Georgia Chief Campus Officer Bryan Ginn serves on the GCPS Superintendent’s Business Leader Council, while osteopathic medicine Dean and Chief Academic Officer Andrea Mann, DO, FAPP, and Brian Mann, EdD, MS, PA-C, chief of simulation operations for the College, serve on a district-wide advisory board.
In addition, the College sponsors the Principal for a Day event in which Leadership Gwinnett participants and graduates shadow the school system’s principals to get a better understanding of the workings of a school. Another event that PCOM Georgia sponsors is the STAR Student luncheon held annually.
On December 1, the PCOM School of Pharmacy was represented in a career fair for Shiloh High School students. Three PCOM Georgia faculty members and a fourth year student met with high school students to discuss the diverse careers that pharmacists have beyond the traditional retail pharmacy role, according to Michael Lee, PhD, assistant dean for assessment and program quality for the…
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