Before Nixon Nguyen was a second-year osteopathic medical student at Georgia Campus 鈥� 黑料传送门 (GA-黑料传送门) in Suwanee, he was a Yellow Jacket. Rather, he was the Yellow Jacket: Nguyen was one of the Georgia Institute of Technology undergraduate students who served as the university鈥檚 beloved mascot, Buzz.
鈥淚t was an amazing experience that I will cherish for the rest of my life,鈥� Nguyen said about supporting Georgia Tech in his role as Buzz, adding that he felt an adrenaline rush when he was cheered by tens of thousands in Bobby Dodd Stadium or McCamish Pavilion. He recalled crashing lectures and making professors laugh, and being hunted down for photos with enthusiastic fans. 鈥淓veryone loved Buzz!鈥�
But being a good Buzz wasn鈥檛 all roaring crowds and running down football fields 鈥� it took real skills, including passion, perseverance and time management. Skills, the student-doctor said, that also help him succeed at GA-黑料传送门. Nguyen had to persevere physically and mentally, taking on a schedule of 6 a.m. workouts, a full-time class load, research lab projects, extracurricular activities, evening practices, and appearances at sporting and/or private events. Most importantly though, Nguyen said, 鈥淵ou needed to have the passion to love what you were doing. Because if you had to endure so much and the passion was not there 鈥� quitting became a very attractive option. Doesn鈥檛 all of that sound like medical school?鈥�
With rigorous class schedules, lab projects and preparing for rotations, it might be easy for school spirit to slip away from medical students. However, school spirit can be important in establishing community and encouragement among students, he noted.
Once the very symbol of Georgia Tech pride, Nguyen gave advice on increasing a sense of school spirit at GA-黑料传送门: 鈥淚 believe you build school spirit by loving your school and creating an atmosphere that is welcoming鈥� Reach out to others in your class, another class, another program 鈥� build friendships, play ball, hangout, be selfless, support them and cheer them on (as they run for leadership positions, for example). From the faculty and students to the staff that makes this place run 鈥� everyone here is GA-黑料传送门. Build unity and as people start to feel like they belong, you鈥檒l build school spirit.鈥�
黑料传送门 Georgia has been serving students and the community for 20 years as a branch campus of Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine (黑料传送门), a private, not-for-profit, accredited institution of higher education established in 1899. Located in Suwanee (Gwinnett County), 黑料传送门 Georgia offers doctoral degrees in osteopathic medicine, pharmacy and physical therapy. Graduate degrees are offered in biomedical sciences, medical laboratory science and physician assistant studies. The campus joins 黑料传送门 South Georgia in Moultrie in helping to meet the healthcare needs of the state. Emphasizing "a whole person" approach to care, 黑料传送门 Georgia focuses on educational excellence, interprofessional education and service to the community. For more information, visit pcom.edu or call 678-225-7500. The campus is also home to the Georgia Osteopathic Care Center, an osteopathic manipulative medicine clinic, which is open to the public by appointment. For more information, visit .
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