80th Annual Postgraduate Convention Gala
I’m going to it. As is tradition, the senior class has been invite to attend this event that is put on by the School of Medicine’s Alumni Association. We will be receiving two free tickets to the Gala, if we choose to go.
I just saw the website for the event. Apparently, those who would like to sponsor a table for 8 students may do so for $1000.
Further down there is a section about VIP seating. Should an attendee like VIP seating, they would need to pay $100 in addition to their regularly priced tickets. I have no idea what the regular tickets cost.
Apparently this is going to be a formal event. Tuxedos, black suits, evening gowns, etc.
It is on Monday, March 5.
And right now, my date for the evening is trying to figure out what she’s going to wear. Because I just invited her today.
Talk about my timing, right?
So I just saw this on facebook. Apparently Joan Lundun will be speaking for the LLU School of Medicine commencement address this year. And she is the daughter of one of our alumni. Very cool.
Also, I’ll be taking my graduation portraits next week. I still can’t believe this is happening. And by graduation portrait, I mean with the entire regalia — including the “tam.” Did you know it isn’t called a cap? Doctoral graduates wear a “tam.”
The things you learn…
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Seems like they have been working on this part of the campus for the longest time. Looks like it’s almost done and they are doing the last few polishes. It’s looking pretty good. The sidewalk leading up to this sculpture and the glass building behind it lists significant events over the last century that the medical school and university has been in existence.
It’s interesting, though (at least to me), that from this angle the campus looks all super modern. But to the left and right of the frame are really old buildings. To the left is a building that used to house the Anatomy lab and held lectures for the freshman medical students that came through here during the last half of the previous century.
GPOYW - Just got home for lunch break. I have 2 hours. Stopped by to get some food and picked up this hat along the way. Not sure why; I don’t wear baseball caps very often. I’d totally see patients with this outfit, though. For that informal approach. But it ain’t “professional.” Bummer.
Pictured here are the offices of the LLU School of Medicine and the LLUMC Cancer Institute. The University Medical Center has previously collaborated with NASA and its Cancer Institute housed the first hospital-based proton treatment center in the world. The proton treatment center has most famously been used to treat prostate cancer, although I hear that they are researching it’s use in the treatment of other cancers as well. Their little claim to fame is that Loma Linda University was asked to help Harvard University set up their proton treatment center a few years back.
In the background you can see the towers of the Medical Center and the flags atop the north helipad. The Medial Center is the only Level I trauma center in the county. Major trauma patients who are too far east of LA to go to UCLA are flown to Loma Linda University.
And that is the last of my picture uploads. It ended up being a sort of virtual tour of the LLU campus. I hope you didn’t mind being dragged along.
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Located centrally in the middle of the Loma Linda University campus is the University Church. To the left of the church (not pictures) is the School of Medicine building and the University Medical Center.
The church, which is the largest Seventh-day Adventist church in the world (based on membership), is used for different university functions during the week. A couple years ago, old Barbara Bush came and spoke to us about something. I don’t know, cause I didn’t go. I didn’t want to run in to any of the secret service men.
Tonight it was lit up because this weekend is the Annual Post-graduate Convention weekend. It serves as a sort of alumni weekend for the School of Medicine. As I was standing out there taking this picture, an older lady was walking towards the church. I learned that her husband graduated from Loma Linda University 50 years ago.
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As you can tell by the architecture, this is one of the older buildings on campus. The purple lighting actually changes colors. It went from green, to blue, and then to purple. The section of the building behind those purple lights is an amphitheater; I’m not sure which school uses it. To the right is Student Health Services — where I go when I need to get a doctor’s note.
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This building is called the Centennial Complex. It is the newest building on campus and is named the Centennial Complex because the goal was for it to be opened for the 100 year anniversary of the university in 2007. It houses the gross anatomy lab, simulation center, department of religion, and multiple offices and classrooms.
Freshman medical students at LLU have their main lectures in this building.
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Taken today at sunset. Six shots were merged in Photomatix Pro to come up with this final image.
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Into The Fog - Taken today on campus as I was walking to take my Neurology exam.
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