Wednesday, August 26, 2020
Chris Breedlove, LUCOM Marketing
Liberty University College of Osteopathic Medicine (LUCOM) held its annual Sigma Sigma Phi Induction Ceremony on Saturday, Aug. 22. This year marked the fifth induction ceremony since LUCOM started and honored the top Liberty osteopathic medical students from the Class of 2022 and 2023.
Sigma Sigma Phi is the original and oldest Osteopathic Honorary and Service Fraternity in the United States. To be inducted into the society, a student must be in the top twenty-five percent of their class. The LUCOM chapter adds onto that requirement with an element of service to the school, community, and to the osteopathic profession and today, honored 29 students into its Alpha-Omega Chapter.
“The induction into Sigma Sigma Phi is a really honorable accomplishment. My encouragement to those inducted today is to keep up their dedication to their education and the drive to succeed,” said Michael Cox, Class of 2022.
After the 29 students were inducted, Mark E. Rolfs, DO, PharmD, interim chair of the department of Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine & Osteopathic Principles and Practice, offered the following comments: “I’d like to offer a big-time congratulations to these inductees. Your academic success is a gift from God. You put in the time, the effort, you did the work – God gave you the gift, the ability. That’s something to be thankful for. This organization and your gifts are for outreach, to serve others. Congratulations and job well done.”
Additionally, Peter A. Bell, DO, MBA, FACOEP-dist, FACEP, dean and professor of family and emergency medicine, said this to the new inductees. “While this is great for your résumé, think of your virtues. What are people going to say about you and how you harnessed this gift God gave you? You all are part of a special group and you have the capacity to do good and pay it forward; congratulations new Sigma Sigma Phi inductees.”
The following students were inducted into Sigma Sigma Phi:
Class of 2022
- Macie Bingham
- Margaret Chi
- Catherine Tawfik
- Blake Thomas
- Hannah Wallen
- Abanoub Wanees
Class of 2023
- Amina Ali
- Connor Arrasmith
- Adam Coleman
- Logan Dunaway
- Lizzie Dyer
- Sophie Golden
- Colton Hall
- Josh Head
- Katherine Jones
- Alexa Kleist
- Alec Kreilach
- Juan Madrid-Calles
- Caitlyn Martin
- Jason Orciuolo
- Ethan Parker
- Leo Sakai
- Luke Sharrock
- Emily Sherman
- Kevin Song
- Blake Van Noord
- Ryan Williamson
- Daniel Woo
- Thomas Yoo