College of Osteopathic Medicine Orientation

Welcome to Orientation!

  • Wednesday, July 23, 2025

    8:00 a.m. to 9:30 a.m.
    Check In: 1st floor foyer

    9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.
    Honor Contract Team Building

    10:30 a.m. to 11 a.m.
    Reflective Writing

    11 a.m. to 12 p.m.
    Mission and Dean Mohr's Welcome

    12 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.
    Lunch (return by 1:20 p.m.)

    1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.
    Curriculum Alignment

    2:30 p.m. to 3 p.m.
    Library Overview, Learning Resources, and Course Support

    3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
    Academic Technology

  • Thursday, July 24, 2025

    8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
    Clinical Medicine

    12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m.
    Lunch (return by 12:50 p.m.)

    1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
    Clinical Medicine

  • Friday, July 25, 2025

    8:00 a.m. to 8:30 a.m.
    Check In: 1st floor foyer

    8:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m.
    Title IX

    9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
    Learning Communities, Team Building, Sudent Q&A Panel (lunch provided)

    1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
    Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine

  • Monday, July 28, 2025

    8:00 a.m. to 8:30 a.m.
    Check In: 1st floor foyer

    8:30 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.
    MedEd Research, Informed Consent, Professionalism, Assessment, Evaluation, and Feedback

    10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.
    Mission and Rural Underserved

    11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
    Learning Lunch with MSA: Introduction to MSA (lunch provided)

    1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
    Research Introduction and Expectations

  • Tuesday, July 29, 2025

    8 a.m. to 8:30 a.m.
    Check In: 1st floor foyer

    8:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m.
    Wellness and Burnout

    9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.
    MSA: Managing Time

    11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
    Lunch (return by 12:50 p.m.)

    1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
    Clinical Anatomy and Ultrasound

  • Wednesday, July 30, 2025

    8:00 a.m. to 8:30 a.m.
    Check In: 1st floor foyer

    8:30 a.m. to 9 a.m.
    Introduction to SPAP Committee

    9 a.m. to 10 a.m.
    Curricular Thread: Professionalism

    10 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.
    COM Events Coordinator

    10:30 a.m. to 11 a.m.
    MSA: Taking Tests

    11 a.m. to 12 p.m.
    Personality

    12 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.
    Lunch (return by 1:20 p.m.)

    1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
    Foundational Biomedical Sciences

  • Thursday, July 31, 2025

    8:00 a.m. to 8:30 a.m.
    Check In: 1st floor foyer

    8:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m.
    Research

    9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
    Personality

    11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
    Military

    12:30 p.m. to 2 p.m.
    Lunch (return by 1:50 p.m.)

    2 p.m. to 5 p.m.
    MSA: MSPE Specialist/Careers in Medicine (CiM) and Panel

  • Friday, August 1, 2025

    8 a.m. to 8:30 a.m.
    Check In (breakfast provided)

    8:30 a.m. to 9 a.m.
    Financial Aid, Registrar, Cashier

    9 a.m. to 10 a.m.
    UPD and Emergency Management

    10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
    Student Affairs

    1 p.m. to 2 p.m.
    Closing Activity

    2 p.m. to 5 p.m.
    Social at Main Event (19441 I-45, Shenandoah, TX) (food provided)

  • White Coat Ceremony Rehearsal
    Friday, August 22, 2025

    Getting to Know SHSU, White Coat Ceremony Preparation

    TBD
    Travel to Main Campus Huntsville (Arrival TBD)

    TBD
    White Coat Ceremony Walkthrough
    Location: Bernard G. Johnson Coliseum, Huntsville, Texas

  • White Coat Ceremony
    Saturday, August 23, 2025

    White Coat Ceremony
    Dress: Business/Dressy

    8:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m.
    Travel to Main Campus in Huntsville (Arrive by 8:50 a.m.)

    9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.
    Check-in and Final Preparations at Bernard G. Johnson Coliseum, Huntsville, Texas

    10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
    White Coat Ceremony

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