As the 2024-2025 academic year drew to a close, students, faculty and staff at the Idaho College of Osteopathic Medicine gathered for a meaningful and festive end-of-year celebration, recognizing the achievements of future physicians and honoring the profound contributions that made their learning possible.
Held on Friday, May 16, the event brought together first- and second-year students, faculty, and staff to reflect on the year’s triumphs. The celebration included a series of awards presented to both students and employees for outstanding academic performance, clinical and simulation excellence, community service, and leadership.
Among the afternoon’s highlights was a solemn tribute to the silent teachers of medicine: the anatomical donors whose generosity enabled the students to study human anatomy in depth. During the tribute, students shared reflections and moments of silence in remembrance of the individuals who made the ultimate gift to medical education. The tribute concluded with the release of 199 lotus flowers onto ICOM’s infinity fountains, symbolizing purity, enlightenment, and rebirth.
The celebration concluded with a strong sense of camaraderie as students looked forward to their summer breaks, research opportunities, and clinical rotations.
Awards bestowed from ICOM’s Student Government Association (SGA) include:
- Clinical Faculty of the Year: Richard Macdonald, MD
- Biomedical Faculty of the Year: Stephanie Child, PhD
- Staff of the Year: Karli Albright
- OMS-I Student Leadership Award: Hannah Farley
- OMS-I Humanitarian Award: Elaina Galaviz
- OMS-II Student Leadership Award: Lu Wolff
- OMS-II Student Humanitarian Award: Ben Hunthausen
- OMS-III Student Leadership Award: Michael McParlan
- OMS-III Student Humanitarian Award: Jaynie Welsh
- OMS-I Course of the Year: Neurosensory System
- OMS-II Course of the Year: Reproductive System
Awards bestowed from ICOM’s Faculty Senate and Departments include:
- Achievement Award: Nathaniel Landreth, OMS-II
- Professionalism Award: Mara Krutsinger, OMS-II
- Legacy Award: Lily Robb, OMS-II
- Anatomy Department Award: Nathaniel Landreth, OMS-II
- Biomedical Department Award: Aspynn Owsley, OMS-II
- Simulation Department Award: Megan Royal, OMS-II
- OPP Department “Golden Femur” Award: Paul Hunt, OMS-II
- Specialty Medicine Department Award: Jesse Greve, OMS-II and Leah Moyal, OMS-II
