Institutional milestones, leadership news, accreditation updates, and community work from the John & Alice Butler College of Osteopathic Medicine.
The College today filed its application for COCA Applicant status, marking the formal beginning of the multi-year process toward accreditation. The submission follows months of curriculum design, clinical-affiliation development, and faculty recruitment planning under the leadership of the Founding Dean.
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The Board of Trustees announces the appointment of the College's inaugural Dean following a national search.
The College launches the first of several national searches to assemble its founding faculty.
Residents, providers, and public-health officials offered perspectives at an open forum hosted by the College.
The College signs letters of intent with regional hospitals and clinics to host future clinical rotations.
The pillars frame the institutional research focus: rural health, osteopathic principles, community health, and medical education.
The filing initiates the parallel institutional review required to establish a new college within the University.
UD's Board votes to establish the College and accepts the founding gift from the Butler family.
The Butler family shares the convictions behind their gift in a joint statement to the community.
The Letter of Intent marks the first formal step in the multi-year process of pursuing COCA accreditation.