VCOM 2023 Annual Report

The History of VCOM-Carolinas (continued)

something for everyone. This active city shares evenings of Jazz on the Square and Music on Main, live entertainment in the downtown’s Morgan Square and Denny’s Plaza. Local farmers markets allow everyone to enjoy the local, fresh produce of the area. Outdoor activity opportunities are available throughout the upstate for fitness and leisure including bicycle and hiking trails. The easy access to interstates I-85 and I-26 allow for quick travel to parks and lakes nearby, as well as the North Carolina Mountains, which are within an hour. The ocean and South Carolina beaches are easily accessible for weekend travel.

“It’s an honor to be an osteopathic physician and having the opportunity to educate the future physicians of our country is both a privilege and a formidable responsibility. Being given with the opportunity to work at VCOM from its inception on the Carolinas campus is a blessing that couldn’t be ignored.”

—Matthew Cannon, DO, FACOFP Dean, Carolinas Campus and Senior Dean for all four VCOM Campuses

2015 The first class of students at VCOM-Carolinas graduates in May 2015 at the Memorial Auditorium in Spartanburg, South Carolina.

2016 April 1, 2016, marks the first time Via Research Recognition Day is held at VCOM’s Carolinas campus in Spartanburg, South Carolina. Students, faculty and partner researchers submit abstracts and posters for projects. Renovations of the interior of historic DuPre House begin.

2019 Matthew Cannon, DO, becomes dean for the VCOM-Carolinas campus.

2020 COVID restrictions move faculty lectures and learning to online platforms so that students curriculum was not interrupted. The Class of 2020 graduates on schedule in a virtual ceremony.

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