VCOM View Vol 8-1

O n Thursday, September 24, 2015, VCOM leadership, students, faculty, staff, local dignitaries, family, and friends gathered to mark the official ribbon cutting of the VCOM–Auburn campus in Alabama. A cloudy sky and light wind eased the recently hot and dry weather on the Plains as several hundred guests gathered to witness this historic event for VCOM. Leaders and representatives from Auburn University, the City of Auburn, and the City of Opelika were in attendance at this event, held in the front circle of the campus, as well. With VCOM–Auburn campus Dean Elizabeth Palmarozzi, DO, FACOFP, officiating, both VCOM and local leaders used scissors to snip the burnt orange and navy blue ribbon stretched across the front entrance of the VCOM–Auburn building. Following the ribbon cutting, guests convened inside the building for remarks from VCOM Chairman of the Board John G. Rocovich Jr., JD, LLM; VCOM President

and Provost Dixie Tooke-Rawlins, DO, FACOFP; Dean Palmarozzi; and Auburn University President Jay Gogue, PhD. During the remarks, guests viewed a slideshow that highlighted the construction of the VCOM–Auburn campus from start to finish. After the remarks, guests enjoyed refreshments and fellowship. Chairman Rocovich and President Rawlins together cut a cake that was created by Cakeitecture, a local bakery, to look just like the VCOM–Auburn building. Proud faculty and students gave tours of the new building’s state-of-the-art facilities to interested guests and local dignitaries. At VCOM–Auburn, this September certainly served as a celebration of the culmination of a massive building project. More importantly, however, it underscored the importance of vision, ideas, values, collaboration, and hard work. ◄

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