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Explore the college's history in the commemorative digital issue of Ohio University Medicine Magazine.

Go inside this special edition to experience an interactive timeline, look back at the past 50 years and read alumni profiles.

Read the issue: https://bit.ly/4gGxph6

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Welcome - 50th Anniversary
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June 25, 2026 at 9:15 PM
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#TBT to 1986 — a look at Heritage College students participating in an aerobics class from the 1986 yearbook.

We’ve been digitizing old photos and yearbooks as part of our 50th anniversary. Explore our historical photo archive: https://bit.ly/3WvdAhy

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Yearbook spread from 1986 showing Heritage College students participating in an aerobics class, doing floor exercises, leg lifts and cardio moves in leotards and shorts.
December 11, 2025 at 9:48 PM
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#TBT to July 8, 2015, and day one of the Heritage College, Cleveland. Eleven years ago this week, we welcomed our inaugural class of 51 medical students to the new campus.

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A large, enthusiastic group of incoming medical students smile and wave at the camera alongside leadership, including Isaac Kirstein, D.O., and Ken Johnson, D.O. Isaac Kirstein, D.O., and Ken Johnson, D.O., smile and chat in profile while standing in a bright, modern campus lobby. Incoming medical students sit at round learning tables in a modern classroom, smiling and clapping during an orientation presentation.
July 9, 2026 at 5:14 PM
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On Sept. 6, Heritage College alumni toured Heritage Hall before the Ohio football game against West Virginia. Current students had the chance to connect with alumni and learn about their experiences in medicine. #OUHCOM50 #ForeverForward
September 15, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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Celebrate 50 years of the Heritage College by exploring the stories of our graduates! Check out the alumni profiles in the commemorative digital issue of Ohio University Medicine Magazine.

Read their stories: https://bit.ly/4aVYGIO

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Alumni Profiles - 50th Anniversary
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July 16, 2026 at 8:44 PM
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A huge thank you to OhioHealth for supporting the 50th Anniversary Gala as a Platinum Sponsor! We look forward to celebrating this historic milestone for the Heritage College together soon!

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50th Anniversary Gala graphic thanking Platinum Sponsor, OhioHealth
April 17, 2026 at 8:00 PM
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#TBT to one year ago! On Jan. 16, we announced a transformational $70 million gift from the Osteopathic Heritage Foundation to fuel primary care and tackle pervasive health challenges in Ohio and beyond.

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A wide shot of a crowd gathered in Heritage Hall on Jan. 16, 2025, for the announcement of a $70 million gift from the Osteopathic Heritage Foundation as green and white confetti falls. A crowd applauds as confetti rains down during the Jan. 16, 2025, announcement of a transformational $70 million gift from the Osteopathic Heritage Foundation.
January 15, 2026 at 8:45 PM
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#TBT to April 13, 2024, when our Dublin campus held its annual Disaster Day. Hosted by the Emergency Medicine Club, students practiced life-saving triage and trauma skills in a mass casualty simulation alongside local emergency responders.

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A large group of medical students and emergency responders posing for a photo in front of a Washington Township fire truck. Two students provide medical aid to a simulated victim in a dark, realistic disaster training environment. Medical students practice emergency medical techniques and patient stabilization during a training workshop.
April 16, 2026 at 9:29 PM
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#TBT: Lawrence Witmer, Ph.D., marks 30 years at #OUHCOM. In 1995, he posed with a T. rex skull on his lawn. In 2025, he’s in his lab with the same T. rex, now painted and a centerpiece. Read more: https://bit.ly/4qLOsRr

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A "then and now" photo pair featuring Professor Lawrence Witmer of Ohio University. The top image, taken in 1995, shows Witmer behind a T. rex skull outdoors, while the bottom image from 2025 displays him in his lab, surrounded by multiple dinosaur skull casts, including the painted T. rex centerpiece.
November 6, 2025 at 9:31 PM
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#TBT to 1994, when #OUHCOM launched its Mobile Community Health unit. The clinics provide free care for uninsured & underinsured individuals across southeast Ohio. The college now has three mobile units. Learn more: https://bit.ly/3IgUQPz 💚

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The Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine Mobile Community Health unit in 1994
September 25, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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#TBT to 1984 — a look back at our seniors from the 1984 yearbook!

We’ve been digitizing old photos and yearbooks as part of our 50th anniversary. Explore our historical photo archive:
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A collage of photos from the 1984 Heritage College yearbook showing seniors studying, working in labs and caring for patients.
October 30, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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#TBT to 1989 — a yearbook spread highlighting the Class of 1989.
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As part of our 50th anniversary celebration, we’ve been digitizing old yearbooks and photos.
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Explore the historical photo archive: https://bit.ly/3WvdAhy
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Black-and-white yearbook collage titled “Class of 1989,” featuring candid clinical and classroom photos of students and physicians.
January 8, 2026 at 10:08 PM
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#TBT to 1988

As part of our 50th anniversary celebration, we've been combing through the archives, digitizing old yearbooks and photos.

Check out this snapshot from the 1988 yearbook. Anyone you recognize? 👀

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Two-page spread featuring photos of the Class of 1988 from the Heritage College 1988 yearbook.
October 16, 2025 at 9:15 PM
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#TBT to the past few years, when Ken Johnson, DO, Vice President of Health Affairs, brought holiday cheer to Athens by parodying holiday movies.

He’s doing it again this year — “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation” style: https://bit.ly/44AUf32

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Ken Johnson, DO, dressed as Buddy the Elf, naps in a windowsill while former Ohio University President Dr. Hugh Sherman stands outside with his arms out in surprise. Ken Johnson, DO, holds a paint can above his head as if about to swing it, recreating a “Home Alone” scene inside a bright atrium. Ken Johnson, DO, dressed as the Grinch, crouches in a fireplace beneath hanging stockings while holding a log and grinning.
December 18, 2025 at 10:43 PM
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#TBT to November 2020, when Heritage College Community Health Programs distributed 100 Thanksgiving meal baskets to local families.

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Staff member with dozens of Thanksgiving meal baskets prepared for Heritage College Community Health Programs' 2020 care package distribution. Close-up of a Thanksgiving card held above meal baskets ready for Heritage College Community Health Programs' care package delivery. Basket filled with Thanksgiving meal ingredients, ready to be distributed by Heritage College Community Health Programs.
November 13, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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Thank you so much to Cleveland Clinic South Pointe Hospital for supporting our 50th Anniversary Gala as a Gold Sponsor! We can’t wait to celebrate this historic milestone for the Heritage College together!

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A green and gold graphic thanking Cleveland Clinic South Pointe Hospital for being a Gold Sponsor of the 50th Anniversary Gala. The image features the Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine 50 Years logo at the top.
April 21, 2026 at 8:50 PM
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#TBT to 2007

With the Super Bowl just a couple weeks away, we’re throwing it back to some competition of our own. Check out these photos from the men's and women's Year 1 vs. Year 2 football games.

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Person in green shirt running with a football during a night game, with other players in the background. Three players in a nighttime football game, with one player in a green shirt throwing the football while two others in red shirts attempt to block the pass. A group of students in green and white jerseys playing a game of flag football on a grassy field. Two students playing flag football, one in a black t-shirt running with the ball and another in a green t-shirt attempting to catch them, in a grassy field on a sunny day.
January 22, 2026 at 9:55 PM
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#TBT to fall 2019, when construction was underway on Heritage Hall. Salvaged brick from 9 Factory Street and furniture made from trees along Union Street can be found in The Café at Factory Street. Heritage Hall would officially open in 2021. 💚

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Trees cut into slabs of wood to be transformed into furniture for Heritage Hall. Close-up of salvaged bricks stamped with “Athens Block” that were repurposed for the new building. A wide view of the completed café in Heritage Hall with people ordering drinks and working at tables.
September 11, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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#TBT to October 2023, when we held a groundbreaking ceremony for the Heritage Translational Research Center. Construction is underway and expected to finish in late 2026. Watch the livestream and timelapse: https://www.ohio.edu/medicine/research/facilities/translational 💚

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Heritage College Executive Dean Kenneth Johnson, DO, at the Heritage Translational Research Center groundbreaking ceremony in October 2023. Heritage College Associate Dean, Research and Innovation Darlene Berryman, PhD, presents at the Heritage Translational Research Center groundbreaking ceremony in October 2023. Rendering of the Heritage Translational Research Center
September 18, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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50 years ago today, House Bill 229 established the Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine, now known as the Heritage College, which has become Ohio's largest medical school and number one producer of primary care physicians. #OUHCOM50 #ForeverForward
Legislation that became a legacy: Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the founding of Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine
Fifty years ago, on Aug. 18, 1975, Ohio Gov. James A. Rhodes signed House Bill 229, creating what was then known as the Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine.
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August 18, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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#TBT to Oct. 10, 2015, when Heritage College students, faculty and staff participated in the Ohio University Homecoming parade! 💚

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The Heritage College Community Clinic mobile unit driving in the Ohio University Homecoming Parade on Oct. 10, 2015. Students, faculty, and staff from the Heritage College cheer while marching in the Ohio University Homecoming Parade in 2015. A crowd watches as the Heritage College Community Clinic mobile unit drives past them in the 2015 Ohio University Homecoming Parade.
October 9, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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#TBT to 35 years ago! Check out the Class of 1991 gathered for this group photo.

We’ve been digitizing old photos and yearbooks as part of our 50th anniversary. Explore our historical photo archive: bit.ly/3WvdAhy

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A black and white wide-angle photograph of the Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine Class of 1991. The large group of graduates is standing in multiple rows on a stage, wearing traditional academic regalia and mortarboards, flanked by two large floral arrangements in decorative vases.
February 5, 2026 at 8:46 PM
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#TBT to last Friday when we officially welcomed the Heritage College Class of 2029 during our 50th Convocation and White Coat Ceremony! 💚

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Many Ohio University Heritage College medical students stand in rows, wearing their white coats and raising their right hands as they recite their oath during the 2025 White Coat Ceremony in the Convocation Center. A wide shot of the Ohio University Heritage College Class of 2029 medical students standing together in their new white coats. They are raising their right hands to recite their oath during the 2025 White Coat Ceremony in the Convocation Center.
August 14, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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#TBT to 2019, when the Cleveland Pediatrics Club, along with #OUHCOM faculty, staff & students, Cleveland Clinic South Pointe Hospital and the City of Warrensville Heights, hosted Trunk-or-Treat. 🎃 The annual event returns Oct. 28, 6–7:30 p.m. 💚

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A luau themed trunk with beach chairs, a small inflatable pool and a sign reading “Aloha” at Trunk-or-Treat 2019 Trunk at Trunk-or-Treat 2019 with fake tombstones, a skull, spider webs and buckets of candy Four Heritage College student’s dressed up as ghosts at Trunk-or-Treat in 2019
October 2, 2025 at 9:37 PM
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#TBT to the Class of 1984 graduation! In just over two weeks, we celebrate the Class of 2026 at commencement. As part of our 50th anniversary celebration, we’ve been digitizing old yearbooks and photos. Explore the archive: bit.ly/3WvdAhy

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A formal group portrait of the Heritage College Class of 1984 wearing graduation caps and gowns in front of a brick building. A black-and-white photo of graduates in academic regalia smiling and talking outside at their graduation ceremony. A candid black-and-white photo of graduates celebrating and raising their programs in the air during a commencement ceremony.
April 23, 2026 at 9:41 PM