We are committed to offering organizations that maintain an active involvement on our campus and promote the values of osteopathic medicine on the national level.

The expansion of the Heritage College into central Ohio created opportunities to enhance community engagement, seed excitement in the next generation and cultivate the pipeline of health care professionals in the region. Focused on reimagining educational approaches to careers in health care, the Medical Academy fosters learning across the educational continuum, enabling career exploration and professional growth and providing opportunities for leadership through service learning. The Medical Academy is designed as a yearlong career exploration program that begins with a four-day summer camp followed by enrichment activities held quarterly in the academic year that follows. The four-day camp and subsequent activities are held on Ohio University's Dublin campus, home to the latest learning technologies, clinical simulation center, high-tech clinical examination rooms and anatomy laboratory. Program activities include classroom instruction, team-based projects, hands-on clinical experiences and work with health professionals. By design, participants have the opportunity to work directly with current medical and health professional students and clinicians during their campus visits.

Through collaboration and coordination with the Dublin-based student members and advisors of the Student National Medical Association, Columbus City School students are annually invited to campus to participate in a half-day session focused on the introduction and exploration of the osteopathic medical student learning environment of the Heritage College, Dublin. Students participate in a variety of clinical training stations interwoven by a developed patient case study as facilitated by several Heritage College students. Participants are able to develop their understanding of medical education, career exploration and the principles of osteopathic medicine through the interactive experiences.

Through the combined efforts of Dublin’s pediatrics and family medicine organizations, students, staff and faculty advisors annually assemble a Bobcat Care Fair promoting health and wellness, open to area community members and families. The Bobcat Care Fair features stations focused on safety, first aid, hygiene, fitness, nutrition and overall wellness in a fun and engaging approach to medical education.

On the Dublin campus, Heritage College students have the unique opportunity to engage and interact with peers from OHIO's College of Health Sciences and Professions Physician Assistant Practice program based in the Dublin Integrated Education Center on site.

On campus, students can benefit from two exercise (gym) spaces located within the Osteopathic Heritage Foundation Anatomy Laboratory. Each space offers a variety of free weights, treadmills, stationary bikes and elliptical machines.

Heritage College students on the Dublin campus additionally have an opportunity with a supplied annual membership at the Dublin Community Recreation Center, located minutes from the Dublin campus. The Dublin Community Recreation Center is a 110,000-square-foot facility with a fully equipped fitness area, jogging/walking track, pool and more community offerings.

• Softball – Summer
• Volleyball – Fall
• Soccer (Coed) – Fall and Spring
• Basketball – Fall and Spring

Please work with the Dublin dean’s office to initiate a new team request or to identify current team leads.

• Annual Year 1 vs. Year 2 Volleyball Match
• Annual Year 1 vs. Year 2 Flag Football
• Student Table Tennis Competition

Please work with the Dublin student affairs office and class officers to coordinate an upcoming event.