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Medical school schedules are notoriously demanding, so it might be surprising that Nick Shonkwiler spends his breaks between study sessions building software. Shonkwiler, a second-year medical student on the Heritage College’s Dublin campus, recently launched iArtsy — a web app that prompts users to complete a quick daily sketch. 

The Heritage College celebrated the achievements of the graduating Class of 2026 during its annual Commencement Awards Ceremony.

Sean Diment is an example of a student who goes all in at medical school.

Inspired by her primary care physician to pursue a career in medicine, graduate Nina Patel is about to realize her dream.

Match Day brought about a full circle moment for Class of 2026 graduate Lucille Gideon. She learned she would be heading back to Dayton, Ohio, where was raised.

Not only is Meghan Trout about to live outside Athens County, Ohio for the first time in her life, she's also about to start the medical career that she has always dreamed about. 

Raised just three miles from the college's campus in Dublin, graduate Jonathan Peters is heading to Minnesota after graduation. 

Twin brothers Simon and Solomon Weiss had the unusual experience of attending medical school together. Now, they will do their residency together.

For Class of 2026 graduate Jack Spero, one of the defining moments of medical school was his participation in a selective clerkship that immerses students in a family medicine practice.

Match Day can be a time of anxiety but also joy as students learn where they will be doing their residency.

A public-private partnership between Ohio University’s Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine and the Osteopathic Heritage Foundation has led to innovative strategies for meeting the state’s physician workforce needs. Executive Dean Ken Johnson, D.O., explains how.

The top students of the Heritage College's Class of 2025 were recognized for their scholarship, research and practice at the recent Commencement Awards Ceremony, including several who also walked away with scholarships.

Cleveland native Imani Sellers' interest in medicine sparked because of her grandparents, but she also wanted to make a difference in underserved communities and diversify medicine. The Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine graduate has matched in family medicine at Ohio Health Dublin Methodist Hospital.

Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine graduate Cameron Bowman is looking forward to putting what he's learned in medical school to work when he starts his residency in internal medicine at Kettering Health Grandview in Dayton.

Sandusky native Lauren Noftz is about to graduate from the Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine, but she's not your typical student. The mother of three is now headed to her number one pick for residency

Class of 2025 graduate M. Blake Suponcic is about to take the next step in his career. He matched in orthopedic surgery at Cleveland Clinic South Pointe Hospital, his number one pick in the specialty he's been focused on for years. 

A rotation helped fuel a passion for endocrinology in Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine Class of 2025 graduate Ashley Gerard, who matched to an internal medicine residency at OhioHealth Doctors Hospital.

When he was three years old, Paulo Nunes Maldonado and his family came to the Wooster, Ohio area from Bolivia. Now, the Class of 2025 Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine graduate is about to head into a general surgery residency at OhioHealth Doctors Hospital.

Inspired to become a physician by her pediatrician, Class of 2025 graduate Holly Ward matched into a Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation (PM&R) residency.

New mom Madeline Olson had her son at the same time students were doing their residency interviews, but it didn't stop the Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine Class of 2025 graduate from securing a family medicine residency at Dublin Methodist Hospital.