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Holmes receives first 
white coat, stethoscope
Cameron Holmes, of Brandon, received his first white coat and stethoscope at the University of Minnesota Medical School’s Duluth Campus White Coat Ceremony, held Friday, Aug. 16.
The White Coat Ceremony is a rite of passage that serves to welcome first-year medical students to the profession and reinforce the value of humanism as foundational to medicine. During this ceremony, students recite their oath. This sacred pledge dates back hundreds of years and affirms each student to abide by a strong set of ethical standards, commitment to their patients and the utmost quality of care.
Pockets of the coats were filled with notes that were sent in with gifts sponsoring the white coats. These ranged from nostalgic memories from alumni at their ceremony to well wishes from parents for their child. In total, 65 white coats were presented to the Class of 2023, which comprises 12 future Native American physicians – a historic milestone in the medical school’s history.
 
Brandon native launches low-powered rockets
Dr. James Maloney, assistant professor of physics and advisor of the Space Club, launched a high-powered certification rocket in Dixon, Neb. in October.
“The launch event went extremely well,” Maloney said. “My certification flight went off without a hitch and I secured my level 1 high power rocketry certification from the National Association of Rocketry (NAR).” 
In addition to the launch of Maloney’s high-powered rocket, student Devin Carpenter, a sophomore cyber operations major from Brandon, launched two low-powered rockets in Dixon with The Heartland Association of Rocketry (THOR). 
Carpenter and other students will now work on their certification build to show they can complete a build without blowing it up on the ground. “At that point they can enter regional/national competitions,” Maloney said.
Practicing rocketry gives students experience in engineering, physics, and chemistry, allowing them to apply what they’re learning in the classroom, Maloney added. 
Carpenter enjoys building and launching rockets for a few reasons. “I like being able to see a finished result, going from no parts to seeing the final result and if I built it correctly,” he said. “And if it works you can launch it as many times as you want and if it doesn’t it’s still fun to see it go up in flames.”
Carpenter is an officer of the Space Club and a national rep for the club. The Space Club was started in 2018 following the STEM Institute, a program for incoming freshman that focuses on space science. 

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