COM Outlook Summer/Fall 2020

TABLE of Contents Features 05 Big Apple Anguish VOLUNTEERING AT THE COVID-19 EPICENTER 10 Care Packages and Cash KPCOM STUDENTS TAKE ACTION IN COVID-19 AID 13 Frontline Insights ALUMNUS DETAILS WAR-ZONE MENTALITY AT GEORGIA HOSPITAL Special Section 16 First-Person Perspectives VIEWPOINTS FROM A MICROBIOLOGIST, GOLF REFUGEE, FIANCÉ, ADVOCATE, HOME SCHOOLER, EPIDEMIOLOGIST, COVID-19 SURVIVOR, MED STUDENT, POET, OPTIMIST, PRAGMATIST, STUDENT RESEARCHER, AFGHAN AMERICAN, HOBBYIST, FEELER, FAMILY MAN, EXAMINER, CAREER ADVISER, WORKOUT WARRIOR, PHILOSOPHER, PATRON, NEW DAD, AND NUTRITIONIST Departments 02 HPD COMmuniqué 03 Dean’s Message 04 Editor’s Exchange 50 Graduation Spotlight CURIOUS CHARACTER 54 Alumni News 56 Closing Notes BINDU MAYI WINS PROFESSOR OF THE YEAR STUEY GRADUATION 2020 OVERVIEW DATELINE HEALTH EPISODE WINS TELLY GOLD AWARD IMOC DONATES $5,000 TO BROWARD HEALTH FOUNDATION 05 10 16 50 Cover artwork by Randy McCafferty, Senior Graphic Designer, Office of Publications and Creative Services