[caption id="attachment_9742" align="alignright" width="300"] Members of the West campus team provide care for competitors at the Valor Games Far West event, held June 2-5, 2017 on Coast Guard Island in Alameda, Calif..[/caption] Palmer College of Chiropractic’s West campus had a prominent presence at the fifth annual Valor Games Far West, a multi-sport Paralympic competition for disabled U.S. veterans and wounded, ill or injured service-members, held June 2-5 on Coast Guard Island in Alameda, California. Introduced in 2011, the Valor Games are funded through a grant sponsored by the U.S. Veterans Administration. Regional events are held annually in four parts of...
Palmer College’s leadership in the field of sports-chiropractic was on display, once again, at the American Chiropractic Association Sports Council’s annual Symposium, held Oct. 13-14, in Denver, Colorado. During the Symposium, West students won awards for their research-posters, and West alumni were among the featured speakers. West students Mark O'Brien and Kristin Freitas earned 1st Place honors in the 8th annual “ACA Sports Council Student Poster Scholarship Competition” for production of their poster on the study of the effects of a cervical adjustment on static balance. O’Brien and Freitas received “The Hyde Award,” which is presented to the 1st Place...
There are good things happening with the Veterans Association (Vets Club) on the Main campus. With 45 members on the roster, it’s one of the largest clubs on campus and also one of the most active. Stop by the Vets Club snack bar and you’ll be surprised by all the students and faculty stopping in for a snack and a smile. Upgrades This year, Veterans Association President Nick Meier worked with the Finance Office to make the club an official non-profit agency of the College and also upgrade its point-of-sale system to Square Register. Club members have also been working...
For the ninth year in a row, Palmer College’s West campus played a major role in the 2017 Silicon Valley Turkey Trot, a Thanksgiving-morning fundraiser that supports several Santa Clara County charities. Organized by the Silicon Valley Leadership Group (SVLG), the SVTT debuted in 1995 with 1,900 participants, and has since grown to become the largest timed-event of its type in the U.S.. [caption id="attachment_9755" align="alignright" width="300"] The Palmer Spine provided "the backbone" of the Silicon Valley Turkey Trot for the ninth year in a row. West campus students, faculty and staff (assisted by friends and family) helped carry The...
[caption id="attachment_9883" align="alignright" width="300"] Sea Otter Classic cyclists compete in a variety of events, including: mountain-bike, cross-country, downhill, dual-slalom and short-track racing.[/caption] Student members of the Sports Council chapter at Palmer College’s West campus in San Jose, California, along with interns from the campus-based Palmer Chiropractic Clinics, teamed up with faculty-clinicians to provide chiropractic sports care for the 16th year in a row at the 26th annual Sea Otter Classic, April 19-22, at the former Laguna Seca Raceway in Monterey, California. Regarded as the world’s largest bicycling festival, the Sea Otter Classic is a four-day event that draws approximately 10,000...
