Club lunch is an event that happens at the beginning of each new trimester to introduce all students, especially our new first trimester students, to all of the different clubs that our school offers. These clubs provide incredible extracurricular learning opportunities for students who want to get more involved and even network as a way of further enhancing their future careers. Some of these amazing clubs include the Motion Palpation Institute, or “MoPal,” Sports Council, Chi Rho Xi and Rehab Club. These clubs each have their individual draws that can each provide unique and valuable experience for us as students.

During club lunch, it is also tradition for Dr. Strauss to present the Co-Curricular Learning (CCL) awards for the students who have gone above and beyond completing their co-curricular learning assignments. While CCLs are part of our graduation requirements, they are mainly focused on giving back and volunteering. They help us as students give back to our communities while still offering another way to obtain on-the-job experience with chiropractic relevancy. For example, I have participated in cadaver lab workshops, where Dr. Hammer and Dr. Machini host students from other programs like P.T.A. and D.O. programs to view and learn off of our donor bodies. We as NUHS students are then provided the opportunity to assist in teaching, an invaluable way of both contributing to other future health care professionals’ education and reviewing our own anatomy knowledge. I had the honor of receiving this award and couldn’t be prouder of my ability to contribute to both our school and community!