Issue 7 - May 2004

Mixing work and play
College events offer complete educational opportunities

High school and undergraduate homecoming events usually center on football games and tailgate barbeques. Homecoming events for chiropractic colleges are a little different: They center on learning.

Chiropractic Economics asked the country’s chiropractic colleges to tell us about their premier educational events. We found that whether these events are called “homecoming” or go by another name (such as Lyceum), chiropractors can earn continuing education credits for license renewal and participate in practice-building sessions. And many of these affairs provide learning opportunities for family members and for chiropractic assistants.

Top name speakers — from within the chiropractic profession as well as outside of it — are also a feature at many of these events. For a modest fee, you can learn from the best.

If you are ready for a “change of educational scenery” or just want to visit another college campus to meet new people, we offer the following roundup of premier educational events for your consideration.

Cleveland Chiropractic College
Cleveland Chiropractic College’s Cleveland Conference will be held June 10-13, 2004, as well as in late fall 2004 or early in 2005. The event generally draws 200-500 attendees, and offers an expo of vendors, continuing education credits and several seminars with various guest speakers.

The college, located in Kansas City, Mo., also offers more than 100 post-graduate-level seminars throughout the year. Visit www.cleveland.edu or call 800-467-2252 for more information.

Life University
The LifeSource/Homecoming event at Life University, July 22-25, 2004, is expected to attract 1,000-1,500 attendees. The event is broken down into four educational tracks, each containing five blocks.

Tracks include Technique, Science, Practice and Theme. Attending doctors are eligible to earn up to 26 continuing education hours. The event will feature an expo with vendors, activities for children, a prospective student program and a CA program in addition to courses for doctors.

Life is located in Marietta, Ga. For more information, call 800-543-3202 or visit www.life.edu.

Planning your educational experience?
Don't forget to check Chiropractic Economics online Datebook.

Many colleges, practice-management consultants and vendors offer seminars throughout the year. The online Datebook has an up-to-date listing of all their seminars.

Plan ahead with Datebook, www.ChiroEco.com/datebook

Life Chiropractic College West
The next major event at Life Chiropractic College West in Hayward, Calif., will be SPA — Science, Philosophy and Art — Day, October 21, 2004. This event kicks off Festival 2004. The affair includes a full day of information and inspiration, alumni reunions, receptions and other homecoming-related events and will feature multiple sessions with more than 30 speakers and topics.

SPA Day usually attracts about 1,000 people. No expo, but you can earn continuing education credits.

Call 800-788-4476 or visit www.lifewest.edu for more information.

D’Youville College
The spring continuing education event at D’Youville College in Buffalo, N.Y., was held in March 2004 and featured Dr. James Cox as the speaker. National University of Health Sciences presented courses for continuing education credits this year, but in the future D’Youville will offer the credits directly to participants.

No expo is currently associated with the event, but one may be added in the future. The chiropractic program is new at D’Youville, and the seminar this year provided a chance for the profession to visit and tour the campus.

For more information, visit www.dyc.edu or call 800-777-3921.

Logan College of Chiropractic
Logan College’s annual Homecoming event will be June 10-13 and will feature 14 guest speakers, an expo and continuing education opportunities. About 250 doctors and 200 students are expected.

Logan will also host class reunions for years ending in 4 and 9, as well as a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Learning Resources Center renovations. Registered attendees will be eligible for prize drawings, including gift certificates and adjusting tables.

Logan is located in Chesterfield, Mo. Visit www.logan.edu or call 800-782-3344 for more information.

Northwestern Health Sciences University
Winter is the time when about 1,500 alumni gather at Northwestern Health Sciences University’s Annual Homecoming. Next year the event will be February 3-5, 2005, in Bloomington, Minn.

The winter gathering includes continuing education opportunities, an expo of more than 80 vendors and 10-12 seminars. A CA seminar, student scholarship awards ceremony and State of the University Address are also part of the event.

Visit www.nwhealth.edu for more information or call 800-888-4777.

National University of Health Sciences
The Homecoming event at National University of Health Sciences in Lombard, Ill., June 24-26, will feature more than 10 seminars and a small expo. Registrants are eligible to earn up to 15 hours of continuing education credits.

Other highlights include a reunion dinner, Family Game Night and a State of the University address. You need not be an NUHS alumnus to register for the seminars, but seminar fees are significantly discounted for dues-paying Alumni Association members. 

For more information, visit www.nuhs.edu or call 800-826-6285.

New York Chiropractic College
Unity Day and Reunion Weekend at New York Chiropractic College will offer continuing education credits, an expo and six different seminars.

The event, July 16-18, 2004, attracts about 300 attendees each year.

NYCC is located in Seneca Falls, N.Y. For more information, call 800-234-6922 or visit www.nycc.edu.

Parker College of Chiropractic
More than 8,000 people are expected at Parker College of Chiropractic’s next Parker Seminar Las Vegas, January 13-16, 2005. In the past, the event has featured celebrities as well as well-known speakers from the profession. The event offers more than 100 seminars broken into several tracks, an expo with more than 200 vendors and one of the largest CA programs available.

Parker also offers continuing education seminars throughout the year, as well as a “Parker Elite” program set to debut in July 2004.

For more information, visit www.parkerseminars.com or call 888-727-5338.

Palmer College of Chiropractic
More than 3,000 attendees are expected at the Palmer Homecoming (formerly the Palmer Chiropractic Lyceum), August 12-14, 2004. Doctors will have the opportunity to earn up to 24 continuing education credits. They will be able to choose from 80-100 seminars featuring top guest speakers and explore an expo of vendors.

Palmer College of Chiropractic is located in Davenport, Iowa. Call 866-592-3861 or visit www.palmerseminars.com for more information.

Sherman College of Straight Chiropractic
The Sherman College Lyceum is held on Memorial Day weekend each year — May 27-30 in 2004. It offers 28 seminars with attendees eligible to receive up to 24 continuing education credits. This year’s guest speakers will be ABC sport analyst Terry Bowden and author Charles “Tremendous” Jones.

The Lyceum — whose theme this year is FUNdamentals of Chiropractic — features an expo, guest speakers, a golf tournament and a kids program in Spartanburg, S.C.

For more information, call 800-849-8771 or visit www.sherman.edu.

Texas Chiropractic College
The Texas Chiropractic College Homecoming Convention and License Renewal will be held July 22-24, 2004, in Pasadena, Texas. It features a variety of guest speakers, an expo of vendors and a golf tournament, among other events.

Visit www.txchiro.edu or call 800-468-6839 for more information.

University of Bridgeport College of Chiropractic
The University of Bridgeport College of Chiropractic in Bridgeport, Conn., does not offer a single premier event but offers more than 150 seminars throughout the year, as well as an online program featuring over 120 course offerings.

Most programs are approved for continuing education credits. For more information, visit www.bridgeport.edu or call 888-822-4476.

Western States Chiropractic College
Attorney George McAndrews, chief counsel in the Trigon lawsuit, will help kick off the 2004 Northwest Symposium and Western States Chiropractic College Centennial Celebration the first weekend in June 2004.

This year the college is celebrating 100 years of operation and the Centennial Celebration is being added to the annual affair, which will feature seven speakers over three days, up to 20 continuing education credits and an expo of vendors.

WSCC is located in Portland, Ore.

Call 800-641-5641 or visit www.wschiro.edu for more information.