From the President

New Look for Sherman.edu

Check out the new look of our web site, www.sherman.edu.  We have improved the content as well as the navigation of the site. You’ll find student profiles, alumni success stories, college news and more. We plan to keep adding information of value to you so that you’ll find great content every time you visit our site, and you’ll find it easily.

A special thanks to our Webmaster Charlotte Babb for doing a fantastic job of building the web site and keeping it up-to-date and running efficiently. I also want to thank our Vice President for Enrollment Services Lisa Hildebrand and Director of Public Relations Karen Rhodes for their vision and planning of the web site content.

Projects like web sites are never truly “completed” – they are continually changing and adapting and we always welcome your feedback to improve the site to better meet the needs of our future students and supporters. Please let us know what you think of the site and if you see any areas that could be improved. And remember, you can also follow us on popular social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and YouTube, read our student and alumni blogs and keep an eye on what’s happening at Sherman!

Graduation is not the end

The December 18 commencement ceremony for December 2010 and March 2011 graduates is not an end, but a process of celebration to putting hard work and studies into practice. Imagine a career — serving in a true health field, working for yourself, making a difference in the lives of others. Being in a position to improve people’s health, to literally change their lives — this is one of the immeasurable rewards of a chiropractic career, and this is what the talented men and women who have just graduated look forward to in the coming months and years.

I challenge our graduates to keep educating themselves and to get to know new people every day. Their passion for life and health will be an inspiration to the many lives they touch. A quote from journalist and author Tom Brokaw underscores my same thoughts:

“You are educated. Your certification is in your degree. You may think of it as the ticket to the good life. Let me ask you to think of an alternative. Think of it as your ticket to change the world.”

Sherman graduates have been educated at world-class levels to take the message and the valuable service of vertebral subluxation correction to the communities where they will establish their practices and improve the quality of the lives of the people they will serve.

Now we honor their commitment and dedication and celebrate their outstanding achievements and anticipated contributions to the quality of life of their clients and to the advancement of their profession and society. Congratulations, graduates!

Hear Us ROAR (Recognize Organize Analyze Revitalize)

“Hear Us ROAR” is this year’s theme at our annual Lyceum event (May 26 – 28).  Our campus will be “roaring” with awesome speakers, educational sessions, fun-filled events and Sherman’s own Vitalistics band jam.  Saturday night will feature a RetroFest celebration with costumes (dress up by choice) at the Renaissance Marriott Hotel. 

More details and on-line registration to come soon, so please be sure to revisit our
website!

Seasons Greetings and Best Wishes for the New Year!

I want to take this opportunity to thank our employees for their hard work and thank our students for pursuing a great profession and choosing Sherman.

I wish you and those you love all the good fortunes of life, health, happiness and peace throughout the New Year!

 

2011 Tuition

While annual tuition increases have become an unavoidable part of the college experience, Sherman College works diligently to keep its tuition increases to a minimum, realizing that any increase will likely affect a student's funds available for living expenses. Our students have already been informed about a tuition increase - effective with the spring quarter in April 2011 - so they can begin to plan for the upcoming year.

Our tuition increases have traditionally been the lowest of all six Spartanburg colleges, and much lower than the current national average of 8 percent (according to The College Board’s annual report).  A recent cost-of-degree analysis of the 18 U.S. chiropractic colleges placed Sherman third lowest in tuition and fees, with a nearly $30,000 annual difference between tuition at Sherman and tuition at the most expensive chiropractic college. Further, Sherman’s location in Spartanburg, SC, makes it one of the most affordable colleges in terms of cost of living.
 
We are thankful our students chose Sherman College for their chiropractic education and we pledge to continue to be a good steward of student tuition dollars. We recognize how challenging it can be to pay for a chiropractic education today, and we want to do everything in our power to ensure a Sherman College education is available to as many qualified students as possible.
 

Interview with Dr. Darren Bell

I had the good fortune to be a guest on the “Chiropractic For Life” radio program with Dr. Darren Bell recently.  Dr. Bell is doing a great job of promoting the chiropractic profession through his radio program via WECK 1230 am radio in Buffalo and at weck1230.com.

I was on the show to talk about Sherman College, chiropractic education and the profession today.  Dr. Bell asked good questions about the principles of chiropractic and the benefits of a curriculum focused on the analysis and correction of vertebral subluxation.

We also talked about Sherman’s location and the benefits of attending a school in Spartanburg, SC, where the weather is great, the prices are low and the community is
conducive to family.

I was thankful for the opportunity to share the message: Sherman College is THE place for a focused chiropractic education. Sherman is a place filled with people who are passionate about life and health, a place where students are prepared for success in a profession where they can make a difference in the lives of others every day.

To listen to my guest appearance on the show, go to http://www.sherman.edu/home/chiropractic-changes-lives.asp and click on Listen to Dr. Schwartzbauer describing chiropractic…

Thank you, Center for Chiropractic Progress!

I would like to thank the Center for Chiropractic Progress for their generous donation to Sherman College.  Dr. Lorefield presented $5,000 to Philosophy Department Chair Bill Decken, D.C., during the ICA Council on Chiropractic Philosophy's conference in Minnesota.

Our philosophy department and research department (chaired by Penju "George" Luo, Ph.D.) are working together to plan for the use of this donation to conduct research based in chiropractic philosophy.

The ICA Philosophy Diplomate group aims to support research that is philosophically congruent with what is taught in the program. Sherman's Academy of Chiropractic Philosophers (ACP) program counts as the first year of study towards the Diplomate in Philosophical Chiropractic Standards (DPhCS).

S.C. Senator Shane Martin Visits Campus

SC Chiropractic Association (SCCA) District Nine Director Gabriel O’Sullivan, D.C. (’01) and SC Senator Shane R. Martin (District 13) visited with me and several key college administrators on August 24 to talk about chiropractic.

Senator Martin is an advocate for the profession, and he wanted to hear about Sherman’s mission and its role in both the chiropractic and local communities.

We look forward seeing Senator Martin on campus again on November 2, when he will accept SCCA’s Legislator of the Year Award.

College Town Exhibit

Spartanburg Regional History Museum displays, “College Town: Legacy of Higher Learning.”

As chair of College Town Board of Directors I am excited that the colleges of Spartanburg have the opportunity to share their histories, from inception to the present, through stories, artifacts and images on display at the Spartanburg Regional History Museum.

The opening reception of the exhibit was held on September 28, and I was enlightened by stories told by college representatives and impressed with how the exhibit portrayed all of the colleges. The exhibit runs through November 3. I encourage you to visit the museum when you have the chance.  

For more information about the museum, contact regioinalmuseum@spartanburghistory.org

Bringing Straight Chiropractic to the World!

 
Drs. So Ota and Eiko Yamamoto ('00 grads) from Japan stopped by to check out the college and I enjoyed chatting with them in my office. They made a commitment to visit Sherman every five years. They are doing great in practice and are as excited about our profession as they were on graduation day. 

 
Great job bringing straight chiropractic to Japan and helping Sherman fulfill our mission of bringing straight chiropractic to the world!