{"id":23501,"date":"2017-01-06T10:00:02","date_gmt":"2017-01-06T15:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rosseducation.edu\/?p=23501"},"modified":"2017-01-06T10:00:02","modified_gmt":"2017-01-06T15:00:02","slug":"ross-medical-students-in-lansing-are-turkey-dinner-winners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rosseducation.edu\/blog\/ross-medical-students-in-lansing-are-turkey-dinner-winners\/","title":{"rendered":"Ross Medical Students in Lansing are Turkey Dinner Winners"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rosseducation.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Ross-Medical-Education-Center-Lansing-Thanksgiving-Turkey-Winners-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"ross medical education center lansing thanksgiving turkey winners\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-23503\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rosseducation.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Ross-Medical-Education-Center-Lansing-Thanksgiving-Turkey-Winners-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rosseducation.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Ross-Medical-Education-Center-Lansing-Thanksgiving-Turkey-Winners-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rosseducation.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Ross-Medical-Education-Center-Lansing-Thanksgiving-Turkey-Winners.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>During the week of Thanksgiving, two lucky students from the <a href=\"https:\/\/rosseducation.edu\/campus\/mi\/lansing.php\">Ross Medical Education Center campus in Lansing, Michigan<\/a> each received a free turkey to help them celebrate with their families! The turkeys were donated by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.socialwork.msu.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Michigan State University School of Social Work<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Shari Brooks in Ross Medical Education Center\u2019s Career Development Office shared a little about the fun holiday event. \u201cEach year the MSU School of Social Work partners with community organizations to provide either a meal through their \u201cHomies Giving\u201d dinner event or turkey donations to area students. This year, Ross Medical Education Center of Lansing was the recipient of two turkeys. The turkeys were then raffled off to participating students.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Elyshia Royster, a student in the <a href=\"\/programs\/medical-assistant\/\">Ross Medical Assistant program<\/a>, and Jody Tyler, a student in the <a href=\"\/programs\/medical-insurance-billing-and-office-administration\/\">Medical Insurance Billing and Office Administration program<\/a>, were thrilled to win the turkeys just in time to round out their families\u2019 Thanksgiving tables. Elyshia exclaimed, \u201cthis is so exciting! I never win anything!\u201d Jody said this about her win, \u201cthis is so awesome. I feel so blessed to have won and to be a part of such a great family.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to their website, <a href=\"http:\/\/ocat.msu.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Michigan State University\u2019s Office of Cultural and Academic Transitions<\/a> Annual Thanksgiving Day Unity Dinner \u201cis a celebration of the diversity at MSU and was implemented to welcome and support students from various racial, ethnic, international and domestic backgrounds.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Over a decade ago, Felipe Lopez, an aide with the office, known at that time as the Office of Racial Ethnic Student Affairs, saw a need to help hundreds of students who were isolated and alone during the long Thanksgiving weekend. Dining hall hours were limited, as were many students\u2019 budgets, so Felipe planned a free pizza dinner and dubbed it \u201cHomies-Giving.\u201d Felipe Lopez moved on from MSU in 2007, but he left behind a tradition that continues today.  Since its beginning in 2003, the dinner has evolved into a plentiful meal that is enjoyed by hundreds each year.<\/p>\n<p><em>If you are interested in attending or donating to this community-building event in the future, please contact Juan Flores at <a href=\"mailto:floresj2@vps.msu.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">floresj2@vps.msu.edu<\/a> or call (517) 353-9590.<\/em>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During the week of Thanksgiving, two lucky students from the Ross Medical Education Center campus in Lansing, Michigan each received&hellip;<br \/><a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/rosseducation.edu\/blog\/ross-medical-students-in-lansing-are-turkey-dinner-winners\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":23503,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rosseducation.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23501"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rosseducation.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rosseducation.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rosseducation.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rosseducation.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23501"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rosseducation.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23501\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rosseducation.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23503"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rosseducation.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23501"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rosseducation.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23501"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rosseducation.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23501"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}