NewsFor Immediate Release: 7 June 2010 OUM proudly joins in celebrating Samoa’s first ever rugby world cup crown – Congratulations to the Manu Samoa Sevens
The team beat Australia 41-14 in the final tournament of the eight tournament series. Completing play as finalists in two tournaments and winners of four, the team edged out New Zealand for the overall title. See this link to the Samoa Observer for the detailed news story.
Located on the grounds of the National Hospital Complex in Apia, Samoa, Oceania University of Medicine offers a medical education program to an international student body of approximately 110 from five countries. Graduates are receiving their post-graduate specialty/residency training at teaching hospitals in Australia, Samoa, and the United States. Listed in the World Health Organization's World Directory of Medical Schools and recognized by the Education Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates, the school is amid its formal accreditation process, expected to be successfully completed in 2010. For more information about OUM, visit www.oceaniamed.org. |
Oceania University of Medicine congratulates the Manu Samoa Rugby Sevens team for bringing home Samoa’s first-ever world cup crown. In honor of the victory, the Government of Samoa has made Monday, 7 June 2010 a public holiday, and OUM doesn’t want its students, faculty and staff to miss the day’s festivities. Its offices will be closed. Events are planned nationally in Samoa to celebrate the team's homecoming.
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