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Fall 2018 Feature Stories
![Governor Grand Rounds](/media/medschool/images/stories/12thandmarshall/fall-2018/GovernorGrandRounds180820_089_ajcrop.jpg)
Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam visited the MCV Campus as part of a summer speaking tour at the state's medical schools encouraging students to rethink pain management as a key to addressing the opioid crisis. For education on this important topic, providers can access two online CME courses:
Governor's Grand Rounds
![Class of 2022](/media/medschool/images/stories/12thandmarshall/fall-2018/Classof2022180803_067_tkbyTomKojcsichcrop.jpg)
We've got full coverage of the White Coat Ceremony, photo galleries and tiny bios on some of the new students who make up the Class of 2022.
![From 2 Percent to 50 Percent](/media/medschool/images/stories/12thandmarshall/fall-2018/From2Percentto50Percentyvonnecris_smith_veal-m62withColJohnHeilJrandPresidentRBlackwellSmithJrcrop.jpg)
From 2 Percent to 50 Percent: 100 Years of Change
What a difference a century makes! Knowing the School of Medicine's modern day 50-50 mix of men and women - right in sync with national numbers - it's startling to remember that the first female medical students didn't arrive on campus till 1918, three women among a class of 42. Follow this link for the stories of eight alumnae.
![8 Guiding Principles Anne Lindblad](/media/medschool/images/stories/12thandmarshall/fall-2018/8GuidingPrinciplesAnneLindblad_7652Fcrop.jpg)
8 Guiding Principles From 5 Senior Scientists
The first woman to earn a master's from the VCU Department of Biostatistics graduated in 1973 and the first to earn a Ph.D. graduated in 1984; today women represent more than half of the 39 part- and full-time students pursuing studies in the department's three M.S. and two Ph.D. programs. For this issue, 12th & Marshall asked some of the alumnae who led the way and who have built distinguished careers for their advice to those following the path they blazed.
![Coming to a City Near You Team Photo](/media/medschool/images/stories/12thandmarshall/fall-2018/ComingtoaCityNearYouTeamPhotocrop.jpg)
![Piece of the Past](/media/medschool/images/stories/12thandmarshall/fall-2018/PieceofthePastDSC_4064crop.jpg)
For decades, Skull and Bones served up homemade soups and sandwiches on the MCV Campus, and was best known for its fresh limeades and made-from-scratch onion rings.
![Through Your Eyes MIKE](/media/medschool/images/stories/12thandmarshall/fall-2018/ThroughYourEyesMIKE05byGregGilbertcrop.jpg)
"Playing the bass and performing with a band is special," says Mike Karbowski, PhD'76 (PHTX). "It's something I will do for as long as I can. I hope when I die someone tosses my bass in the coffin - just in case I'm not really dead I can keep on plucking."