CBS awards $1,000 scholarship

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Chiropractic Benefit Services‑Risk Purchasing Group (CBS‑RPG) handed out the first $1,000 check in its new scholarship program.

Each trimester, seniors at selected colleges will be given is an unrestricted $1,000 grant that can be used toward tuition, books, establishing a practice, repaying student loans, or in any other way the recipient chooses.

Recipients are selected on the basis of a short essay on "the person(s) who inspired you to become a chiropractor" or "what you hope to contribute to the profession as a doctor of chiropractic." Financial need will not be a factor in picking the scholarship recipient and no questions are asked about the student's financial situation.

"All of us at CBS feel strongly that being a part of the chiropractic profession means more than merely collecting premiums," said CBS‑RPG President Timothy J. Feuling. "Instead, we try to follow BJ's example and do whatever we can to help chiropractic and chiropractors."

The scholarship program is the latest CBS action geared to "giving back to the profession," Feuling noted. In the past, CBS has funded subluxation‑centered chiropractic research, public education programs, and the development of the Council on Chiropractic Practice Guidelines.

The first student to receive the CBS scholarship was Adam R. Tanase of Logan College of Chiropractic, who wrote about his admiration for Dr. Milton Miller, an Upper Cervical doctor from New Zealand.

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Born to be a DC

by Adam R. Tanase, Trimester 10, Logan College of Chiropractic

As clichéd as it might sound, I really was born to be a chiropractor. As early as the third grade, I told teachers, friends and family that I will become one. I had a hard time pinpointing why I chose this career path, especially since I never actually visited a DC until I was 18 years‑old. Even after being accepted to chiropractic school, the answer was still shrouded in mystery, yet I faithfully accepted the fact that chiropractic actually chose me.

It wasn't until my third trimester at Logan College that the answer finally revealed itself to me through the awe‑inspiring stories about one Dr. Milton Miller, an Upper Cervical doctor from New Zealand.

I sat listening, almost entranced by the tales involving a seemingly illustrious doctor. My roommate's father had trained under this gentleman, and was sharing his learning experiences with us. Tears filled my eyes as I listened to the amazing stories, and it was at this moment that at last my Innate answered the question I'd been pondering for so long.

Honestly, 800 pages would not be enough to explain how this man has inspired me and ignited my chiropractic flame. Sadly, he passed away before I could ever meet him, but his faith in the principle of chiropractic resonates within me, and fuels my fire.

That same night, I came across a quote from Dr. BJ Palmer that could not have come at a more perfect time. I felt as if BJ were writing it to me, at that very moment:

"Some day ‑‑ it might be RIGHT NOW, maybe tomorrow, maybe next week ... this Chiropractic movement will hit YOU... When it does, YOU will find YOURself. Then YOU will rant and rave and wonder why everybody doesn't see what YOU see, understand what YOU understand. You will demand that all go farther and faster than the slow education of the masses makes possible. YOU will become as nutty as the rest of us..."

Indeed, I became "as nutty as the rest of us," and my life has never been the same since. I embarked on the fantastic journey of reading as much philosophy as I could, and became a "Green Book" junkie.

Logan College isn't exactly known for its philosophical prowess, so I took it upon myself to: "talk 'TIC" with everyone I could at the school; challenge our instructors on why we shouldn't "believe" in subluxation; started an Upper Cervical Club; and tried to lay a solid chiropractic foundation for my peers, who were sadly lost in the myriad deception of educational mediocrity.

All of this, as well as the rest of my chiropractic future, I credit to Dr. Milton Miller, the man whose successful career truly was so far reaching that it touched my life, and will indeed touch the lives of millions tomorrow.