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News and Notes!
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Quote of the Day
"A bend in the road is not the end of the road... unless you fail to make the turn."
- Author Unknown
Elections for SGA Executive Officers and School Senators and Officers will be held on Tuesday, April 6, 2010.
Below are the nomination period and election dates:
Nomination period - March 15th through March 26th
Campaign period - Through April 6th
Election Day - Tuesday, April 6th
Run-off Election (if needed) - April 12th
The following postions are up for election during the spring vote.
SGA Executive Officers (elected at large from student body)
Executive President
Executive Vice President
Executive Secretary
Executive Treasurer
School Senators
Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
2 Senators and 1 Alternate Senator
School of Health Professions
2 Senators and 1 Alternate Senator
School of Nursing
3 Senators
School of Medicine Class of 2011
Senator/Class President
Senator/Class Vice President
Alternate Senator/Class Secretary/Treasurer
2 Curriculum Representatives (Non-SGA position)
School of Medicine Class of 2012
Senator/Class President
Senator/Class Vice President
Alternate Senator/Class Secretary/Treasurer
2 Curriculum Representatives (Non-SGA position)
School of Medicine Class of 2013
Senator/Class President
Senator/Class Vice President
Alternate Senator/Class Secretary/Treasurer
2 Curriculum Representatives (Non-SGA position)
School of Medicine - Entire School
Alumni Representative (Non-SGA Position)
All nominations are self nominations. Students interested in running for office must come by the Office of Student Life, Room 2.134 in the Jamail Student Center, to complete pick up and complete an Election Packet. All nominations mus tbe made no later than Friday, March 26th at 5:00 pm.
More information can be found online at http://www.utmb.edu/studentlife/SGA/elections.html.
The election will take place online. All students will receive an email (closer to election day) with an invitation link.
Should you have any questions, please call the Office of Student Life at 772-1215, option #3.
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
5:30 pm, Levin Hall Main Auditorium
Are you getting ready to graduate or go out on interviews? Or do you simply wonder how to handle certain business situations? What is proper and acceptable? Then join us for this seminar that will answer all those questions. Toya Owens-Shpard, with First Impression Image Consulting, will cover topics such as medical and healthcare etiquette, introductions and greetings, verbal and nonverbal communication, appropriate handshakes, electronic communication etiquette, guidelines for emails, faxes and voicemail, rules of instant messaging, cell phone usage and more. With the explosion of web sites like Facebook, MySpace and Twitter (just to name a few), many of these issues are hot topics in today's business community.
This seminar is open to UTMB students only.
if you have any questions, please contact the Office of Student Life at 772-1215, option #3.
Frontera de Salud Galveston Outreach
Community Health Fair Partnership
Sunday, March 21st 8:30 am to 1:00 pm at Cathedral de Fe Church in La Marque
We've been serving those in need in Brownsville since 1998, we are ready to expand our services to the needy in our own backyard.
Be an essential part of providing free services to the vulnerable and under-served in our community. Cathedral de Fe church is a predominantly Hispanic church with a generally under-served congregation.
ALL students are eligible: Nursing, NP, PA, Clinical Lab Science, Graduate, and Medical Students
•We will meet at the church at 8:30 am for breakfast, orientation, and training for the health fair
•Both breakfast and an optional lunch will be provided for volunteers
To sign-up, complete this brief application: https://spreadsheets.google.com/embeddedform?formkey=dHB1LWtZQXcyYU0zLTlwY1RUanNVVmc6MA
Questions, email: fronteradesalud@gmail.com
Levin Hall classroom 3.324 for March 25@ 12-1PM (Thurs)
Ever hear 101 different things about matching into family medicine? Or just thinking about applying for family medicine and not quite sure yet? Get the facts from the source. The Family Medicine Interest Group will be sponsoring a Question and Answer Panel with MS 4's that just matched into Family Medicine all over the US. Lunch is Sunflower Bakery Boxed lunches- ***Please RSVP*** to: Amber Higgs (amhiggs@UTMB.EDU) and include if you are a vegetarian (drinks not provided).
It's time for another EMIG meeting! This month, we are very excited to announce that Dr. Yoo, the Director of the ER at UTMB will be speaking to us. This will be a great opportunity to meet with our own ER faculty! Get all the scoop on emergency medicine here at UTMB!
MEETING INFO:
MONDAY, March 22nd at noon
Joe's Cafeteria in the Student Center
As always, lunch will be provided! Bring your own drinks.Hope to see you there!
Your EMIG Officers
If you have any questions, please contact Megan German at mrgerman@utmb.edu.
Please join us on April 17, 2010 as we Aim for a Cure. The annual Miles for Melanoma walk, sponsored by the Dermatology Interest Group, will take place at the UTMB Alumni Fieldhouse track. Registration will begin at 9:00 a.m., and the walk/run will begin shortly thereafter. There is no fee to participate, but each walker/runner is encouraged to earn $50 that will go toward a cure for melanoma. Register by March 15th to ensure a FREE t-shirt. To register: http://www.aimatmelanoma.org/aim-for-action/1158/1159/1167.html and click on the Registration Tab. We look forward to seeing you there!
Please e-mail your questions to Janese Laster, jslaster@utmb.edu.
Now you can order online medical textbooks and references as well as consumer health books, general books, gift books, movies and music at discount pricing. A new partnership with J.A. Majors/Baker & Taylor, a major U.S. distributor of medical and trade books, provides an amazing database of products chose from. On UTMB Bookstore’s MyBooksAndMore Web site, titles are searchable by ISBN, author, publisher, and subject area. The book listings include jacket photos and reviews, descriptions, and tables of content. Movie listings include viewable trailers and song clips are available for music listings. And coming soon, Blio eBooks will be available for purchase through UTMB’s MyBooksAndMore.
Your purchases of books, movies, and music through utmbmedbooks.mybooksandmore.com offers you great prices, quick shipping, and excellent customer service while providing financial support back to the University – undoubtedly a “win-win” situation for all. Visit the online bookstore today for additional resources and to experience great savings!
*Please note that UTMB Bookstore rebates are not eligible for online purchasing. Nominal shipping charges will apply for online purchases made on the MyBooksAndMore site as purchases will be conveniently sent directly to your home or office. The UTMB Bookstore cannot accept returns for MyBooksAndMore online purchases. Returns must be submitted to J.A. Majors (see the FAQ section of the MyBooksAndMore Web site for details).
If you have any questions, please contact the UTMB Bookstore at 772-1939.
A book buy back representative from Tichenor College Textbook Company will be on campus on April 21st and April 22nd from 9am-5pm and April 23rd from 9am-noon. The representative will be located in the Library Lobby (first floor). This service is only offered twice each year…so take advantage of this opportunity if you have unwanted textbooks!
For more information, please contact the Bookstore at 772-1939.
Global Health Potluck
TUESDAY March 30th from 6-7
Ewing Hall
Contact Nicole Holland at lnhollan@utmb.edu.
As a part of the RecycleMania initiative, a recycling drop-off has been created for the UTMB community to bring their recyclables from home.
Rules: Please bring your recyclables from home and use plastic bags to sort them into the following categories: white paper, colored paper/cereal boxes/magazines, plastics types 1-7, aluminum cans, and cardboard.
Location: Behind Levin Hall at the South Entrance near the intersection of Market and 11th street. The combination for the lock on the cage is 1-2-3-4.
RecycleMania is a friendly competition for college and university recycling programs to promote waste reduction activities to their campus communities. Over a 10-week period through January 17- March 27, schools report recycling and trash data which are then ranked according to who collects the largest amount of recyclables. The Public Health Organization would like to encourage the entire UTMB community to participate in improving our campus and our world by recycling. For more information visit http://www.recyclemania.org/ or email Michelle Foshat at mafoshat@utmb.edu.
Free dinner - Wednesdays at 6pm. Come enjoy dinner, conversation, and fun. Stay tuned for updates on upcoming events!
Willie T's Coffee House - Now serving free espresso drinks, teas, and drip coffee Monday through Friday, noon to 7pm. Come by for coffee and a nice place to study. Address: 427 Market St.
Email Jason Burnham (jpburnha@utmb.edu) for more information, or to be added to the email list.
Information Services is providing computer help for students. The I.S. representative will meet students in the Moody Medical Library on Wednesdays from noon until 4:00 pm. If you need help and can not wait until the Wendesday afternoon session, you can call the I.S. Help Desk at 772-5200.
The BSM invites you to join the upcoming Hands and Feet Medical Missions to Laredo, TX, March 19-21. Deadline for sign-up is Monday, March 15. Cost is $100/student, scholarships are available.
The tradition of free Thursday lunch continues at the Baptist Student House; 413 Eighth Street, by the Shriner's Hospital. All are welcome. Cost is free.
SALSAx3 begins Wednesday, March 24 at 5:30 - 6:30pm at the Baptist Student House; 413 Eighth Street. Evening includes free salsa lessons, and a discussion on the book "Soul Salsa" by Leonard Sweet over dinner with friends at The Original. This is a weekly event. Come join the movement!
Monday night small group continues from 5:30 - 7pm.
For more information on any of these or other related events, please email bsmgalveston@gmail.com.
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