Congratulations to the new 2013-2014 Premedical Society Officers:
Congratulations!
President: Vakas Ahmad
VP: Peter John Graham
VPSI: Amit Kaul
Secretary: Don James
Treasurer: Parth Shah
Events Coordinator: Nour Al-Ghriwati
Service Coordinator: Dan Haas
Webmaster: Ose
Elections for the UMBC Pre-Medical Society will be held this Wednesday at the normal body meeting.
Come see who will be the future of the society!
-Omar
Upcoming Events for the Semester!
1) UMBC for Sight Screening Training
Date: March 11th
Time: 12pm
Location: Sondheim 110
Contact: Hadia (hadi1@umbc.edu)
2) UMBC for Sight Event
Date: March 14th
Time: 11am-2pm
Location: Commons Main Street
Contact: Hadia (hadi1@umbc.edu)
3) Bowling at Brunswick
Date: March 14th
Time: TBA
Info: Come out for a great night full of bowling and friends.
4) Volleyball Tournament
Date: TBA
Time: TBA
Info: TBA
5) Blood Drive
Date: April 29th, 30th
Time: TBA
Info: Pre-Medical Society will be holding a blood drive and we will need members to help out with the drive. More information will be given out later
The following students have been declared active members of the UMBC Pre-Medical Society for the Fall 2012 semester. Congratulations!
Membership Requirements
In order to be considered an active member of the premed society, you must fulfill the following:
-If this is your first year in the society, you must come to 5 meetings and 2 events.
-In subsequent years you must come to 3 meetings and 2 events.
Also added: Ian Sankar
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Welcome all pre-existing and new members for a, hopefully, great upcoming semester! We have a lot of great events and meetings coming up which will be announced soon.
The first events meeting is TOMORROW in the Biological Sciences building room 120 so come out and pitch us some ideas for what you guys want to do this semester.
The first general body meeting will be this WEDNESDAY in Meyerhoff Chemistry Building room 030. More information regarding that meeting will be given via email on Tuesday.
Also, if you haven’t already, join the Pre-Medical Society team for relay for life. Just go to http://www.relayforlife.org/ and search our team, Pre Med Society. Also, do not forget to make donations! Our goal is $10,000, it seems like a lot but we can do this.
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Upcoming Events for the Semester!
1) Escape Fire- the Fight to Rescue American Healthcare
Date: February 22nd
Time: 7:30pm
Info: Tickets are free for UMBC students, and we will offer event credit for all who go. After the movie, there will be a panel of speakers, all of which work in the field of medicine.
Trailer: http://escapefiremovie.com
Advanced registration at the following link is encouraged: http://escapefiremd.eventbrite.com/
2) Blood Drive
Date: TBA
Time: TBA
Info: Pre-Medical Society will be holding a blood drive and we will need members to help out with the drive. More information will be given out later.
3) Relay for Life
Date:April 26
Time: TBA
Info: Join our team and help us reach our goal! For those of you who do not know what relay for life is, follow this link:http://www.relayforlife.org/learn/index
MEETINGS:
Events/Service Committee Meeting: Every Monday 12-12:50 pm, Biological Sciences 120
Pre-Medical Society Meeting : Every Wednesday 12-12:50 pm, Lecture Hall 2 (Meyerhoff Chemistry Building 030)
In addition to the first general body meeting being this week Wednesday, the first events committee meeting will be this week Monday in Bio120 during free hour. Events committee is a great way to get involved with planning for the pre-Medical society; it is also required that members who wish to become officers be active in the committee.
Hey Everyone,
Guess what? The FIRST meeting of the Pre-Medical society will be this Wednesday in LH2 (chemistry) at 12 noon. Come out and learn about all of the exciting events we have planned for the spring semester!
We hope that you are having a great winter break!
One of the aspects to consider when deciding on your individual futures as healthcare workers is the type of degree you would like to obtain. To that end, here are a few links to websites that document and explain the simple difference between the often contested DO and MD degrees.
http://www.gapmedics.com/blog/2012/07/04/difference-between-an-md-and-a-do
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_MD_and_DO_in_the_United_States
The UMBC Premedical Society has won the registration challenge for Relay for Life! Great job everyone!
At the meeting this Wednesday we will be having a guest doctor speaking about his career. We will also have a student from Johns Hopkins speaking about mentoring opportunities.
The premed bakesale has been moved to Thursday or Friday December 6th and 7th. Stay tuned!
Also, if you are still interested in volunteering with Omar Bukhari for his Drug Takeback, which is happening tomorrow 11am-1pm in Lower Flat Tuesdays, please email him to sign up, or come out and participate.
-Omar
