health occupations students of america 5th general meeting tuesday, april 3rd
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Health Occupations Students of America
5th General Meeting
Tuesday, April 3rd
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University of TexasMedical Branch
Dr. Ronald Levy
Director, Patient Simulation Center
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What is JAMP?• Scholarship money during undergraduate
• Paid summer internships at a Texas Medical School [2 summers, two medical schools]
• Mentoring to prepare for medical school while attending college - Lesley is amazing!
• Admission to a Texas medical school (if all program requirements are met) - things you do would anyways if you were serious about medical school!
• Annual scholarship money during medical school
Information sessions:Thursday, April 5: 6 – 7 pm, GRG 102Wednesday, April 18: 6 – 7 pm, GRG 102
Events around Campus
Career Opportunities in Biotechnology (Friday 4/6)• 12-1pm in BUR 106• Lunch provided• Space is limited, RSVP at tinyurl.com/biotechtalk
Careers in Public Health (Wednesday 4/4)• 5-6:30pm in JES A115• Part of Public Health Week
“University of Texas HSC, San Antonio (Thursday 4/12)• 6:30-7:30pm in WEL 1.120
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DUES AND FUNDRAISING
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• Dues: $35, past due!!
• 1 small fundraiser• Juicy Tart after tonight’s meeting!
• small fundraising and social credit
VOLUNTEERING EVENTS
Forty Acres Fest 2012• Saturday, April 14th 12-5pm• Sign up for multiple 1 hour shifts (no limit)
• Limit 3 per shift (SO SIGN UP FAST!)
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Austin State Hospital Volunteering• Sunday, April 15th from 1:30-2:30pm (get 2 hr credit)• Provide snacks, decorating cupcakes, and playing
bingo with patients
Disease Detective Conference• Volunteer: April 5, 6, 9, & 10th
• Ellie will be there on the 10th from 11am-1pm• Maximum of 4 hours• Extra hours count as “outside volunteering”• More details on the sign up form
VOLUNTEERING EVENTS
Mini and Friends Mighty Mini March Volunteering• Sunday, April 22nd 10am-3pm• Mini and Friends is an organization that has trained
mini horses and donkeys to interact with all kinds of people that may be suffering mentally, physically, and emotionally
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Diva Dash• Saturday, April 21st • An adventure/obstacle course run for women• Sign up will be available soon
SOCIALS
Late Lunch with Officer (Martin)• Tuesday, April 10th at 3:20pm• Meet at Starbucks in the Union
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Mozart’s Game/Study Social• Saturday, April 7th at 2pm• Carpool at Littlefield Fountain at
1:30pm• We’ll stay for about 2 hours
Juicy Tart after the meeting!
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SCHOLARSHIPS
2 half-off Kaplan and 1 half-off Princeton Review available!
Kaplan offers: MCAT, PCAT, DAT/OAT, GRE. Princeton Review offers: MCAT and GRE.
**OUR PREVIOUS FORM HAD TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES!! PLEASE RE-APPLY IF YOU ALREADY APPLIED**
Application deadline postponed until April 8th, 11:59pm
OFFICER ELECTIONS
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Elections will be held on the 6th HOSA meeting on April 17th.
Available positions for Fall’12-Spring’13:TreasurerSocial directorSecretaryPublic RelationsVolunteer Coordinator *NEW*President (restricted to current officers)
**Starting next year (Fall’12 – Spring’13), an officer is only allowed to hold their position for one year and CANNOT re-run for that position.**
Requirement: Must be active member this semester
Apply to run for an officer position online.
Description of duties for each position can be found on the application.
Applications close on Sunday, April 8th at 11:59pm.
MEMBERSHIP
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Membership:- Check member requirements online- Check your member activity online- Any issues, notify Lydia as soon as possible.
Member requirements are due byMonday, April 23nd at 5pm.
Must be active member to attend Banquet for free!
BANQUET
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BANQUET SIGN UP NOW ONLINE!• Six Flags Fiesta Texas on Saturday, May 5th .• Leave Austin in the morning, return at night after dinner.• Sign up deadline is Monday, April 23rd by 9pm!
• Costs:• Active members = Free! (includes dinner)• Non-active members = $10 (includes dinner)• Guests = $25 (does NOT include dinner)
Itinerary can be found on the sign-up form.
UT Registration
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Course Schedule for Fall’12 just released.
Registration for classes starts this month.
What classes do I take?!
Here are some of the officers’ top choices!
Martin suggests...
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Animal behavior (BIO 359K w/ McClelland) – Easy and interesting if you like animals :)
Evolutionary Neurobiology (BIO 337 w/ Zakon) – Not as hard as it sounds. SUPER COOL STUFF!
Business Law (LEB 320F w/ Pederson) – She’s awesome (and of course, easy).
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Cell Biology (BIO 320 w/ O’Halloran/De Lozanne) -- A tough class in terms of memorization but totally prepares you for upper-division bio classes - also goes great with biochem (CH 369) because it overlaps some! Instructors seriously know their stuff and teach really well
Architecture and Society (ARC 308 w/ Speck) -- AMAZING class if you need a visual and performing arts credit! I appreciate architecture everywhere now - be prepared to write essays for exams though!
Statistics in Healthcare (SSC 304 w/ Stacy) -- Makes statistics relevant and awesome at 1-1 help! Her TAs are awesome and her tests are majority take-home
Ellie suggests...
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Intro to Psycholohy (PSY 301 w/ Domjan) – Really tried to make it applicable
Intro to Linguistics (LIN 306 w/ England) – Really knows what she’s talking about,
Biochemistry 2 (CH339L w/ Ellington) -- It’s hard, but you actually learn stuff.
Garrett suggests...
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Medical Terminology (CC 306M w/ Curtis) -- You don't deserve to live if you make a B in this class - very easy. Curtis gives out two practice exams the week before ... and he's a physical therapist - talk to him.
Accounting (ACC 310F w/ Verduzco) – He gives simple notes; knowing how to do the homework is basically key to killing the exams. Easy A.
Contemporary Moral Concepts (PHL 304 /w Krecz) -- Interesting class if you need to take care of a fine arts credit. Goes through important topics such as capital punishment, murder and capital punishment, sexuality, pornography, and abortion. Essay exams, but he provides practice questions the week before.
Sonny suggests...
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BIO 326R (Microbiology w/ Davies)wonderful teacherall the material you need to know are on the slides; textbook is supplementary but i didn’t even use it!isnt so much worried about details but more about concepts
PHY 302K (Physics Non Calculus Based w/ Fiete)very nice sweet man that teaches in an organized mannervery generous on making the tests
BIO 325 (Genetics w/ Bierner)old man that literally reads off his slidesno textbook, so all material from slidesany genetics class will be super memorized based, so this one is of course too, but i literally memorized everything on the slides and there were no surprises on the tests!
Lydia suggests...
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CH 369 (Biochem w/ Grabner)really straightforward class and exams really nice, and good idea to get to
know her for a recommendation
Priyanka suggests...
Last meeting:Tuesday,
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Get your T-shirts!ONWARDS TO JUICY
TART!!