TOURO UNIVERSITY-CATAU CHAPTER

S A N D I E G OO C T O B E R 7 , 2 0 1 2

EXECUTIVE OFFICERS

• Faculty Advisor: John Glover, DO• President: Jimmy Yu • Vice-President: Christabel Moy • Judicial Committee: Madeline Nguyen, Eric Lau,

Clay Wu• Admissions Committee: Adam Claessens, Todd

Hayano, Simon Sarkisian• Treasurer: Fayha Lakhani• Web Manager/Director of Outreach: Justin Hwang • Historian/Director of Social Affairs: Alexandra

Rhee

MEMBERSHIP

• Current• c/o 2015: 20 members • c/o 2014: 27 members • c/o 2013: 23 members

• Anticipated • c/o 2015 Fall Recruitment: ~14 members • c/o 2016 Spring Recruitment: ~35 members

ADMISSIONS

• Criteria:• OMS I or II• minimum GPA of 3.5, OR within the top 25% of the class • history of community involvement/extracurricular activities• Past leadership experience

• Process:• Online application • Each application is read by 3 members (blinded to the

applicant)• Interviewed by current members• Applicants are notified after grades are released

ACTIVE MEMBER REQUIREMENTS

• 10 total hours of community service per Semester • Including 4 SSP sponsored hours

• Attend all meetings• Maintain 3.0 GPA or higher• Coordinate at least one SSP community service

event• Assist in conducting interviews for new members

DEVOTION TO SERVICE

• Of all TOUCH Awards, SSP members received 35.8% of the total awards• 8 SSP members received the Gold TOUCH Award (>100 hrs of

community service)  44% of TUCOM recipients • 11 SSP members received the Silver TOUCH Award (>50 hrs of

community service) 31% of TUCOM recipients

• SSP-Tau Chapter members contributed over 2343 community service hours • it is likely that the number is greater as not everyone puts all of their

community service hours in the log

• At TUCOM, SSP comprised over 33% of total TOUCH hours

*TOUCH period: March 2011-March 2012

SERVICE PROJECTS

• Sikh Temple Health Fair• Vallejo People’s Garden• Teen Life Conference• 5th Annual Mare Island Run• Touro’s Student-Run Free Clinic• Seafood City Filipino Health Fair• TUne UP• Soup Kitchen• Thanksgiving Meal Delivery• North Bay Humane Society• Global Health Case Presentations• Farmer’s market tabling • Inventor’s lab • OMM stretching • Homeless hygiene kits

OTHER PROJECTS

• Fundraiser • Poker Tournament• Bowl-A-Thon• Golf Tournament• Jelly Belly Celebrity Golf Tournament for Okizu Camp

• Academic • Board question of the week• Faculty Grams (“Show some love to your professors”)• Study Strategies Workshop• Venipuncture workshop• OMM Inter-professional workshop

FUTURE PROJECTS

• Walk the Walk• Bone marrow drive • OMM at farmer’s market• Health fair • Resume Workshop at the Global Center for

Success• Trivia Night Fundraisers • “What is a DO” • Health Information Flyers