This message is from Sydney Domanowski, president of APMS
We have our 3rd meeting of the semester tomorrow, Tuesday Nov. 3rd at 5:30pm in Fronczak 454. Dr. Diana Wilkins will be discussing her road to family medicine (through UB, in APMS, and at UB’s medical school) and her multi-role position as a doctor, wife, and mother.
Also, I just want to keep everyone informed on the upcoming events:
1) We still need more people to work Bills Games! We get paid by the number of people we supply for each game. And then at the end of the year we get a “bonus” according to our profit. We also get a free meal voucher for each person at every game and free parking (we will give those who drive some of the tip money to pay for gas). We have to have every member who can work go to the next orientation at Bills Stadium in November (no date set yet). There are 3 home games remaining. All of the remaining games are 1:00 games, so we would have to work 10am-5pm for each game:
*November 29th
*December 20th
*January 3rd
You can work whichever games you are able and if you want to have friends do it with you, they’re more than welcome! We are working with AED and Pre-Dental to do this, so friends from those clubs are welcome too! Also, if you go to the orientation and work at least 2 games, you will be able to attend our CPR certification course for FREE in the spring.
2) We will be holding a winter clothing drive for the Buffalo City Mission November 13-15. We’d like to make this a campus-wide event and get bins in the residence halls and throughout campus. Please e-mail mdm34@buffalo.edu to help Matt coordinate this event.
3) There will be an informational Army session about their Health Professional Scholarship Program on November 4th from 6-8pm in NSC215. Free Pizza and refreshments will be available. E-mail mjs83@buffalo.edu for more info.
4) We will be hosting a Buffalo Bills Party at the Kaleida Waterfront Nursing Home on November 15th starting at about 12pm. Rides will be provided and we are just going to eat and spend time with the residents while they watch the Bills game. Also, if you’d like to volunteer at any time at the Kaleida Waterfront, contact us also, as we can connect you with their volunteer coordinator easily. Please e-mail sckahn@buffalo.edu for info.
5) We’re helping with a Red Cross Blood Drive on November 16th. E-mail rroach@buffalo.edu for more info.
6) We have added 3 new physicians to our Shadowing program! Dr. Fox and Dr.
Patel are Family Medicine Doctors and Dr. Cloud is an ER Physician at ECMC. They will begin rotation this month and Dr. Fox & Dr. Patel both are offering 2 days per week, so these are great positions to fill. You get to see a little bit of everything when you work in Family Med.
7) We’re going to be providing CPR classes to APMS members for $10 per person in January. It is a two-part course, so you will need to complete an online portion during the winter break and then attend the course on campus in January.
Non-APMS members will be $30. Anyone working 2 Bills games will receive the training for free. Please e-mail John at jbjr3@buffalo.edu for details.
8 We do have 2 remaining Ronald McDonald House dinners which are both full, Nov 22 and Dec 5. If you have already signed up for these (at a meeting or via e-mail) and cannot come, please e-mail me back so we can offer your spot to someone else.
Thanks so much, see you at the meeting tomorrow, and have a great week!
Sydney Domanowski
APMS President
This message is from John Boyd, APMS Treasurer
For those of you who are interested in receiving CPR and AED certification from the American Red Cross, please send me an email at Jbjr3@buffalo.edu simply notifying me of your interest as soon as you read this email. The training will be either free or extremely inexpensive comparable to the standard price. If you are not a APMS member, the fee is $30. The date is to be determined but will take place before the end of this semester. Feel free to add any questions to your confirmation email.
John Boyd
APMS Treasurer
Jbjr3@buffalo.edu
The UB Academies and UB Against Cancer are co-sponsoring a bone marrow registry drive NEXT Thursday November 5 from 11am-3pm in the Social Hall (Flag Room) of the Student Union.
Every year there are 10,000 people in need of a bone marrow donation, but only 3 in 10 get the donation they need to live. With your help we can grow the registry!
Students are encouraged to check out the national bone marrow donor website. It’s very interesting and informative!
Coming this week….LEADERSHIP WEEK
CHECK OUT THIS WEEK’S EVENTS- JOIN US AS WE HELP THE CENTER FOR STUDENT LEADERSHIP AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT PROMOTE THEIR LEADERSHIP WEEK. LEARN IMPORTANT LEADERSHIP SKILLS AND HOW TO GET INVOLVED IN THE COMMUNITY!
Spotlight on the Weekly Themes
Be sure to check out our Spotlight tab on Ning! Here you will be able to access background information on the weekly theme, learn more about opportunities to be involved in clubs and organizations related to the weekly theme, and learn about related majors at UB. Every week we will update the site with information on the upcoming theme, so be sure to stop back often for new opportunities!
LEADERSHIP WEEK 2009- UB The Change
Sponsored by: Center for Student Leadership and Civic Engagement
Leadership Week is designed to help students recognize their potential as a leader and to inspire them to take action.
Check out the full schedule of events at the link.
LEADERSHIP CERTIFICATE PROGRAM
Sponsored by: Center for Student Leadership and Civic Engagement
Why Leadership Certification?
• Develop self as a confident and competent leader
• Connect and network with other future leaders
• Create a personalized leadership track with your Leadership Advisor
• Receive a certificate verifying your leadership training and experiences
Students who complete all the requirements by the deadline will receive their certificate at the end of the spring semester.
Getting Started:
• Stop by the Center for Leadership and Community Engagement (CSLCE), 235 Student Union
• Set up a meeting with a Leadership Advisor (be sure to mention any programs you’ve participated in already)
For more information on this program, please visit the link.
WORKSHOP: JOB SEARCHING/NETWORKING IN TODAY’S TOUGH ECONOMY
DATE: MONDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2009 @ 4:00 PM
LOCATION: 17 NORTON HALL
HOSTED BY: CAREER SERVICES
Looking for a job? Don’t be discouraged by the state of the economy. Learn how to effectively use networking strategies as well as BullsEye, your on-line Career Services account at www.ub-careers.buffalo.edu. Participants are encouraged to bring their laptop computer or other web access device to the workshop.
Register for this event at the link.
SITE WORKSHOP: ADVOCACY MENTORING
DATE: TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2009 @ 5:30 PM
LOCATION: 240 STUDENT UNION
HOSTED BY: CENTER FOR STUDENT LEADERSHIP AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT
Have you ever been around a peer who said something you found offensive, but you didn’t know how to respond? This workshop will explore different ways in which people support or speak up on behalf of others. We will focus on how little things we do on a daily basis can make a big difference and inspire others to stand up for what they believe in as well.
For more information and to register for this event, please visit the link.
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT FAIR
DATE: TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2009 @ 1:30-4:00
LOCATION: STUDENT UNION LOBBY
SPONSORED BY: CENTER FOR STUDENT LEADERSHIP AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT
The CSLCE Community Engagement Fair is an opportunity for UB students to become aware of various engagement and volunteer opportunities available within the Buffalo and Western New York communities. Whether you’re looking to volunteer for fun, experience or it’s a requirement, there will be volunteer agencies represented various organizations needing volunteers in areas such as: health, youth, refugee, elderly care, environment, education and more! The Fair takes place every fall.
The next Community Engagement Fair will take place on Tuesday, October 20, 2009 in the Student Union Lobby.
We have over 40 organizations attending this year’s fair!
Come by to check it out! Free Popcorn while you walk around!
For more information on this event, please visit: http://www.leadership.buffalo.edu/fair.php
MAJORS AND CAREERS NIGHT
DATE: THIS THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2009 @ 5:00 -7:00 PM
LOCATION: STUDENT UNION LOBBY
SPONSORED BY: CAREER SERVICES, ALUMNI ASSOCIATION, AND STUDENT ADVISING SERVICES
Come learn about different majors and the careers they lead into!
For more information visit the link.
SERVE AS A JUDGE FOR THE BUFFALO PUBLIC SCHOOLS SOCIAL STUDIES DEBATE!
DATE: FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2009 @ 8:00 AM- 12:00 PM
LOCATION: MEET AT RICHMOND LOOP
Transportation, breakfast, and lunch will be provided!
Sign up by Tuesday, October 20, 2009 to attend!!
3 ways to sign up:
Visit 17 Norton Hall
Call 645-8177
Email academy@buffalo.edu
SATURDAY OF SERVICE: ADVOCACY SERVICE
DATE: SATURDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2009 @ 8:45 AM- 2:00 PM
LOCATION: STUDENT UNION LOBBY
HOSTED BY: CENTER FOR STUDENT LEADERSHIP AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT
Saturday of Service is a monthly service opportunity for students to volunteer and help serve the local Buffalo and WNY Community.
Saturday of Service locations are linked to the social issue discussed at that month’s SITE Workshop, however attendance at the workshop is not required. Advanced registration is required for all Saturday of Service events. Students participating in Saturday of Service will meet in the entrance to the Student Union, North Campus at 8:45 am on the morning of the Saturday of Service and will be back to the Student Union by 2 pm. Transportation is provided.
Saturday of Service: October 24, 2009
Project Theme: Advocacy Mentoring
Volunteers will be going to the Buffalo Olmsted Parks Conservancy to assist with “Oktoberfest” in Cazenovia Park. This is an important fundraiser for the Parks and need us to help set up for the event.
To register for this event, visit the link.
UNIVERSITY STUDENT ALUMNI BOARD’S J. SCOTT FLEMING SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM- DEADLINE EXTENDED!!!!
USAB Accepting Applications for $500 Scholarships
The University Student Alumni Board (USAB), student affiliate of the UB Alumni Association, is currently seeking applicants for the annual J. Scott Fleming Scholarship Awards, a $500 student-to-student scholarship program funded solely by USAB’s fundraising efforts throughout the year. Up to four full-time undergraduate, graduate, or professional students at UB will receive this great honor. Any student who has demonstrated a commitment, through their extra-curricular and volunteer activities, to promoting student involvement and enhancing the student experience at UB are invited to apply. Self-nominations are required. The application must be received by Friday, October 23, 2009 at 12 Noon in 103 Center For Tomorrow on North Campus.
Applications may be obtained from the scholarship program website at the link or submitted directly online through the website. Please direct any questions to usab-scholarship@buffalo.edu.
Applications may be returned to 103 Center for Tomorrow, North Campus
Please RSVP for these events at the link or email us at academy@buffalo.edu
Hosted by: The Undergraduate Academies
Any questions call: 716-645-8177
The Division of Behavioral Medicine at the University of Buffalo is looking for undergraduate or graduate students to assist on a number of research studies. The Behavioral Medicine lab is an active lab that conducts several laboratory, clinical and field studies to examine different factors that may lead to the development of pediatric obesity. The student would assist in a field or laboratory study that is looking at long term habituation to different foods in 8-12 year old children. Responsibilities will include: assisting staff in material preparation, entering data, screening potential participants for inclusion in study, and helping staff in the implementation of the study design. Interested students should have a flexible schedule. Please email Kelly Dearing at kdearing@buffalo.edu if interested.
Kelly K. Dearing, M.P.H.
Project Coordinator/Lab Coordinator
Behavioral Medicine Laboratory
University at Buffalo
3435 Main Street
This message is from Sydney Domanowski, president of APMS.
Hi everyone!
I have tons of announcements, and I’m sorry if this is really long, but I want everyone to have as many opportunities as possible to volunteer.
1) The only Ronald McDonald House with open spaces is the December 5th Dinner from 3:30pm-7pm. (std2@buffalo.edu)
2) Diabetes Walk at Coca-Cola Field on October 17th. Please e-mail lburkard@buffalo.edu for more info.
3) We still need more people to work Bills Games! We get paid by the number of people we supply for each game. And then at the end of the year we get a “bonus” according to our profit. We also get a free meal voucher for each person at every game and free parking. We have to have every member who can work go to the orientation October 21st from 6-9pm at Bills Stadium. There are 4 home games remaining we would have to commit to. All of the remaining games are 1:00 games, so we would have to work 10am-5pm for each game:
*November 1st
*November 29th
*December 20th
*January 3rd
You can work whichever games you are able and if you want to have friends do it with you, they’re more than welcome! We are working with AED and Pre-Dental to do this, so friends from those clubs are welcome too! Also, if you go to the orientation and work at least 2 games, you will be able to attend our CPR certification course for FREE in the spring.
4) The Sarkin Race on UB South Campus is Sat. October 24th. Please e-mail std2@buffalo.edu for info.
5) Christa will be making Trick-or-Treat Bags for Children’s Hospital on Sunday, October 25th. E-mail cfmcphee@buffalo.edu for info.
6) We will be holding a winter clothing drive for the Buffalo City Mission in early November. We’d like to make this a campus-wide event and get bins in the residence halls and throughout campus. Please e-mail mdm34@buffalo.edu to help him coordinate this event.
7) There will be any informational Army ROTC session about their Health Professional Scholarship Program on November 4 from 6-8pm in NSC215. Free Pizza and refreshments will be available. E-mail mjs83@buffalo.edu for more info.
8. We will be hosting a Buffalo Bills Party at the Kaleida Waterfront Nursing Home on November 15th. Also, if you’d like to volunteer at any time at the Kaleida Waterfront, contact us also, as we can connect you with their volunteer coordinator easily. Please e-mail sckahn@buffalo.edu for info.
9) We’re helping with a Red Cross Blood Drive on November 16th. E-mail rroach@buffalo.edu for more info.
10) We have a new research/volunteer opportunity that is an on-going commitment.
If you are available 4 hours on Fridays between 9am-5pm and would like to help out with Diabetes Education and Research (This really effects every specialty we could possibly go into, no matter what we’re going to have a Diabetic patient!).
Please e-mail me for more info std2@buffalo.edu.
11) We have added 3 new physicians to our Shadowing program! Dr. Fox and Dr.
Patel are Family Medicine Doctors and Dr. Cloud is an ER Physician at ECMC.
12) We’re working on providing CPR classes to APMS members at a decreased cost, or even for free. Please e-mail John at jbjr3@buffalo.edu for details.
I’m currently working on making a calender to send out to everyone. As soon as I find a program that everyone has, I’ll get it done. Thanks so much and have a great week!
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), as part of its Greater Research Opportunities (GRO) program, is offering Greater Research Opportunities (GRO) undergraduate fellowships for bachelor level students in environmental fields of study. The deadline for receipt of paper applications is December 10, 2009 at 4:00 PM and December 10, 2009 at 11:59:59 PM ET for submittal of electronic applications to Grants.gov. Subject to availability of funding, the Agency plans to award approximately 30 new fellowships by July 30, 2010.
Eligible students will receive support for their junior and senior years of undergraduate study and for an internship at an EPA facility during the summer between their junior and senior years. The fellowship provides up to $19,250 per year of academic support and up to $8,000 of internship support for a three-month summer period.
For all information on how to apply visit the link.
National Center for Environmental Research
1200 Pennsylvania AV NW
Washington DC 20460
This message is from Sydney Domanowski, president of APMS
Hi everyone!
Alright, I just wanted to remind you of a few things:
1) Our next meeting is NEXT Thursday, Oct. 8th 5:30pm in Diefendorf 148 (on South campus). If you need directions let me know. We will have a Kaplan presentation and then raffle off a half-priced course. Every member in attendance will get one ticket for the raffle. If you plan on entering, please make sure you will have the $950 available within 2 weeks of the meeting. We will also be watching a movie about the life of a medical school student, which is really great. I will also be announcing a lot of new volunteer opportunities at this meeting.
2) There is an orientation for the Bills games tomorrow from 10am-2pm at Ralph Wilson Stadium. If anyone else wants to sign up to help us out with some of the remaining home games, please let me know. We really need to fundraise in order to be able to do everything we do in a year.
3) Anyone who is still interested in volunteering for the Walk to Fight Diabetes on Saturday, October 17th we are needed for registration from 8am to 10am. If you are interested, this also allows you to be able to participate in the walk. The training session is from 6-7pm this Wednesday, October 7th on Alberta Drive. We can set up a carpool for this for anyone who is interested. Please let me know ASAP if you would like to volunteer so I can RSVP for our group as a whole to the training session. For anyone that has already expressed interest, please let me know if you are still interested given this information at lburkard@buffalo.edu
4) UB Gettin’ Dirty will be held on Sunday, October 11, 2009 from 10am to 2pm. This year the Student Association in collaboration with both campus and City of Buffalo community will be launching a citywide clean-up. You will have to meet up with the Student Association at 9:30am at Main Circle on UB South Campus. When you get there please do not forget to identify yourself as an AED or APMS member. Please email cfmcphee@buffalo.edu
5) I will compile and send out a listserv next Friday with an attachment. This will be a calender with ALL of the APMS events for the whole semester on it. So, please read it and let me know if you have any questions about details.
Thanks so much everyone! Have a great weekend!
This message is from Robin Comeau, coordinator of the UB Dental School Clinical Observation Program.
Due to the number of applications I have already received and due to the additional vaccination requirements for health care workers (Influenza), I am going to have to close the applications for the UB Dental Clinic Observation Program for this semester. This will give me a chance to process the ones I have and make the necessary revisions to the application for the Spring semester.
The following changes will be made to the application process:
1) Annual seasonal Influenza vaccination will be required (also H1N1 for 2009-2010) [effective now]
2) Program will be limited to individuals enrolled in either their second or third year of post - secondary (i.e., college) education.
3) There will be a limit of 25 program applicants each semester (September 1 & January 1).
4) Once accepted, applicants can participate for two consecutive semesters.
Robin L. Comeau, RDH, MLS
Patient Care Compliance Officer
UB Dental School - Clinic Observation Program Coordinator
325 Squire Hall
Buffalo, NY 14214-8006
rcomeau@buffalo.edu
If you have put in an application for shadowing in the Emergency Room and have not yet heard back from me, Becca Roach (rroach@buffalo.edu), you need to re-fill out an application and submit it either on-line or to Norton 108. We have been experiencing some technical difficulties with the applications and we want to make sure that everyone that is interested in shadowing in the ER has an opportunity to do so. Thank you very much and sorry for any inconvenience.
Thanks again,
Becca Roach
APMS Shadowing Coordinator
Also, I have to let the Bills staff know by tomorrow about working the games.
So, anyone who wants to or already has signed up, let me know which orientation you can do and which games you can work. Thanks so much!
Sydney Domanowski
APMS President
