AED Announcement
This message is from Mark Niec, president of AED.
This Wednesday (Nov 18) at 5:30pm in 145D Student Union, we will be hosting our November general meeting. We have invited a family medicine physician to speak and will provide food. We will also be answering any questions about the AED application due to 109 Norton Hall by 5:00 p.m. December 4.
Pakistani Student Association Announcement - Bone Marrow Drive
The Pakistani SA is hosting another bone marrow registry drive on Tuesday November 17 from 10:00 am-2:00 pm in 145B of the Student Union. If you would like to help out again contact Sabina at smmirza3@buffalo.edu; she is the president of the Pakistani SA and is coordinating this. If you are unable to help out, please spread the word and tell your friends/family/coworkers/classmates!
Association for Premedical Students (APMS) Announcements
This message is from Sydney Domanowski, president of APMS.
Our Winter Clothing Drive for the Buffalo City Mission began Friday, November 13 in the Student Union from 10am-5pm and we will have boxes out in residence halls all weekend. Remember to bring your lightly used or new winter coats, hats, gloves, scarves, socks, etc… to help those in need in our area. There is a huge need in Buffalo and we hope to make an impact this winter season, so go through your closets and find the things you don’t need or wear anymore!
Also, I have a note from an APMS member about making donations to the St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital:
Hey APMS members!
My name is Adam Gregor and I’m a fellow member of APMS. I’m just writing to let you know of a campaign by St. Jude’s Hospital this holiday season. I work at The Melting Pot (located in the Galleria Mall) and we have teamed up with St. Jude’s for the Thanks and Giving Campaign. The Melting Pot has been a member since 2003, helping to raise more than $4 million. Our goal, as a franchise, is to donate $1.4 million, the cost for St. Jude to operate for one day. The Buffalo location is hoping to raise $12,500.
As some background for those of you who don’t know of St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital, it was founded in 1962 by Danny Thomas. Researchers at St. Jude’s freely share their information with doctors and hospitals around the world (something that sounds logical, but is not common due to competition between hospitals) and accepts patients for treatment without regard to insurance coverage or the family’s ability to pay. As part of The Melting Pot’s campaign, for every $10 donation, you will receive one “Fondue for the Kids” card. This card is good for $20 off any purchase of $50 or more on a future visit to The Melting Pot (you essentially double your money!).
The offer will expire on 12/30/2010, is not valid with any other offer or on holidays or special events, cannot be used for gratuity or taxes, and one card can be used per couple per visit. If anyone has any questions or is interested in donating, I can be reached at argregor@buffalo.edu. Thanks!
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 next orientation at Bills Stadium this month. All of the remaining games are 1:00 games, so you would have to work 10:00am – 5:00pm for the games you work:
*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.
We will be hosting a Buffalo Bills Party at the Kaleida Waterfront Nursing Home on November 15th from 12-5pm. Rides will be provided. 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.
Our last meeting of the semester will be December 1 at 5:30pm in Fronczak 454. This will be our annual Medical School Student Panel. They will give great insight into the world of medical school and are wonderful to learn from! We will have snacks and will be taking ideas for next semester’s volunteer events.
Thanks so much and have a great week!
Minorities in Health Related Professions (MHRP)
This message is from Jennifer Rahman, president of MHRP. MHRP would like to invite you to our upcoming events:
CSTEP is coming in for our last general body meeting (THIS Thursday, Nov. 19) at 6 pm in 330 SU (3rd floor Student Union) to give a presentation about leadership and what opportunities are available to students at UB. This will be an informative session, especially for freshmen and sophomores, in getting to know about all the things a student can do to become more involved in their undergraduate career.
Big Brother Big Sister “Bigs for a Day” is at 6:30 pm (same day/place, Thursday November 19 in 330 SU, 3rd floor of Student Union). We will be having an Ice Cream Social, movies, and board games available for a group of about ten children from Buffalo to come and have fun while learning all about UB and our club! Feel free to come and bring your friends, as we’ve been participating in “Bigs for a Day” for the past few years and it always promises to be a fun time 
We will be making dinner for families at Ronald McDonald House on Friday November 27, the day after Thanksgiving. We will meet on campus around 2:00 pm to go shopping at Wegmans for food and travelling together to the House. We anticipate serving dinner by 6:00 pm. Please let us know if you can help out with this if you are in Buffalo for the holidays. Please contact Jennifer Rahman at jrahman@buffalo.edu. More information will also be provided at our meeting on Nov 19.
MHRP is raffling off tickets for a Winter Gala ticket at $1 per raffle ticket! The Winter Gala will be held on the evening of Saturday, December 5 at the Buffalo Convention Center (transportation will be provided to and from the Center to UB) and is a night filled with dinner and dancing (open bar for those 21 and up). A student ticket normally costs $30, and depending on interest shown in our raffle for a ticket, we might be able to raffle off more than one! Raffle tickets will be available at our meeting on the Nov 19, however if you can’t make it, feel free to contact Jennifer at jrahman@buffalo.edu.
ALL students are welcome at ALL events!
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
This message from Kaplan Test Prep
While Kaplan’s classroom, online and tutoring options provide students with numerous tools for content review, some students want to further their science knowledge before the MCAT classes even begin. This October, Kaplan will provide free access to the MCAT Science Review program (a $499 value) to any student who enrolls in a Kaplan MCAT Online, Classroom or Tutoring
program.
Eligibility in this value-added promotion does not preclude AED members from taking advantage of our existing relationship by saving $100 off of the regular price of our program.
Make sure when you register to mention the AED 100$ discount!!!
~Mark Niec
President of AED
November Events
Please mark your calendars for these upcoming events in November!
So, You Want to be a Doctor, Dentist, Veterinarian, Optometrist, Podiatrist or Chiropractor?
If you are a freshmen or sophomore or perhaps just beginning to think about applying to the professional health schools (e.g., medical school, vet school, dental school), come to this workshop to learn what you can be doing NOW to prepare. Learn what you need to do to become a competitive applicant for admission to these schools.
Mon., Nov 2 4:00-4:50 p.m. Meet at Norton 17 - Co-sponsored by Undergrad Academies
Wed., Nov 11 3:00-3:50 p.m. 111 Norton
Thurs., Nov 19 12:30-1:20 p.m. 111 Norton
Prehealth Committee/veCollect Information Sessions
If you are planning on using the services of the Prehealth Committee for the April 2010 deadline, you MUST attend one of the several Prehealth Committee/veCollect workshops offered from October 2009 to March 2010. Please note that only the fall semester workshop dates are noted below. After you attend, you can then become a registered veCollect user and be able to have individual letters of recommendation submitted to our office on your behalf. If you are planning on applying to the professional health schools at some later time and wish to be able to have letters submitted for you any time soon (for some later, future application), you may come to workshop as well. These sessions are not limited to juniors; freshmen and sophomore students may also attend so that recommendation letters can be submitted to our office on your behalf.
Tues., Nov 3 2:00-3:00 p.m. 145C Student Union
Thurs., Nov 12 3:30-4:30 p.m. 145C Student Union
Wed., Nov 18 11:00-12:00 p.m. 145C Student Union
You Do NOT Need to Register For These Sessions
International Students and Professional Health School Admission
Are you an international student interested in the professional health schools of medicine, dentistry, optometry, etc? Do you know the considerations regarding admission in the US and considerations regarding financing a professional school education? Come to this workshop to be fully informed about the important issues associated with professional health school admission in the US for international applicants.
Wed., Nov 4 4:00 - 5:30 p.m. 145A Student Union
Army Health Professions Scholarship Program (HPSP) Presentation
Sponsored by AED, APMS, and the Pre-Dental Association
The Army offers full scholarships for students pursuing medical school, dental school, optometry, and veterinary. The scholarships also offer stipends (i.e., compensation for living expenses) and several other advantages for recipients. AED, APMS and the Pre-Dental Association are hosting this session as one of their general meetings, so please consider attending for valuable scholarship information.
Wed., Nov 4 from 6:00-8:00 p.m. 215 Natural Sciences (NSC)
DO Information Forum
If you would like to know more about the DO medical degree (Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine), please consider coming to this session! Two DO physicians who are currently completing their residencies in Buffalo will be available to share their advice, expertise, and knowledge pertaining to being a DO physician.
Pizza and refreshments will be served.
Thurs, Nov 5 from 4:00-5:00 in 145E Student Union.
Preparing for Fall 2011 Application to the Professional Health Schools
Are you ready to apply for admission in Fall of 2011? Do you know what you need to do to submit a complete and competitive application? The Prehealth Committee process? The timelines? Get an overview of the APPLICATION CYCLE for ALL (medical, dental, optometry, podiatry, chiropractic, vet) the professional health schools for fall 2011. A detailed handout will be distributed describing: your responsibilities, key deadlines, information regarding your personal statement, admissions’ tests, etc. Important information for ALL applicants!
Thurs., Nov 19 4:00 - 5:30 p.m. 145C Student Union
This message is from Sydney Domanowski, president of APMS
Just want to keep everyone informed on the upcoming events:
1) The Academic Council endorsed ERNESTO ALVERADO for SA president. This is the council that APMS is part of, so we hope everyone gets out and votes!
2) 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.
3) The Sarkin Race in Delaware Park is Sat. October 24th. Please e-mail std2@buffalo.edu for info.
4) Christa will be making Trick-or-Treat Bags for Children’s Hospital on Sunday, October 25th. E-mail cfmcphee@buffalo.edu for info.
5) 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.
6) Our next meeting is November 3 in Fronczak 454 at 5:30pm. Dr. Diana Wilkins will be speaking. She is a former APMS President and is now a Family Medicine Physician and teaches through UB.
7) There will be an informational Army ROTC 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.
8 We will be hosting a Buffalo Bills Party at the Kalieda Waterfront Nursing Home on November 15th. Also, if you’d like to volunteer at any time at the Kalieda 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 Drives on October 27th and November 16th. E-mail rroach@buffalo.edu for more info.
10) 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.
Thanks so much and have a great week!
This message is from Mark Niec, president of AED.
This week on Wednesday at 5:00PM Rm. 145A Student Union we will be having our second general meeting!
Everyone should come who showed an interest in the mentor program. We will start to match people up at this meeting. Also, we will have
a guest speaker, Dr. Brian Safier, who will discuss his journey into medicine. So come and bring the questions you have!
~Mark Niec
AED President
