I hope you enjoyed our March General Meeting! Here are some exciting upcoming events and volunteering opportunities for the month of March!

March 19th-20th: Relay for Life is just two weeks away! You can have fun and earn 18 hours, while raising money for the American Cancer Society! It’s not too late to join our AMSA team. Just go to:http://main.acsevents.org/site/TR?pg=team&fr_id=20959&team_id=613644. So far, we have raised $535! Keep up the good work! Remember: any individual who raises at least $100 will receive a Relay shirt. (it will even have AMSA’s logo on it).

March 17th: “Preparing for the MCAT” Join us in Biomedical building room 126 at 5:45pm for some quick AMSA event updates and MCAT bootcamp with the Princenton Review. Coffee and refreshments will be served, so take advantage of this free and valuable opportunity to gain insight on the Princenton prepcourse by going over the various subjects that the MCAT covers and having all of your questions answered. If you are interested, please e-mail amsapremed@fau.edu.

March 22nd-27th: Health Professions Week!
Events all week long – Graduate Schools, Informational Sessions, Guest Speakers, Workshops, Prizes, Food and Fun!
View the full schedule of events online: www.science.fau.edu/healthprofessionsweek
*Advance registration required for some workshops

Health Professions Week starts off with the:
Health Professions Graduate School Fair
Monday March 22, 2010
Boca Raton campus
Sanson Life Science Building (East Patio)

School Showcase 10:00am-1:00pm
Informational Sessions 2:00pm – 5:00pm

FREE FOOD
FREE RAFFLE (Dell laptop, Kaplan prep course and more…)

Network with admission representatives from medical schools, dental schools, pharmacy schools, veterinary schools, podiatry, public health, chiropractic, PA programs and more…

Enjoy your spring break!

Jackie Pruett
AMSA@FAU Secretary
Relay for Life Team Captain
2009-2010

Also, officers will go over events we have planned throughout semester, fundraising, volunteering, and other exciting opportunities that members will get a chance to enjoy. You will also be able to pay club dues, pick up member t-shirts, and ask questions you may have.

Focusing on the social change model of leadership, the 2010 Student Leadership Institute will invite you to “Be the Change” for your community and/or your organization. Whether you are a seasoned student leader who wants to inspire your organization to grow or an up-and-coming leader who is looking to find your personal passion or niche, this is your chance to grow and get to know other student leaders on campus. All students are welcome to be a part of this institute; you can participate with members of your student organization or independently. All students must register individually; during the sign-in process you will be able to indicate whether you wish to participate independently or with your fellow club members.

The Student Leadership Institute is a 4-week program, and there will be two separate 4-week sessions.

Session 1 will take place on Fridays from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. beginning on Jan. 29 and ending on Feb. 19.

Session 2 will take place on Fridays from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. beginning on March 19 and ending on April 9.

The Deadline to register for Session I is Friday, Jan. 22. Further details regarding meeting locations and activities will be distributed upon registration.

Please go to http://www.fau.edu/sil/leadership/LeadershipForm.php to register.

For more information regarding the Student Leadership Institute, please contact Student Involvement & Leadership at 561-297-3735.

On Thursday, January 21st, we will hold another Coffee Talk session just outside of Starbucks from 1-4 pm. There will be free coffee, you will be able to pick up your member t-shirts, and you will have the opportunity to pay dues, speak with AMSA officers, and find out more about what we have planned for the year.

Hope you guys are all haveing a great weekend

On October 19-21 (monday-wednesday) and October 26-28 (monday-wednesday) of the week after from 1030am-2pm AMSA will have a table set up on the breezeway to promote The Breast Cancer Charity Fashion Show and The Gore Gallery (which I am very excited for !) and of course also to allow students to become more familiar with AMSA.

We will need at least 3-4 people to man the tables and volunteer hours will be given. If you can only do it for an hour thats cool too just let me know by emailing me back with the date(s) and time(s) you can be at the tables Bonus in doing this: a good opportunity to be involved with AMSA and get to know the members/officers !

We’ll be out there 1030am-2pm if you have questions or drop off membership fees/applications, gore gallery(!), breast cancer fashion show or just cause you want to say hi, we’ll take that too

Have a Good One guys
Jeanette Truong
AMSA Director of Fundraising

Please join us for our first AMSA meeting of the year! We will be
giving a short introduction to AMSA national and AMSA local; followed
by a presentation from Dr. Berezniak, the assistant dean of admissions
from LECOM, an osteopathic medical school in Florida. We will also be
introducing our new board members and presenting some of our upcoming
events for the 2009-2010 school year. This is a great opportunity to
connect with the other pre-meds, while gaining valuable information
that will help prepare you for medical school. We will also be
providing pizza and drinks! I look forward to seeing you all on
Thursday!

AMSA SEPTEMBER GENERAL MEETING
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2009 : 5:30pm
BIOMEDICAL BUILDING ROOM 126

Jason Bollack – President