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SGA Newsletter
Volume 3 issue 21
The Louisiana State Univer-
sity Health Sciences Center
New Orleans has teaching,
research, and health care
functions state-wide, through
its six professional schools
and twelve Centers of Excel-
lence, as well as the more
than one hundred hospitals
and other health science re-
lated institutions throughout
the State, Region, Nation,
and the World, with which
they maintain affiliations.
Letter from the President:
hours!
Keep a look out for
continuing information
on happy hours, a Peli-
cans night out, and
more service projects!
Also, keep January
29th on your radar. We
have scheduled a King
Cake Social that is open
to all LSUHSC students.
This is a great way to
meet students from
other schools!
Hello all,
Welcome back returning
students and welcome to
LSUHSC to our four new
students!
SGA has already started
planning a lot of cool ac-
tivities for students, staff,
and faculty. This Monday
(MLK Jr. DAY) we will be
partnering with Lafitte
Greenway in a clean-up
project from 9-11. Time
to volunteer and log your
I hope everyone had a
wonderful start to the
semester! Please reach
out to me with ques-
tions or concerns.
Molly
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18- Martin Luther King, Jr. Day 21 – Off Beat Best of the Beat Music Awards 23 – Krewe du Vieux 29-Feb. 9 – Mardi Gras Pa-rades 31 – King Cake Festival
February 2016
1-9 – Mardi Gras Parades 9 – Mardi Gras Day 12-14 – Vietnamese New Year’s (Tet) Celebration 14 – Valentine's Day 15 – Presidents' Day 28 – Rock n' Roll Marathon
Monday 18 Martin Luther King Holiday
Wednesday 27 Last Day to Add Courses
Wednesday 27 Last Day for Course or Term With-
drawals without “W” on Transcript
Thursday 28 “I” Grades from Fall Semester Convert
to “F”
February 2016
Tuesday 9 Mardi Gras Holiday
March 2016
Tuesday 15 Last Application Date to Obtain Finan-
cial Aid at the Beginning of Summer Term
Friday 25 Spring Break
Monday 28 Summer Practice Experience Proposals
Due
Wednesday 30 Pre-Registration Begins for Summer
Semester
April 2016
Friday 15 Last Day to Defend Dissertation
Friday 29 Last Day to Complete Financial Aid Exit
Interview for Graduating Students
Friday 29 Last Day for Course or Term Withdrawals
with “W” on Transcript
May 2016
Friday 13 Last Day of Semester
Monday 16 All Grades Due
Wednesday 18 Pre-Commencement Ceremony and
Reception
Thursday 19 Commencement
Monday 23 Summer Semester Student Orientation
Tuesday 24 Last Day for Summer Semester Regis-
tration
Wednesday 25 Summer Semester Begins
June 2016
Wednesday 8 Last Day for Course or Term With-
drawals without “W” on Transcript
Wednesday 8 Last Day to Add Courses
Thursday 9 “I” Grades from Spring Semester Con-
vert to “F”
ACADEMIC CALENDAR
MLK Clean-Up - Jan 18th
First Meeting - Jan 28th
SGA CALENDAR
THE NOLA LIFE
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NEED A JOB/INTERNSHIP?
FIELD INTERVIEWER
http://www.indeed.com/m/viewjob?
jk=ae7b3931e905fe8f&from=ja&utm_source=
jobseek-
er_emails&utm_medium=email&utm_campa
ign=job_alerts
Teen Pregnancy Prevention program Evalu-
ation Project
Please email your resume and writing sample
with a cover message to Dr. Kaufman at
rkauf1@lsuhsc.edu.
LPHI Career Opportunities
www.lphi.org
PROGRAM MONITOR
DHH - Baton Rouge, LA - Indeed Mobile Possible position for students Who will be graduating http://www.indeed.com/m/
viewjob?jk=df8bf286aded8e79&from=ja&utm_source
=jobseek-er_emails&utm_medium=email&utm_campa
ign=job_alerts
NEW PRACTICE EXPERIENCE SITE
If interested contact: Contact Jahangeer Khan
(LSUHSC SPH alum) at
jkhan@504healthnet.org for more infor-
mation.
Resume Builders: The International De-
velopment Jobs News-letter has 2.270 new jobs posted from GA-VI, The Vaccine Alli-ance, Relief Interna-
tional and many more. https://
www.devex.com/jobs If you are interested in
positions in other schools contact Eretta
Perrien EPerri@lsuhsc.edu
CDC Summer Gradu-ate Internship in Envi-ronmental Health. Ap-
plication deadline: Wednesday, February
10, 2016
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Volunteering
*Most of these projects are active during the entire school year!
LSUHSC- New Orleans Schools Science Partnership Program - Help teach science to
4th graders in high-need schools.
Smart Café—For questions or more info, email Whitney Marmer at
wmarme@lsuhsc.edu or smartcafenla@gmail.com
InterProfessional Student Alliance
Plan and implement community service projects with people in the other LSUHSC
schools!
Ispa.lsuhsc@gmail.com
NOARPH - Help teach sex to high schoolers with students from the other LSUHSC
schools. For info email
Danielle Steward (LSU Nursing – dstewart@tulane.edu)
Kelsey Hundley (LSU SOM hundley.kelsey@gmail.com)
SANKOFA - Here is the link to the website http://www.sankofanola.org/#!
farmersmarket/c24f1
Volunteers can apply online or in person. Market days are Tuesday, Thursday and Sat-
urday.
Friends of Lafitte Greenway - Contact Sophie Harris, Executive Director of Friends of
Lafitte Greenway at sophie@lafittegreenway.org or 504.462.0645
New Orleans Women’s Shelter Outreach - Contact Molly Ariail (mariai@lsuhsc.edu)
To log in HOURS:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/
d/1Z0G8gn_Fmw8QvGztqR34nwn2dba0yM1z3q9jAMIWWFM/
edit#gid=0
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This student organization has offi-cially been initiated and already begun work towards making ours a greener campus across a variety of projects. Like their page at fa-cebook.com/raisedroot. For more info, contact:
Jenna Richlie
(jrichl@lsuhsc.edu) or Courtney George
(cgeor7@lsuhsc.edu)
Students For Sustainability
ORGANIZATIONS ON CAMPUS
The LGBT+Ally Organiza-tion for Cultural Under-
standing in the Health Sci-ences (LOCUS) is a student organization aimed at ad-
vancing awareness and un-derstanding of and for the LGBT community at LSU-HSC and in NOLA. If inter-ested or if you’d like more
information please con-tact:
Billy Robinson wrobin@lsuhsc.edu
LOCUS
The InterProfessional Student Alli-
ance (IPSA) is a student-run initia-
tive that strives to foster interpro-
fessional collaboration and self-
awareness through interprofession-
al service projects and interprofes-
sional leadership workshops. If
you're interested in hearing more
about us, click here to sign up for
our listserv!! -->http://goo.gl/
forms/ejYmlcHeOH
ROTARACT CLUB
"It is a service, leadership and community
service organization for young men and
women between the ages 18–30. Rotaract
focuses on the development of young adults
as leaders in their communities and work-
places.”.
IF YOU ARE INTERESTIED IN HELPING TO
START THE ROTARACT CLUB PLEASE CONTACT
MOLLY ARIAIL FOR MORE INFORMATION
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PEER ADVOCACY LIASON (PALS)
Please remember that the PAL Handbook, as
well as the list of PAL Representatives and the
list of PAL Mentors, is available on the web-
site here:
http://www.lsuhsc.edu/orgs/campushealth/
pal.aspx
If you were unable to attend the session and
have any questions or concerns about your
duties as a PAL, please don’t hesitate to con-
tact Lauren Garnier directly. She would be
happy to meet with you in person or talk by
phone.
ORGANIZATIONS ON CAMPUS
SOAR (STUDENT ORGANIZA-
TION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT
OF RESEARCH )
Are you looking for research
opportunities… Let SOAR
match you!
Please visit our website (http://
sph.lsuhsc.edu/soar-students)
and fill out a student inquiry to-
day .
Sign up for SMART CAFE to teach chil-dren about nutrition! Check out our website at www.smartcafe.org or our Facebook page for updates.
For questions or more info, email Whitney Marmer at wmarme@lsuhsc.edu or smartcafenla@gmail.com
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ANNOUNCEMENTS/ REMINDERS!
English Tutor/Coach
to Build Your Profes-
sional Writing Skills
If you wish to book
your sessions with
Ms. Tillinghast,
please email her di-
rectly at rtil-
ling@my.uno.edu, re-
questing a 25-minute
or one-hour slot of
time on her schedule.
It is essential that
you schedule in ad-
vance to assure that
your time will be re-
served.
KING CAKE SOCIAL:
JAN. 29 @ 2 PM
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APPLICATION DEADLINE:
Sunday, February 1, 2016
For more infor-mation, email
Sofia Curdumi Pend-ley, MPH: spend-
ley@schweitzerfellowship.org
www.schweitzerfellowship.org
N.O.W.S. Outreach Program
(New Orleans Women's
Shelter Outreach)
Want to work with women and
kids? N.O.W.S. Outreach is an Al-
bert Schweitzer Fellowship and
IPSA-approved program founded
by medical students in 2015. Our
mission is to empower the wom-
en and children at the New Orle-
ans Women's and Children’s
Shelter (NOWS) to be proactive
with their health and wellness
by providing health education
and physician-student run health
clinics. Join almost 200 volun-
teers from all of the LSU profes-
sional schools, including Xavier
pharmacy school, to teach
health education programs, lead
and create new programs, work
at the monthly clinics, or partici-
pate on committees.
If interested, email to NOW-
Soutreach@gmail.com get on
our email list. You can also view
and sign-up for our January
events by using this link: https://
docs.google.com/spreadsheets/
d/1B_otdG7hFVeCKG_RQGzH
a2Bo8xYJ2I4cGIcUCnW9aS4/
edit?usp=sharing (there are mul-
tiple tabs at the bottom).
ANNOUNCEMENTS/ REMINDERS!
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Next Thursday the 21st there is an official kick-off event in MEB S6 from 12-1 with food and drinks!
Come out and show your support!
Contact Olivia Dominguez (odomin@lsuhsc.edu) and Prema Bhattacharjee (pbhat1@lsuhsc.edu) with any questions.
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Questions? Concerns? Contact us:
President: Molly Ariail mariai@lsuhsc.edu
Vice: Glenn Buck gbuck@lsuhsc.edu
Treasurer: Kaelen Medeiros kmedei@lsuhsc.edu
Secretary: Joana Lutterodt jlutte@lsuhsc.edu
SGA phsga@lsuhsc.edu
https://www.facebook.com/publichealth.lsuhsc.edu
https://twitter.com/LSUPublicHealth
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