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Global Medical/Dental Brigades VP: Alex Digenakis

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Alpha Epsilon DeltaAlpha Epsilon Delta

Welcome back!

❖ First meeting of the 2014-2015 school year➢ No speaker➢ Overview of AED ➢ Membership➢ Committees

What is AED?

❖ National pre-health professional honors society❖ Pennsylvania Beta Chapter at Penn State❖ Caters to students on career paths toward:

➢ Medicine➢ Dental➢ PA➢ Nursing➢ And many other health related fields...

Benefits of joining AED

❖ Access to information and advice regarding entrance into health care careers

❖ Opportunities for volunteering and community service ❖ Job-shadowing and research resources❖ Nationally recognized involvement in campus activities ❖ Leadership opportunities (officer, committee head,

subchairs, etc.)❖ Improvement of PSU committee recommendation letter

What are meetings all about?

❖ Speakers➢ Hear about the careers, glory, and struggle of the medical field from real

physicians, etc. (great for networking)➢ Insight into medical schools/prep

❖ Committees/Community Service➢ These make the club work!➢ Community service is an integral part of AED

❖ Preparation➢ Learn what it takes to be a health professional and develop personal goals.

Membership

❖ Three types of membership:➢ General Member: attends meetings, involved in committee work➢ Distinguished Honors Member: active member, meets honors

requirements (5 service points)■ Benefits: Honors title on resume, wear honors cords at

graduation, name recommended to Pre-health evaluation committee, stronger medical school committee letter

➢ Nationally Inducted Member: 3.2 GPA requirement (cumulative and science GPA), one-time fee, 3+ semesters at Penn State■ Benefits: Considered member of national Alpha Epsilon Delta

Premedical honors society, access to scholarships and all other national opportunities, eligible to be an officer

How to reach distinguished membership

❖ Complete 5 service points➢ Attending particular events (TBA)➢ 3 hours of volunteering = 1 service point (up to 3)

■ volunteer.psu.edu➢ Completing 2 committee points➢ Driving for canning trip➢ Attending weekend trip (non-THON committee)

❖ 1 Committee point (Blood Cup, Social/PR, THON this fall)❖ 1 Meeting attendance point (75% of meetings)❖ 1 Social point ❖ 1 Canning point (does not have to be with AED) ❖ Complete 10 THONvelopes

Blood Cup Committee - Leah, Brooke, Ece ❖ The PSU-MSU Blood Donor Challenge is a competition between Penn State and

Michigan State to see who can collect the most blood during three weeks in November.

❖ The AED Blood Cup is the “challenge within the challenge,” during which Penn State organizations compete against each other to see who can donate the most blood.

❖ As a committee, we are responsible for promoting the event at the Homecoming Parade with the SRCC.

❖ At the blood drives, committee members also help successful donors sign the Blood Cup book so that their donation can count towards their organization.

❖ Committee members celebrate the event a banquet during which winners are announced in December.

THON Committee -Jordan, Alanna, Nishil❖ World’s largest student-run philanthropy (over $13 million

last year alone)!

➢ AED has raised over $35,000 in one year alone thanks to all of you!

❖ THON benefits the Four Diamonds Fund

❖ Canning, THONvelopes, alternative fundraisers, Family Carnival, THON socials, THON weekend

❖ The Torres Family! Children of all ages :)

Social/PR Committee - Derrick, Eduardo❖ The Social/PR committee is responsible for planning all social

events for the organization. These include: Parties, hayrides, tailgates, dinners, etc…

❖ The committee will work with our PR chair to help design, promote, and advertise our meetings and events.

❖ We collaborate with Blood Cup and THON committees in planning and advertising related events.

I am a Freshman now, what should I do? ❖ Get involved from the start!

❖ You can get 4 full years of local honors membership

❖ Make Penn State feel a little smaller by making a new group of friends!

❖ Meet fellow classmates

❖ Meet upperclassmen “mentors” who can help with advice for the Penn State experience

How can sophomores, juniors, and seniors stay involved?❖ Be actively involved in a committee

❖ Help w/ Events

➢ Blood Cup

➢ THON

➢ Public Health Fair

❖ Attend a Social

What can we expect this year?

❖ Blood Cup➢ PSU/MSU Challenge

❖Homecoming❖ THON❖ Socials❖ Public Health Fair❖Community Service events ❖New friends and a great year!

Club T-shirts

❖Who’s interested in t-shirts? ➢ Anyone can submit t-shirt ideas

■ Winning submission receives 1 service point!

Committee Sign-ups

❖Multiple computers around the room❖ Please enter your name under one or more

of the committee lists (THON, Blood Cup, or Social/PR committee)

Listserv, Facebook group, Website

❖ If you haven’t already joined the listserv, email our secretary, Ece, at psuaedsecretary@gmail.com

❖ Join the facebook group (Alpha Epsilon Delta - Beta Chapter)

❖Check out our website… thanks Nishil :)➢ Google: PSU alpha epsilon delta (choose first option)