TOURO UNIVERSITY-CA TAU CHAPTER SAN DIEGO OCTOBER 7, 2012
EXECUTIVE OFFICERS Faculty Advisor: John Glover, DO President: Jimmy Yu Vice-President: Christabel Moy Judicial Committee: Madeline Nguyen, Eric Lau, Clay Wu Admissions Committee: Adam Claessens, Todd Hayano, Simon Sarkisian Treasurer: Fayha Lakhani Web Manager/Director of Outreach: Justin Hwang Historian/Director of Social Affairs: Alexandra Rhee
MEMBERSHIP Current c/o 2015: 20 members c/o 2014: 27 members c/o 2013: 23 members Anticipated c/o 2015 Fall Recruitment: ~14 members c/o 2016 Spring Recruitment: ~35 members
ADMISSIONS Criteria: OMS I or II minimum GPA of 3.5, OR within the top 25% of the class history of community involvement/extracurricular activities Past leadership experience Process: Online application Each application is read by 3 members (blinded to the applicant) Interviewed by current members Applicants are notified after grades are released
ACTIVE MEMBER REQUIREMENTS 10 total hours of community service per Semester Including 4 SSP sponsored hours Attend all meetings Maintain 3.0 GPA or higher Coordinate at least one SSP community service event Assist in conducting interviews for new members
DEVOTION TO SERVICE Of all TOUCH Awards, SSP members received 35.8% of the total awards 8 SSP members received the Gold TOUCH Award (>100 hrs of community service) 44% of TUCOM recipients 11 SSP members received the Silver TOUCH Award (>50 hrs of community service) 31% of TUCOM recipients SSP-Tau Chapter members contributed over 2343 community service hours it is likely that the number is greater as not everyone puts all of their community service hours in the log At TUCOM, SSP comprised over 33% of total TOUCH hours *TOUCH period: March 2011-March 2012
SERVICE PROJECTS Sikh Temple Health Fair Vallejo People’s Garden Teen Life Conference 5 th Annual Mare Island Run Touro’s Student-Run Free Clinic Seafood City Filipino Health Fair TUne UP Soup Kitchen Thanksgiving Meal Delivery North Bay Humane Society Global Health Case Presentations Farmer’s market tabling Inventor’s lab OMM stretching Homeless hygiene kits
OTHER PROJECTS Fundraiser Poker Tournament Bowl-A-Thon Golf Tournament Jelly Belly Celebrity Golf Tournament for Okizu Camp Academic Board question of the week Faculty Grams (“Show some love to your professors”) Study Strategies Workshop Venipuncture workshop OMM Inter-professional workshop
FUTURE PROJECTS Walk the Walk Bone marrow drive OMM at farmer’s market Health fair Resume Workshop at the Global Center for Success Trivia Night Fundraisers “What is a DO” Health Information Flyers