AMSA (American Medical Student Association) GBM#2: Looking for a longitudinal service opportunity? 9/27

One of the most important aspects of going into healthcare is having experience in long-term service. What better way to get involved than through American Medical Student Association? 

     AMSA will be having 5 "Service Squads" this semester: DC Central Kitchen, Martha's Table, and Bread for the City, and 2 for Food Recovery Network. Come to our meeting this week and pick the group you want to volunteer with! Make meaningful connections with AMSA members, and the organization itself so you can keep volunteering there in future semesters too! We will also discuss and start planning for our Project Diner and MonuMENTAL project. Don't miss out! 

When: Tuesday, September 27, 7-8 pm 

Where: STAMP Thurgood Marshall Room, Room 2113

Contact: umdamsaboard@gmail.com

Blood Drive 9/28 American Red Cross

On September 28th, in the Prince George's room at Stamp, the American Red Cross Club and The PHA are joining forces to provide a UMD Campus blood drive from 10:00am to 3:30pm. Help us save lives by donating blood! To sign-up/RSVP for a certain time slot in advance, donors have to go to redcrossblood.org and use sponsor code "UMD College Park". Information about donation criteria is also found at the link. Walk-ins are welcome!

Learn, Serve, Reflect & Act this year with Alternative Breaks! Meet & Greet 9/27

Sign up today for Alternative Breaks (AB)!

Are you passionate about social, political, and economic issues affecting the world today? Do you want to take the knowledge you gain in class outside the classroom? Interested in connecting with communities in and outside of our region? Alternative Breaks is for you!

We are excited to offer 27 immersive experiences over Winter, Spring, and Summer Breaks. Alternative Breaks teams engage in critical reflection, education and service before, during and after immersion experiences working alongside communities locally, domestically, and internationally. As a participant, you'll develop lasting relationships, critical thinking and leadership skills, and a passion to create a socially just world.

To learn more attend our Meet & Greet!

|September 27th | 5-6pm |  Grand Ballroom Lounge, Stamp (1209) |

APPLY TODAY!

For more information, check out our website:

alternativebreaks.umd.edu

Interested in advocating for women's health? Gove's Quest's 1st GBM! 9/25

Gove's Quest, a new women's health organization on campus is having its first GBM on Monday, September 25th at 6:30 pm in Jimenez 2120. Gove's Quest aims to raise awareness about the health issues that women of lower socioeconomic status face. Through volunteering and outreach, we learn about these health issues, give information to those in need of it, and become more actively engaged in bettering the status of women's health in our community. Come join us!

Gove's Quest 1st GBM

Jimenez 2120 from 6:30 to 7:30

Contact Person: Maïgane Diop 

govesquest@umd.edu

Advancing Muslim American Leadership (AMAL) Group

Advancing Muslim American Leadership (AMAL) is an online platform to encourage young Muslim Americans to pursue opportunities in public service careers.

 

Our website contains a database of fellowship opportunities in various public service related fields for high school, college, and graduate level students.

We also recently launched AMAL Coach, a platform that pairs aspiring fellowship/scholarship applicants with successful recipients. Both coaches and applicants can sign up here.

AMAL’s resources are open to all, regardless of personal background, but our aim is to support and encourage young Muslim Americans to pursue careers in NGOs, national and local government, multilateral institutions, social enterprise, and media. We believe that increasing Muslim American representation in public service spaces will foster more inclusive policies and institutions, both in the U.S. and around the world. We are creating resources and tools that will make public service-oriented career paths more accessible to Muslim Americans.

Please share our website with your family, friends, and professional networks. We are hoping to spread the word this fall so that potential applicants can make the most of our resources in time for upcoming deadlines.

Design Sprint GBM

When: September 20, 2017, 7-8PM

Where: Art-Sociology Building, RM 3207

This week Net Impact-STEM will be having our first GBM of the year! We will be holding a design sprint, where members will break off into groups to plan a solution to a given prompt. The theme for this design sprint will be environmental health. Design sprints are the perfect opportunity to practice the innovative thinking needed to find creative solutions in STEM careers. We will provide pizza and brainstorming materials. Hope to see you all there!

Global Entrepreneurship Semester (GES) Information Session 9/21

How would you like to travel, study, and intern abroad next semester in some of the most dynamic entrepreneurial environments in the world? Join us on Thursday, September 21 at 5:00pm, 3120 H.J. Patterson Hall, to learn about the University of Maryland's Global Entrepreneurship Semester (GES) in Israel, Sweden, or South Korea! Get program information and meet our past participants for an inspiring conversation about the incredible opportunities you can access through the GES. Learn how you can:

• Gain international business experience living, studying, and working in another country
• Apply entrepreneurial ideas and strategies to a real business
• Develop international personal and professional networks
• Immerse yourself in the culture and businesses of a new country
• Become a Global Entrepreneur and let the skills and experiences you acquire carry you to your future goals!

We hope to see you there!

Open to ALL majors: apply by October 1! For more information and to apply to the program, visit http://eip.umd.edu/global/