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Touro University – California October 25, 2014 Executive Officers Faculty Advisor: John Glover, DO President: Kevin Machino Vice-President: Deborah Lee Judicial Committee: Trista Fuchs, Katherine Specht Admissions Committee: Bradley Scher, Kevin Thai, Anny Xiao Treasurer: Megan Lung Web Manager/Historian: Evan Clontz Health Fair Committee: Crystal Steed, Jessie Schaumburg Membership Current • c/o 2017: 13 members • c/o 2016: 22 members • c/o 2015: 35 members • c/o 2014: 29 members Anticipated • c/o 2017 Fall Recruitment: 15 members • c/o 2018 Spring Recruitment: 30 members Admissions Criteria: • OMS I or II • Minimum GPA of 3.5 OR within the top 25% of the class • History of community service involvement and extracurricular activities • Past leadership experience • Commitment and dedication to Osteopathy Process: • Online application • Each application is read by 3 members (blinded to the applicant) • Interviewed by current members • Applicants are notified of acceptance after grades are verified by the Faculty Advisor SSP Active Member Requirements 1. SSP members must attend all General Meetings. *Last Tuesday of every month 2. SSP members must complete 10 community service hours, 4 of which must to be SSP hours, per semester. 3. SSP members must coordinate at least 1 SSP event per year. 4. SSP members must participate as a volunteer in at least 1 additional SSP event that is not their own project. 5. Maintain 3.0 GPA or higher. 6. Assist in conducting interviews for new members. Devotion to Service Of all TOUCH (Translating Osteopathic Understanding into Community Health) Awards, SSP members received 47% of the total awards • 1 SSP member received the Platinum TOUCH Award (most community service hours in the College of Medicine) • 4 SSP members received the Gold TOUCH Award (>100 hrs of community service) 50 % of TUCOM recipients • 16 SSP members received the Silver TOUCH Award (>50 hrs of community service) 47 % of TUCOM recipients SSP-Tau Chapter members contributed over 2047.25 community service hours At TUCOM, SSP comprised over 42% of total TOUCH hours for the TOUCH period of April 2012 – March 2014 Service Projects • • • • • • Mobile Health Fairs Vallejo People’s Garden Berkeley Project Bone Marrow Drives Solano County Food Bank Project Medshare Other Projects • • • • • • • • • • Touro University: Student-Run Free Clinic Inventor’s Lab Soup Kitchen Loaves and Fishes Tutoring at library Napa Fire Department Project Clean Sweep Prisoner’s Literature Project Oakland Wetlands Restoration East Bay Center for the Blind Touro University – California Tau Chapter