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Welcome!Alpha Epsilon Delta (AED)

1st meeting for the 2010-2011 school year

What is AED?• The National Pre-professional Health Honor

Society• PSU Beta Chapter• Caters to students on paths toward:– Medicine– Dental– PA – Nursing– And many other health related fields…

What can AED do for me?

• Access to information and advice regarding entrance into healthcare careers

• Volunteer and job-shadowing resources• Nationally recognized involvement in campus

activities• Leadership Opportunities (officer, committee

head, etc.)• Improvement of PSU committee

recommendation letter

Why be an active member of AED?

• There are 3 types of membership:– General Member: attends meetings, involved in

committee work– Local Honors Member: active member, meets

honors requirements (5 service points)• Benefits: Honors title on resume, wear an honors cord at

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

– Nationally Inducted Member: become a member of the national Alpha Epsilon Delta Premedical honors society, 3.3 GPA requirement, one time fee

I am a Freshman, what should I do now?

• 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 upper classmen “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 – BloodCup– THON– Public Health Fair

• Attend a Social

What are meetings all about?• Speakers- Hear about the careers, glory, and struggle of

the medical field from real physicians, etc.

• Committees/ Service- These make the club work!

• Preparation- Learn what it takes to be a health professional

and develop personal goals.

Why attend meetings?• Speakers (Networking)• Fellow students• Important Information– Learn of Events on Campus

• Get to know us!!!• FUN!

What can we expect from AED this year?

• THON• BLOOD CUP– PSU/MSU challenge

• HOMECOMING• PUBLIC HEALTH FAIR• SOCIALS• AN OVERALL GOOD TIME!

Listserv, Facebook Group, Website

• If you haven’t already, join the listserv (email Tina)!

• Join the Facebook group (Alpha Epsilon Delta - Beta Chapter)!

• Check out the Website! (Thanks Priya )

Questions???

Club T-Shirts

• Who’s interested in T-Shirts?

First Social

Tentative Date – Friday 9/10

Upcoming Events1) On Thursday, Sept. 9th, 6:00 - 9:00 p.m. in 102 Thomas Building:

A Conversation with Nobel Laureate in Medicine, Dr. Barry Marshall! Pizza will be served following his comments.

2) On Friday, Sept. 10th, 1:00 - 5:00 in the HUB Auditorium (southwest corner of the complex), a series of CME lectures on "The Rising Threat of Infectious Disease."Topic introduction by Dr. Peter HudsonSpeakers will be:Dr. Marshall, "Humans meet Helicobacter pylori" andDr Mary Poss, "Emerging viruses and issues for practioners" and Dr. Andrew Read, "Issues with vaccines and infection control."Students are encouraged to attend and can do so free of cost.

3) Banquet – Tuesday, October 26th