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SGA Newsletter

Volume 3 issue 21

The Louisiana State Univer-

sity Health Sciences Center

New Orleans has teaching,

research, and health care

functions state-wide, through

its six professional schools

and twelve Centers of Excel-

lence, as well as the more

than one hundred hospitals

and other health science re-

lated institutions throughout

the State, Region, Nation,

and the World, with which

they maintain affiliations.

Letter from the President:

hours!

Keep a look out for

continuing information

on happy hours, a Peli-

cans night out, and

more service projects!

Also, keep January

29th on your radar. We

have scheduled a King

Cake Social that is open

to all LSUHSC students.

This is a great way to

meet students from

other schools!

Hello all,

Welcome back returning

students and welcome to

LSUHSC to our four new

students!

SGA has already started

planning a lot of cool ac-

tivities for students, staff,

and faculty. This Monday

(MLK Jr. DAY) we will be

partnering with Lafitte

Greenway in a clean-up

project from 9-11. Time

to volunteer and log your

I hope everyone had a

wonderful start to the

semester! Please reach

out to me with ques-

tions or concerns.

Molly

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18- Martin Luther King, Jr. Day 21 – Off Beat Best of the Beat Music Awards 23 – Krewe du Vieux 29-Feb. 9 – Mardi Gras Pa-rades 31 – King Cake Festival

February 2016

1-9 – Mardi Gras Parades 9 – Mardi Gras Day 12-14 – Vietnamese New Year’s (Tet) Celebration 14 – Valentine's Day 15 – Presidents' Day 28 – Rock n' Roll Marathon

Monday 18 Martin Luther King Holiday

Wednesday 27 Last Day to Add Courses

Wednesday 27 Last Day for Course or Term With-

drawals without “W” on Transcript

Thursday 28 “I” Grades from Fall Semester Convert

to “F”

February 2016

Tuesday 9 Mardi Gras Holiday

March 2016

Tuesday 15 Last Application Date to Obtain Finan-

cial Aid at the Beginning of Summer Term

Friday 25 Spring Break

Monday 28 Summer Practice Experience Proposals

Due

Wednesday 30 Pre-Registration Begins for Summer

Semester

April 2016

Friday 15 Last Day to Defend Dissertation

Friday 29 Last Day to Complete Financial Aid Exit

Interview for Graduating Students

Friday 29 Last Day for Course or Term Withdrawals

with “W” on Transcript

May 2016

Friday 13 Last Day of Semester

Monday 16 All Grades Due

Wednesday 18 Pre-Commencement Ceremony and

Reception

Thursday 19 Commencement

Monday 23 Summer Semester Student Orientation

Tuesday 24 Last Day for Summer Semester Regis-

tration

Wednesday 25 Summer Semester Begins

June 2016

Wednesday 8 Last Day for Course or Term With-

drawals without “W” on Transcript

Wednesday 8 Last Day to Add Courses

Thursday 9 “I” Grades from Spring Semester Con-

vert to “F”

ACADEMIC CALENDAR

MLK Clean-Up - Jan 18th

First Meeting - Jan 28th

SGA CALENDAR

THE NOLA LIFE

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NEED A JOB/INTERNSHIP?

FIELD INTERVIEWER

http://www.indeed.com/m/viewjob?

jk=ae7b3931e905fe8f&from=ja&utm_source=

jobseek-

er_emails&utm_medium=email&utm_campa

ign=job_alerts

Teen Pregnancy Prevention program Evalu-

ation Project

Please email your resume and writing sample

with a cover message to Dr. Kaufman at

rkauf1@lsuhsc.edu.

LPHI Career Opportunities

www.lphi.org

PROGRAM MONITOR

DHH - Baton Rouge, LA - Indeed Mobile Possible position for students Who will be graduating http://www.indeed.com/m/

viewjob?jk=df8bf286aded8e79&from=ja&utm_source

=jobseek-er_emails&utm_medium=email&utm_campa

ign=job_alerts

NEW PRACTICE EXPERIENCE SITE

If interested contact: Contact Jahangeer Khan

(LSUHSC SPH alum) at

jkhan@504healthnet.org for more infor-

mation.

Resume Builders: The International De-

velopment Jobs News-letter has 2.270 new jobs posted from GA-VI, The Vaccine Alli-ance, Relief Interna-

tional and many more. https://

www.devex.com/jobs If you are interested in

positions in other schools contact Eretta

Perrien EPerri@lsuhsc.edu

CDC Summer Gradu-ate Internship in Envi-ronmental Health. Ap-

plication deadline: Wednesday, February

10, 2016

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Volunteering

*Most of these projects are active during the entire school year!

LSUHSC- New Orleans Schools Science Partnership Program - Help teach science to

4th graders in high-need schools.

Smart Café—For questions or more info, email Whitney Marmer at

wmarme@lsuhsc.edu or smartcafenla@gmail.com

InterProfessional Student Alliance

Plan and implement community service projects with people in the other LSUHSC

schools!

Ispa.lsuhsc@gmail.com

NOARPH - Help teach sex to high schoolers with students from the other LSUHSC

schools. For info email

Danielle Steward (LSU Nursing – dstewart@tulane.edu)

Kelsey Hundley (LSU SOM hundley.kelsey@gmail.com)

SANKOFA - Here is the link to the website http://www.sankofanola.org/#!

farmersmarket/c24f1

Volunteers can apply online or in person. Market days are Tuesday, Thursday and Sat-

urday.

Friends of Lafitte Greenway - Contact Sophie Harris, Executive Director of Friends of

Lafitte Greenway at sophie@lafittegreenway.org or 504.462.0645

New Orleans Women’s Shelter Outreach - Contact Molly Ariail (mariai@lsuhsc.edu)

To log in HOURS:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/

d/1Z0G8gn_Fmw8QvGztqR34nwn2dba0yM1z3q9jAMIWWFM/

edit#gid=0

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This student organization has offi-cially been initiated and already begun work towards making ours a greener campus across a variety of projects. Like their page at fa-cebook.com/raisedroot. For more info, contact:

Jenna Richlie

(jrichl@lsuhsc.edu) or Courtney George

(cgeor7@lsuhsc.edu)

Students For Sustainability

ORGANIZATIONS ON CAMPUS

The LGBT+Ally Organiza-tion for Cultural Under-

standing in the Health Sci-ences (LOCUS) is a student organization aimed at ad-

vancing awareness and un-derstanding of and for the LGBT community at LSU-HSC and in NOLA. If inter-ested or if you’d like more

information please con-tact:

Billy Robinson wrobin@lsuhsc.edu

LOCUS

The InterProfessional Student Alli-

ance (IPSA) is a student-run initia-

tive that strives to foster interpro-

fessional collaboration and self-

awareness through interprofession-

al service projects and interprofes-

sional leadership workshops. If

you're interested in hearing more

about us, click here to sign up for

our listserv!! -->http://goo.gl/

forms/ejYmlcHeOH

ROTARACT CLUB

"It is a service, leadership and community

service organization for young men and

women between the ages 18–30. Rotaract

focuses on the development of young adults

as leaders in their communities and work-

places.”.

IF YOU ARE INTERESTIED IN HELPING TO

START THE ROTARACT CLUB PLEASE CONTACT

MOLLY ARIAIL FOR MORE INFORMATION

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PEER ADVOCACY LIASON (PALS)

Please remember that the PAL Handbook, as

well as the list of PAL Representatives and the

list of PAL Mentors, is available on the web-

site here:

http://www.lsuhsc.edu/orgs/campushealth/

pal.aspx

If you were unable to attend the session and

have any questions or concerns about your

duties as a PAL, please don’t hesitate to con-

tact Lauren Garnier directly. She would be

happy to meet with you in person or talk by

phone.

ORGANIZATIONS ON CAMPUS

SOAR (STUDENT ORGANIZA-

TION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT

OF RESEARCH )

Are you looking for research

opportunities… Let SOAR

match you!

Please visit our website (http://

sph.lsuhsc.edu/soar-students)

and fill out a student inquiry to-

day .

Sign up for SMART CAFE to teach chil-dren about nutrition! Check out our website at www.smartcafe.org or our Facebook page for updates.

For questions or more info, email Whitney Marmer at wmarme@lsuhsc.edu or smartcafenla@gmail.com

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ANNOUNCEMENTS/ REMINDERS!

English Tutor/Coach

to Build Your Profes-

sional Writing Skills

If you wish to book

your sessions with

Ms. Tillinghast,

please email her di-

rectly at rtil-

ling@my.uno.edu, re-

questing a 25-minute

or one-hour slot of

time on her schedule.

It is essential that

you schedule in ad-

vance to assure that

your time will be re-

served.

KING CAKE SOCIAL:

JAN. 29 @ 2 PM

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APPLICATION DEADLINE:

Sunday, February 1, 2016

For more infor-mation, email

Sofia Curdumi Pend-ley, MPH: spend-

ley@schweitzerfellowship.org

www.schweitzerfellowship.org

N.O.W.S. Outreach Program

(New Orleans Women's

Shelter Outreach)

Want to work with women and

kids? N.O.W.S. Outreach is an Al-

bert Schweitzer Fellowship and

IPSA-approved program founded

by medical students in 2015. Our

mission is to empower the wom-

en and children at the New Orle-

ans Women's and Children’s

Shelter (NOWS) to be proactive

with their health and wellness

by providing health education

and physician-student run health

clinics. Join almost 200 volun-

teers from all of the LSU profes-

sional schools, including Xavier

pharmacy school, to teach

health education programs, lead

and create new programs, work

at the monthly clinics, or partici-

pate on committees.

If interested, email to NOW-

Soutreach@gmail.com get on

our email list. You can also view

and sign-up for our January

events by using this link: https://

docs.google.com/spreadsheets/

d/1B_otdG7hFVeCKG_RQGzH

a2Bo8xYJ2I4cGIcUCnW9aS4/

edit?usp=sharing (there are mul-

tiple tabs at the bottom).

ANNOUNCEMENTS/ REMINDERS!

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Next Thursday the 21st there is an official kick-off event in MEB S6 from 12-1 with food and drinks!

Come out and show your support!

Contact Olivia Dominguez (odomin@lsuhsc.edu) and Prema Bhattacharjee (pbhat1@lsuhsc.edu) with any questions.

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Questions? Concerns? Contact us:

President: Molly Ariail mariai@lsuhsc.edu

Vice: Glenn Buck gbuck@lsuhsc.edu

Treasurer: Kaelen Medeiros kmedei@lsuhsc.edu

Secretary: Joana Lutterodt jlutte@lsuhsc.edu

SGA phsga@lsuhsc.edu

https://www.facebook.com/publichealth.lsuhsc.edu

https://twitter.com/LSUPublicHealth