Welcome!!!

1. Welcome!!! Volunteering and Outreach Opportunities Pre-Dental Club Meeting -November 24th, 2011

2. Meeting Overview • BIOL 1020 Biology Colloquium Professor • T-Shirt order finalizations • Volunteer Opportunities • Outreach Experiences from the board members • Dental School Tours availability • CDS Tour availability

3. Biology Colloquium Professor • Professor Kathryn L Hanna • BIOL 1020 Biology Colloquium (1 credit) • The Biology Colloquium offers both large-group seminars, featuring prominent scientists discussing their research programs or other speakers discussing their careers in biology, internship opportunities or health care careers. • The class gives students the chance to interact with biology faculty • Great chance to discover a research opportunity • Offered Mondays, 2:30-4:25pm in STSS • http://onestop2.umn.edu/courseinfo/viewCourseGuideTermAndSubject.do?campus=UMNTC&searchTerm=1123&searchSubject=BIOL|Biology#BIOL1020

4. Volunteering Abroad in Dentistry Experiences • Steven McCarthy • ISL (International Student Learning) –Summer 2010 • Costa Rica & Nicaragua (Two Weeks) • http://www.islonline.org/ • Maggie Craven • VIDA (Volunteers for Inter-American Development Assistance) • Summer 2011 (Two Weeks) • http://www.vidavolunteertravel.org/index.php • ***If interested, see us after the meeting and pick up our flyers and cards***

5. Local Volunteer Opportunities • Feed My Starving Children • http://www.fmsc.org/ • Children and adults hand-pack meals specifically formulated for malnourished children, and we ship the meals to nearly 70 countries around the world • Holiday Helping Hands • Next event December 10th • http://obpa-mn.com/events/holiday_helping_hands_program • Project Homeless Connect • Next event December 12th • http://www.homelessconnectminneapolis.org/ volunteer.htm

6. Volunteer Opportunities, cont. • Sharing & Caring Hands • Shadowing and volunteer opportunities • http://www.sharingandcaringhands.org/SCHCenter.htm • Union Gospel Mission • Program participants and the general public all receive free, professional dental care • http://www.ugmtc.org/services-dental.html • Children’s Dental Clinic • Intern, volunteer, and gain shadowing experience • http://www.childrensdentalservices.org/

7. Children’s Dental Clinic • We are currently attempting to coordinate with CDS a Saturday morning where the pre-dental students who are interested in interning at CDS can receive a tour and have an opportunity to talk in-person with the internship • If interested, make sure to indicate so on the attendance sheet

8. T-Shirts • Tonight is the last night to ensure you will get a t-shirt with your membership due • The t-shirt design will be sent out this week and will hopefully arrive before the next meeting on December 12th

9. Dental School Tour • We are coordinating with the dental school on having a club-wide dental school tour • If interested, please indicate on your attendance sheet and we will send the totals to the Dental School and announce the possible time slots

10. Final Notes • Next Meeting is December 12th, 6pm • Military Scholarships + paying for dental school • If you still need your scrubs, come to me after the meeting • Still have a question? See any of our officers and if not, have a great Thanksgiving Break!!!