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As individuals aspiring to go into public service, it is only natural that
we begin by serving our community.
As a group, PPS has always had its roots in community service and asks
its members to hold these same beliefs.
In the past, this key aspect of our organization has not held the
members to the standard that it should.
This year, the board wishes to change that by instating a number of new
policies and changing a few old ones.
So, starting with the Fall 2011 Semester, here are the new changes:
- We ask that all members complete a
MINIMUM of
1 group volunteer project
and
10 hours of individual
volunteer work per semester.
- In addition to the change in required
hours, we are also changing what is considered to be an
“individual volunteer hour.”
Individual volunteer hours should be legitimate
volunteering (even though we think it is great that you helped
your friend study, this isn’t quite what we mean by
volunteering). We
provided a list below with some ideas of what could be
considered individual volunteer hours.
You DO NOT have to choose from this list.
It is merely suggestions of what is considered to be
individual volunteer hours.
If you have a question about whether or not something
would count, ask one of the volunteer coordinators, Jenni
Warshaw and Tessi LeBlanc.
Also, we ask that you provide contact information (a name
with phone number and/or email address) for your individual
volunteer hours.
- Another change that will take place in the
Fall 2011 Semester is that we are beginning to keep PERMANENT
RECORD of all volunteer hours (group and individual) performed
by PPS members so that it can be reviewed by the
Pre-Professional Board when it comes time to writing
recommendation letters for students wishing to attend
medical/professional schools.
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Finally, a new policy has been instated in
regards to speaking with the Deans after meetings.
According to this new policy, members who are considered
“current and active” will be given priority to speak with the
Deans after meetings.
In order to be considered “current” you must be up to
date on all dues and have no outstanding fees.
In order to be considered “active” you will be required
to complete a certain portion of your volunteer hours.
We will send out emails informing you of how many hours
you must have completed in order to be considered active for
certain meeting.
If you don’t have the
required hours, DO NOT FREAK OUT!!!!!!!!
You will NOT be removed from PPS and you will NOT be
considered inactive for the rest of the semester!!!!!!!!!
If you are not
considered active, it only means that you will not be allowed to
talk to that particular Dean.
Just make up the hours before the next meeting and you
are good to go.
We know that everyone is busy with school, work,
and family responsibilities but what we are asking is not much.
The board all believe that these changes will help to make PPS better
than it has ever been in the past and will benefit our members in making them
better qualified for medical/professional schools.
Below we have listed the approved group volunteer projects for the Spring
2012 Semester along with some suggestions for individual hours.
If you have any questions, concerns, or ideas PLEASE let us know.
Thanks for all of your hard
work!!!
New Volunteer Opportunities
The link to
submit your volunteer hours is not working, please send your name,
email address, volunteer date, number of hours, organization you
volunteered with, and the contact information of someone in that
organization to either Jenni Warshaw (warshawjmw@gmail.com) or
Tessi LeBlanc (tmleblanc19@yahoo.com).
Sorry for the inconvenience.
Can also contact Jenni Warshaw at
warshawjmw@gmail.com or Tessi LeBlanc at
tmleblanc19@yahoo.com
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