We only had five people run for the five positions, so it worked out that we do not need to have an actual election. Please welcome your new Pre-Veterinary Executive Board for 2020-2021!

President: Amanda Hong

Vice President: Kevin Gibbons

Treasurer: Kiera Boudias

Secretary: Arushi Dalal

Events Manager: Julia Warfield

Thank you for running!

I will be updating the myUMBC page with their email addresses, so if you have any questions about the club, please direct it to them. I will be available until July if you want to ask any questions about the application process because I know several of you will be doing that this summer!

Good luck in all you endeavors and good luck with finals! You're almost there!

-Jenni

I hope you are all doing well. I just wanted to remind everyone to please sign up to run for a position on the Pre-Vet Society Executive Board. The sign-ups close this Friday at 11:59pm, and no one has signed up for any position yet!

Here is the link:

Thanks all and good luck with finals!

I hope you are all doing well. We are coming to the end of the semester, which means it is time for elections! Here's how they are going to work. I have created a Google Form where you can run for up to two positions (you can only be elected for one). The form will close on May 8th, 11:59pm and the voting poll will be posted on May 9th. If you would like to do a video to run for a position, please email jenni16@umbc.edu so I can post it on myUMBC. Otherwise, answer the questions and fill out the last question as if it were a speech (I will copy and paste it on myUMBC). 

Here is the link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScqC9at-U2gJcV8Ino1-GEF0OMmnQjwo6noXuQHizKWrktAZQ/viewform?usp=sf_link

We did have some really cool trips planned for this semester, which will now (hopefully) happen this summer or in Fall 2020. These include a (free) tour of the veterinary portion of the Maryland Zoo, a tour of IMET, and several volunteer opportunities. As I said, these will all shift to next semester, which also includes another planned visit to the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine. So, if you want to be a part of planning and orchestrating these awesome opportunities, please run! The positions, along with their descriptions, are in the Google Form.

Stay safe everyone!

I mentioned this at our last meeting, but this year we are donating gifts to a family in need. These gifts will be most of the gifts they receive this year, so please consider buying something. If you would like to buy a gift together with someone else, please email me (Jenni) at jenni16@umbc.edu. The gifts are due on December 4th, which is our last meeting for this semester. 

You may also notice in the sign-up that there are a lot of spots to fill. We do not need to fill up all of them, but the more the better. Since this is a lot to sign-up for, if you have any friends that you know would be willing to help out, please refer them to the sign-up. Also, please wrap the gifts!

Here is the link:

Thank you all for your generosity!

I mentioned at the meeting on Wednesday that we are going to try and join the UMBC Equestrian Team at their Gentle Giants volunteer event on November 17th from 12-3pm. This is just the official Google Form where you can sign up (I know, I'm sick of the Google Forms too). I am having it close next Wednesday, October 30th at 11:59pm, just so I can let the Equestrian Club know the general amount of people that can go and all that. This is a great opportunity to gain equine experience for those that don't have it yet, or to diversify the equine experience you might already have. So fill out this form if you can go! If you determine that you can go to this event after the form has closed, email me (Jenni) and we'll work something out. 

Here is the link to the form:

Have a great weekend!

For whatever reason, the poll through myUMBC does not work for everyone so we will be switching over to a Google Form. To avoid confusion on our end, for everyone that has already filled out the myUMBC poll, please fill this Google Form out too. Thanks all, you are awesome, and the PowerPoint from today will be going up shortly.

Here is the link to the Google Form:

I've been mentioning in a couple of meetings that I hope to have a veterinarian I work for come and speak to our group. She is a graduate of UMBC and the VA-MD CVM, and she is part owner of her practice. There will be a poll in this post to determine the best time for her to visit based on her schedule. I will leave this poll open until 11:59 pm on Sunday, 10/27, so we can get this event on hopefully this semester. 

Thanks everyone!

Make sure you attend the GBM today during free hour in MP 104! We will be discussing some upcoming events, class scheduling for spring 2020, and how to gain animal experience. 

Hope to see you there!