Society of Public Health Students

Society of Public Health Students: 

Society of Public Health Students 1st General Meeting – Spring 2007 February 6, 2007 PHARMACY 2.108 5:45 pm – 6:45 pm

WELCOME!!: 

WELCOME!! Welcome Back Who are we? Officer Introductions Advisor Introductions Member Expectations Where can you find us? http://studentorgs.utexas.edu/publichealth/

Spring 2007 Meetings!: 

Spring 2007 Meetings! Meeting 1: Feb 6 Membership Building Meeting 2: Feb 20 Speaker Meeting Education and Public Health Meeting 3: March 6 Speaker Meeting Agriculture/Environmental Health and Public Health Meeting 4: March 20 Speaker Meeting Chronic Care Medicine and Public Health Meeting 5: April 3 Speaker Meeting Infectious Disease and Public Health Meeting 6: April 17 Officer Elections, Closing… The Future of Public Health (US and International)

Introduction to SPHS: 

Introduction to SPHS What do we do? Public Health Professional Speaker Series Public Health Undergraduate Network Contact Matt or Rosalyn Philanthropy Opportunities Public Health Internship Program (BIO 361P) Socials Much more…

Tee-Shirts: 

Tee-Shirts New Tee-Shirt Design! Thanks, Issac! $10.00/shirt

Dues: 

Dues Dues = $15 Dues + Tee-shirt = $20 SAVINGS OF $5

Introduction to Public Healthhttp://www.asph.org/document.cfm?page=301: 

Introduction to Public Health http://www.asph.org/document.cfm?page=301 Five Core Areas of Public Health Health Services Administration Biostatistics Epidemiology Behavioral Science/Health Education Environmental Health Sciences

So … what do I major in?: 

So … what do I major in? Whatever you want! Multidisciplinary Field Natural Sciences, Liberal Arts, Business, Social Work, Nursing, Geosciences, Communications, Education, Public Policy, Law, Engineering Public Health efforts work best using a multi-disciplinary approach!

Announcements: 

Announcements Abraham Garcia www.ithriveaustin.com Lindsay Friedlander University of Texas: Dance Marathon Dell Children’s Medical Center of Central Texas http://studentorgs.utexas.edu/dancemarathon/ Michelle Solomon Fun, Fun, Sober Run! Kanaka Sathasivan

Goals of Spring 2007!!!: 

Goals of Spring 2007!!! INCREASE MEMBERSHIP!!!! Establish Camaraderie with each other through Public Health Work and Social Events.

How are we going to do this?: 

How are we going to do this? Committees! (1 Minimum Required for Membership) Membership/Public Relations Emily, Greg, Issac Outreach Rosalyn, Dena Socials Matt, Michelle

Membership/Public Relations: 

Membership/Public Relations Help Recruit new faces to SPHS! Help with advertisements for meetings. Tabling Getting UT Students interested in Public Health and the role of SPHS on the UT Campus Web Site

Outreach: 

Outreach Search for public health events at UT Search for public health events in the Austin community Help to facilitate the PHUN program by searching for interested mentors Help organize Survey’s and other opportunities for SPHS members in the field

Social Events: 

Social Events Help with the logistics and planning of social events for SPHS Organize New and fun events for SPHS members in Austin Plan a calendar of events for the March, April and beginning of May!

Let’s Sign Up!: 

Let’s Sign Up! Please go to the sign of the committee that you are most interested in helping with Membership/Public Relations Outreach Socials

Social Calendar for February: 

Social Calendar for February

Spring 2007 Meetings!*e-mails with article will be sent out Friday before the meeting*: 

Spring 2007 Meetings! *e-mails with article will be sent out Friday before the meeting* Meeting 1: Feb 6 Membership Building Meeting 2: Feb 20 Speaker Meeting Education and Public Health Meeting 3: March 6 Speaker Meeting Agriculture/Environmental Health and Public Health Meeting 4: March 20 Speaker Meeting Chronic Care Medicine and Public Health Meeting 5: April 3 Speaker Meeting Infectious Disease and Public Health Meeting 6: April 17 Officer Elections, Closing… The Future of Public Health (US and International)

Contact Information: 

Contact Information Matt Goldshore - President mashore@mail.utexas.edu Michelle Solomon - Vice President mlsolomon07@mail.utexas.edu CHECK OUT THE WEBSITE http://studentorgs.utexas.edu/publichealth

Announcements: 

Announcements Anybody? Anybody? Anything? How was your summer? How was your 11-12 class? What can SPHS do for you? How cool is SPHS? How cool are all of you for being interested in Public Health!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Public Health Raffle: 

Public Health Raffle What are the Top 10 Causes of Death in Mexico in 2006? Do You Know? Send your response in an e-mail to mattgoldshore@gmail.com by Friday of this week for a FREE SPHS tee shirt.

Tanzania is Terrific Icebreaker!: 

Tanzania is Terrific Icebreaker! Story Time Circle Up! Think about one thing that you like to do/eat/watch/play that starts with the same letter as your first name. i.e. Paul and I like Public Health Start and each subsequent person has to recite everybody’s name and hobby/food/TV show… whatever.

Next Meeting!: 

Next Meeting! Sign Up for Dance Marathon! Wait for an e-mail for committee information! PAY YOUR DUES! Come to our Second General Meeting in PHARMACY 2.108 on February 20, 2007 at 5:45pm!