- THIS WEEK - The 16th Annual LGBTQAwards & Rainbow Graduation: 5/3. Join us to recognize and celebrate the achievements of undergraduate and graduate students, staff and faculty who identify as part of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans*, queer, and asexual community. Read more...
- LAST CALL - Have shred-worthy items? Co2018 Secure-Shred Drop-Off Period with OMSE: 5/4 drop-off deadline. OMSE is coordinating a special pick-up for their shred bin just for you! Graduating M4s are invited to swing by the office to drop off confidential documents for secure shred. Read more…
- APPROACHING DEADLINE - Reserve Your Commencement Tickets: noon EST, 5/7 reservation deadline. You get up to 6 tickets (you do not need a ticket). After the deadline, tickets will no longer be available for reservation, and remaining tickets will be released to students on the waitlist. Read more/Reserve Your Tickets...
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Class of 2019
- THIS WEEK - FREE FOOD EVENT - Provide input on your clerkship experiences: 5/1. Read more/sign-up...
- THIS WEEK - APPLICATION DEADLINE - Doolas Scholarship opportunity in Surgery at Rush University Medical Center*: 4/30 application deadline. Designed for highly qualified students from racial and ethnic groups that have been historically underrepresented in medicine. Provides mentoring, networking, and stipend. Read more...
- THIS WEEK - APPLICATION DEADLINE - URM UConn Visiting Externship (VESUM)*: 4/30 application deadline. Read more...
- THIS WEEK - APPLICATION DEADLINE - Columbus, OH URM Pediatric Externship*: 4/30 application deadline. Read more...
- THIS WEEK - APPLICATION DEADLINE - Alabama URM Senior Scholarship Program for Pediatrics*: 5/1 application deadline. Read more...
- THIS WEEK - APPLICATION DEADLINE - University of Rochester Visiting Clerkship Program*: 5/1 application deadline. Read more...
- LAST CALL - Mask Fitting: Last scheduled mask fitting is Friday, May 4 (9:00-10:00am in Williston). Need a recent mask fit certificate? Please sign-up, now. IMPORTANT: Students must submit the N-OSHA form to Student Health Services (address on form) and be cleared to be mask fitted before attending the appointment. Questions? Contact Jacqueline Drouin.
- THIS WEEK - OPT-IN DEADLINE - Larner Endowed Loan Fund: 5/5 opt-in deadline. A $5,400 loan. Does not accrue interest during school, the 9-mo. grace period after graduation, or during an optional 39-mo. residency deferment. After, a fixed 5% rate is instated during repayment. Saves borrowers a considerable amount relative to unsubsidized Fed. loans. Read more...
- AAMC Careers in Medicine® Residency and Fellowship Program Search*: Now includes an expanded level of program detail within the profiles of thousands of residency programs. Students are encouraged to use their research on specialties and programs as a starting point for conversations. Read more...
- Fall/Winter Global Health Elective (Oct. 2018 - Fe 2019): 5/14 application deadline. Applications for the fourth-year elective are accepted 3 times per year and should be submitted at least 6 months prior to desired travel dates. Read more...
- What clinical skills did you learn in your clerkship year? Dr. Dennis Beatty and Gilana Finogenov, '18 are working on a project to assess clerkship readiness. We’d appreciate your help! Please complete a brief survey online, now. This is a follow-up to a survey we administered after your first clerkship.
- ACTION REQUESTED - Residency Application Discussion (RAD) Meeting: Please sign up for your Residency Application Discussion (RAD) meeting with Dr. Zehle at your earliest convenience and complete your sections of the MSPE! Please contact Emma Faustner, the Advanced Integration and Residency Placement Coordinator, with any questions.
- The USC Keck School of Medicine Diversity in Medicine Visiting Student Clerkship Award*: Program provides a stipend of $2,000 to each recipient to help defray the costs of an away rotation. Read more...
- University of Hawaii Pediatric MS 4 Elective*: Add some aloha to your fourth year. Read more...
- OHSU Diversity Program for Visiting Students: 5/15 application deadline. Provides $1200 and mentoring/networking for fourth-year students. Read more...
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Class of 2020
- THIS WEEK - OPT-IN DEADLINE - Larner Endowed Loan Fund: 5/5 opt-in deadline. A $5,400 loan. Does not accrue interest during school, the 9-mo. grace period after graduation, or during an optional 39-mo. residency deferment. After, a fixed 5% rate is instated during repayment. Saves borrowers a considerable amount relative to unsubsidized Fed. loans. Read more...
- How did your first clerkship go? Dr. Dennis Beatty and Gilana Finogenov, '18 are working on a project to assess clerkship readiness. We’d appreciate your help! Please complete a brief survey online, now...
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Class of 2021
- THIS WEEK - OPT-IN DEADLINE - Larner Endowed Loan Fund: 5/5 opt-in deadline. A $5,400 loan. Does not accrue interest during school, the 9-mo. grace period after graduation, or during an optional 39-mo. residency deferment. After, a fixed 5% rate is instated during repayment. Saves borrowers a considerable amount relative to unsubsidized Fed. loans. Read more...
- APPROACHING APPLICATION DEADLINE - I-Trep Summer Biomedical Entrepreneurship Course: 5/8 application deadline. Interested in biomedical entrepreneurship? Apply to be in an intensive summer course on “Biomedical Entrepreneurship,” from June 14th to 22nd at UVM. Read more...
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WEEKLY FYIs FROM OMSE - WE ARE HERE TO HELP!
- Student Learning Commons Space Transition from Google Docs Folder: Running your student group out of Google Docs? Please transition this content to our LCOM-supported Learning Commons Space (yellow L). takeout.google.com will allow you to download all of your google data and convert them to office files for your new Commons Space. Please contact Zach Silberman, Student Ambassador and all-around rockstar, with any questions.
- Student Learning Commons Space: Are you a student governance or interest group leader and ran into technology challenges when launching your online collaborative Learning Commons Space (yellow L)? Please feel free to submit a footprint with our stellar COMTS team outlining your challenges.
- Locked out of your locker after hours, and your house keys are inside? Spill on aisle five (mason jar shatter-mess all over the floor)? Don't panic [too much]. You can call UVM Police Services (6-3473 from the student lounge/internal phone, or 802-656-3473
from outside phones) and/or UVM Physical Plant SOS/emergency maintenance (6-2560 from the student lounge/internal phone, or 802-656-2560 from outside phones). - Student Lounge Printing - Print from Your Personal Tablet/Device! Did you see our fancy new sign/instructions above the student lounge printer? When you are on HSID or plugged into the Ethernet, you can now print on the Student Lounge network printer. Check out the instructions...
- COM Student Activities Calendar: Did you know we have a calendar for any and all LCOM Student Activities and students can post to it, view it online (updates live as events are posting), and anyone can subscribe to it? Read more...
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UNIVERSITY OPPORTUNITIES
THIS WEEK - APPLICATION DEADLINE - LCOM Travel Awards: 4/30 application deadline. Established to support students who would like to travel to conferences, alternative learning opportunities or similar events. Read more...
THIS WEEK - Wellness Committee Peer Support Group: 4/30. A nonjudgmental, non-academic, confidential meeting for students to share their experiences and listen to those of their peers. Lots of food will be provided! Read more...
THIS WEEK (please RSVP) - Write Thank You Notes to Alumni - Pizza Included! 5/1. Swing by the Med Ed Pavilion to write a personalized thank you note or two to medical alumni donors and eat some pizza for lunch. Note cards, template text, and alumni information will be provided. Read more/RSVP...
THIS WEEK - Community Medical School Series: The Microbiome: How it Keeps you Healthy...Or Not! 5/1. Learn what we currently know about the human microbiome, how it is connected to digestive and overall health, how it may be related to various diseases and how we can use it to potentially treat diseases. Read more...
THIS WEEK - LCOM Student Council Meeting: 5/2. Student Council's monthly meeting. Read more...
THIS WEEK - Film Screening & Discussion with the Filmmaker: “Kings Park: Stories from An American Mental Institution": 5/2. For Mental Health Awareness Month. Free and Open to the Public. Read more...
THIS WEEK - LCOM Medical Student Yoga Class: 5/2. Led by instructors from the community, mats and blocks are provided, and all levels are encouraged to join! Read more...
THIS WEEK - Wellness Committee Mental Health Panel: 5/3. Pizza will be served. Understanding mental health care is essential. This will be a student panel on mental health where individuals from each class will share their stories. Time will be provided for questions and discussion. Read more...
THIS WEEK - Pharmacology and CVRI sponsored visiting professor presents “Coffee with the Speaker” with Kevin P. Campbell, Ph.D.: event on 5/3; however, RSVP respectfully requested by 5/1. Read more...
APPROACHING APPLICATION DEADLINE - I-Trep Summer Biomedical Entrepreneurship Course: 5/8 application deadline. Interested in biomedical entrepreneurship? Apply to be in an intensive summer course on “Biomedical Entrepreneurship,” from June 14th to 22nd at UVM. Read more...
Tasty Thursday: 5/17. Join the Wellness Committee in the student lounge, and enjoy some fresh produce and snacks! Add it to your calendar...
TICKETS ON SALE NOW! Join us for the End of Year Banquet - The Endies: 5/17. Every class has a reason to celebrate the end of the school year with the UVM Larner College of Medicine! Join us for the End of Year Banquet - The Endies - a night filled with delicious food, drinks, dancing, “Endy” awards and nostalgia. Read more/buy your ticket...
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RESEARCH, FELLOWSHIP, AWARDS, & SCHOLARSHIP
THIS WEEK - APPLICATION DEADLINE - LCOM Travel Awards: 4/30 application deadline. Established to support students who would like to travel to conferences, alternative learning opportunities or similar events. Read more...
THIS WEEK - APPLICATION DEADLINE - Kenneth and Bessie Ladeau Trust Scholarship Opportunity*: 4/30 application deadline. Aids in-state ("VT resident") medical students preferably interested in cardiology or oncology, who have demonstrated financial need. If no VT residents apply, the trustees may consider NH residents. Read more...
THIS WEEK - RSVP DEADLINE - Annual Training Course in Biomedical Conference in Berlin, Germany*: 5/1 RSVP deadline. To train students to develop skills in design thinking, brainstorming, product development, and commercialization for unmet medical needs and to become more creative, innovative and savvy in translational research in the Biomedical Sciences. Read more...
VT Army National Guard Loan Repayment Program*: Join as a Medical Student and earn a monthly stipend of $2,200 in addition to a $250,000 Student Loan Repayment. Read more...
International Comics and Medicine Conference 2018*: 8/16 - 8/18, in Vermont. This year’s Comics and Medicine Conference invites participants to share and reflect upon how graphic medicine works. Read more...
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OTHER OPPORTUNITIES
For Sale*: Panasonic Microwave oven (huge and basically new), round dining room table. Email Peter Hyson for prices and pictures!
Make an impact with a fast-paced, fast-growing medical test prep leader!* Pastest is currently recruiting medical students to join our faculty of writers to work on a number of exciting USMLE test prep projects. Read more...
Housing Opportunities*: Grad. students are highly-sought tenants in the Burlington area, and property owners often advertise specifically to them with special rates; thus, the Office of Medical Student Education maintains a list of housing opportunities. The link to the list is always available on the online version of the WeeklyWire (under the right-hand list of resources)...
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* = All postings flagged with an asterisk are not UVM-sponsored/endorsed