WeeklyWire Archive May 13-17 2024 (2024)

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Class Information- All Classes

• Buy Your Tickets to the Larner Med 2024 Endies Celebration-Friday, May 17th, 6-10PM at ECHO Leahy Center for Lake Champlain (1 College St. Burlington, VT 05401).Come celebrate your hard work and achievements this year with The Larner College of Medicine’s annual end of the year banquet, The Endies! The Larner Medical Student Council invites you to The Endies, an end-of-the-year celebration on May 17th, 2024. Join us for a beautiful night of food, beverages, great music, and dancing as we celebrate the class of 2024!Attire:co*cktail.Admission:Tickets Required for all Attendees.*For students that feel they are unable to attend due to financial hardship,Medical Student Council offers a limited number of ticket discounts in an effort to limit financial barriers to student engagement in our events...Deadline to RSVP/reserve your ticket(s):Friday, May 10th, 2024.This event is made possible thanks to generous support of the Larner College of Medicine Office of the Dean, the Office of Medical Education, and the Medical Student Council.All Larner students, staff, and faculty are welcome, and we truly hope to see you all there.

• Tell Us About Your Pet!Do you have a pet you love? Larner is planning a pet spotlight series on social media. Please submit a high-quality photo along with your name/pronouns /area of study/class year, pet's name, age, breed/species, and 1-paragraph description. Example spotlight: Meet Scooby, our first Larner Pet Spotlight of the semester! Scooby is a chatty five-year-old great dane who belongs to M1 student John Glenn. Scooby loves watching birds and squirrels through the window, scrounging for scraps of pizza, and bouncing for attention. John attests that Scooby is incredibly curious and sweet, and his "best friend in the whole world". Submit photos and descriptions toMargie Brenner, Digital Content Specialist.

Class of 2024

• Co2024:Please take the GQ Survey!Have questions about the survey itself? No problem-here are some frequently asked questions.

• Co2024: Only two more issues of the WeeklyWire left!We plan to send you the next two issues of the WeeklyWire, and then the Class of 2024 will be removed from distribution. If you wish to continue to receive the WeeklyWire after graduating, pleasesubscribe using a new non-MED email address (subscribe form is in our right-hand menu, in the online version of the Wire).

• Co2024: Important Graduation Information-Sunday, May 19, 2024, 3:00 P.M.Regalia pick up starts on Tuesday, 5/7 and the deadline to request ceremony tickets is 12pm on 5/8. Regalia for the Class of 2024 has arrived and can be picked up in front of the Office of Medical Education on the following days: Tuesday, May 7 - 11:30 A.M. - 1:30 P.M.; Wednesday, May 8 - 11:30 A.M. - 1:30 P.M.; Friday, May 10 - 11:30 A.M. - 1:30 P.M.; Tuesday, May 14, 11:30 A.M. - 1:30 P.M.; Wednesday, May 15 - 11:30 A.M. - 1:30 P.M. Graduates who are unable to pick up regalia at these time should contact Liz Dohrman. Reminder: the deadline to request guest tickets for the Class of 2024 graduation is 12pm on May 8. Please visitmed.uvm.edu/commencementfor complete ceremony 5/19 details, including information on parking.

Class of 2025

• Co2025: Residency Application Discussion sign-up!Sign up for your required RAD meeting now.Please remember to sign up for your required Residency Application Discussion (RAD) meeting with one of the Deans for Students, either in-person or via Zoom. VT-based students may sign up to meet withDr. Karen George or Dr. Katie Dolbec.CT-based students should sign up to meet withDr. Ellen Kulaga or Dr. Jon Rosen.Remember to complete the documentation as indicated on the sign-up in advance of your meeting.
  

Class of 2026

• More information coming soon!

Class of 2027

• Co2027: Seeking Nominations for new co2027 LEAP Committee Representatives!Deadline extended to Wednesday, May 15. The Learning Environment and Professionalism Committee is seeking nominations or self-nominations for 2 Vermont campus students and 1 Connecticut campus student from the Class of 2027.Full information here.

Class of 2028

• Co2028: Off-Campus Living - UVM Office of Student & Community Relations (OSCR):UVM OSCRhas a robust website with many resources including but not limited to how to find local housing, community in neighborhoods, and support in off-campus spaces. The Office of Student & Community Relations has a robust website with many PDFs and pages about how to find local housing, community in neighborhoods, and support in off-campus spaces.Their resources pageis incredibly extensive, including rent & housing assistance, food insecurity resources, utilities in BTV, community-oriented ways to spend free time, and more! We recommend saving this page for future reference this summer, as it is a wonderfully helpful masterlist of resources.

Upcoming and Ongoing Opportunities

• Summer Employment Opportunities with the Office of Medical Education-Apply now!Three positions available: Two working with Foundations and Capstone Curriculum Quality Improvement, and one with LCOM Admissions.Full job descriptions can be found here. Positions run for 6-8 weeks, starting in mid-June and ending the first week of August. Please send a letter of interest and CV or resume toKauther Hassanwith either “Admissions or Curriculum Summer Employment Opportunities” in the subject line.

• Red Wheelbarrow Call for Submissions-submit by May 31st, 2024.The Red Wheelbarrow, UVM Larner College of Medicine’s literary and visual arts magazine, is now open for submissions for the 2024 digital and print publication! Please submit your artwork, writing, or performancehereorby email.

Events

• Pediatrics / Family Medicine Grand Rounds-Monday, May 13, 2024, 8-9AM, Davis Auditorium. Presented by The University of Vermont Medical Center, Pediatrics and Family Medicine and the Khan Family Fund Refugee and Immigrant Health Lectureship. Topic: “Opportunities to advance health equity amidst a shifting migration landscape in Vermont." With generous funding from Drs. Salwa and Omar Khan, this is a joint Grand Rounds with Family Medicine and Pediatrics, occurring twice yearly, focused on improving health care for Refugee and Immigrant patients and families. Speaker will be in-person, but lecture will be presented over Zoom as wellat this link(Meeting ID: 941 8945 2885.)

• Drop-in Hours with AHEC-Tuesday, May 14, 11:30-1:30pm, Given Rolling table/counter (generally located in front of MedComm office space.) These drop-in hours are provided for students and residents to connect with members of the AHEC team. Drop-in hours are offered regularly to ensure AHEC staff are available on-site to discuss our programs, including the AHEC Scholars Program, AHEC’s incentive scholarships and educational loan repayment programs, Vermont physician job placement services, and more.Schedule a time to visit with a specific member of the AHEC teamor drop by any Tuesday between 11:30-1:30 to visit with the AHEC team member on-site. For more information, contact:Jennifer Gaudreau,CPRP, Physician Placement Professional orPatti Smith-Urie, MA, Outreach Professional.

• Coffee/Tea/Cocoa with Dean Zehle-Friday, May 17, 7:30-8:15, outside Given Courtyard N100.Dean Zehle would like to invite you to stop by before class/rotations to join her for coffee/tea/cocoa. Feel free to stop by for a chat, catch up on events, share a story – whatever you would like to talk about – or simply feel free to grab a drink and head off to start your day! She often hosts special guests and looks forward to seeing you whenever you are able to come by. If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to her Executive Assistant,Colleen Casefor more information.

Additional Updates

• More information coming soon!

Optional External Surveys

• AAMC’s social media team is conductinga brief (5 min) surveyto gather insights into their social media usage, communication preferences, and content consumption habits.

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