TOURO UNIVERSITY-CA TAU CHAPTER SAN DIEGO OCTOBER 7, 2012
Dec 31, 2015
TOURO UNIVERSITY-CATAU CHAPTER
S A N D I E G OO C T O B E R 7 , 2 0 1 2
EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
• Faculty Advisor: John Glover, DO• President: Jimmy Yu • Vice-President: Christabel Moy • Judicial Committee: Madeline Nguyen, Eric Lau,
Clay Wu• Admissions Committee: Adam Claessens, Todd
Hayano, Simon Sarkisian• Treasurer: Fayha Lakhani• Web Manager/Director of Outreach: Justin Hwang • Historian/Director of Social Affairs: Alexandra
Rhee
MEMBERSHIP
• Current• c/o 2015: 20 members • c/o 2014: 27 members • c/o 2013: 23 members
• Anticipated • c/o 2015 Fall Recruitment: ~14 members • c/o 2016 Spring Recruitment: ~35 members
ADMISSIONS
• Criteria:• OMS I or II• minimum GPA of 3.5, OR within the top 25% of the class • history of community involvement/extracurricular activities• Past leadership experience
• Process:• Online application • Each application is read by 3 members (blinded to the
applicant)• Interviewed by current members• Applicants are notified after grades are released
ACTIVE MEMBER REQUIREMENTS
• 10 total hours of community service per Semester • Including 4 SSP sponsored hours
• Attend all meetings• Maintain 3.0 GPA or higher• Coordinate at least one SSP community service
event• Assist in conducting interviews for new members
DEVOTION TO SERVICE
• Of all TOUCH Awards, SSP members received 35.8% of the total awards• 8 SSP members received the Gold TOUCH Award (>100 hrs of
community service) 44% of TUCOM recipients • 11 SSP members received the Silver TOUCH Award (>50 hrs of
community service) 31% of TUCOM recipients
• SSP-Tau Chapter members contributed over 2343 community service hours • it is likely that the number is greater as not everyone puts all of their
community service hours in the log
• At TUCOM, SSP comprised over 33% of total TOUCH hours
*TOUCH period: March 2011-March 2012
SERVICE PROJECTS
• Sikh Temple Health Fair• Vallejo People’s Garden• Teen Life Conference• 5th Annual Mare Island Run• Touro’s Student-Run Free Clinic• Seafood City Filipino Health Fair• TUne UP• Soup Kitchen• Thanksgiving Meal Delivery• North Bay Humane Society• Global Health Case Presentations• Farmer’s market tabling • Inventor’s lab • OMM stretching • Homeless hygiene kits
OTHER PROJECTS
• Fundraiser • Poker Tournament• Bowl-A-Thon• Golf Tournament• Jelly Belly Celebrity Golf Tournament for Okizu Camp
• Academic • Board question of the week• Faculty Grams (“Show some love to your professors”)• Study Strategies Workshop• Venipuncture workshop• OMM Inter-professional workshop
FUTURE PROJECTS
• Walk the Walk• Bone marrow drive • OMM at farmer’s market• Health fair • Resume Workshop at the Global Center for
Success• Trivia Night Fundraisers • “What is a DO” • Health Information Flyers