Calendar, Scholarships, and Salsa!

LaRaza Medical Student Association

A UIUC Chapter of the National Network of Latin American Medical Students

Calendar

September

22: First LaRaMA meeting! Room 356b. Noon. Snacks.

23: UHP Meeting at noon…Lunch provided! Rm 177

October

5: UHP meeting

6: High school students interested in Medicine information fair LaRama booth.

6pm-7pm

6-8: Just Doctoring: How Can Medical Education Address Racial & Ethnic Disparities in Health Care—Conference.

Loyola University Chicago Registration: $20 When you say you are an NNLAMs member

http://bioethics.lumc.edu/news/Doctoring_Oct2005.htm

8: International Health Conference: Wake forest University 8am

Southern regional Global Health Education Consortium Conference

Info: http://www1.wfubmc.edu/MDProgram/Student+Services/IHMEC/

Registration: http://www1.wfubmc.edu/MDProgram/Student+Services/IHMEC/Registration.htm

14: U of I Walk for Wellness: noon-1pm. At the quad behind Illini union. Registration info:

www.counselingcenter.uiuc.edu/WellnessWalk.htm

17: Spanish Class: 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm. Every Tuesday. Every week!

Location: "beginner and intermediate level" beginners:354A MSB;

"advanced level" beginners: 356A MSB;
"basic level" intermediates: 356A MSB;
"advanced level" intermediates: 177 MSB;
advanced/fluent speakers in room 177 MSB

27: Second LaRaMA meeting! Stay tuned for more emails.

28-29: Fourth Annual Latino Health Conference: “Social Justice and Latino Health”. NYU School of Medicine.

Contact Martha Laureano 212-263-8949. Fax: 212-263-6526. Martha.laureano@med.nyu.edu

Scholarships/Opportunities:

Latino Latina Studies Undergraduate Outreach Coordinator Position. Serve as liaison to undergraduate students at UIUC who are interested in Latina/Latino Studies, and assist Director and Associate Director in developing academic programs and initiatives for undergraduate students. 10 hr/week position paid. See website for more details: http://www.lls.uiuc.edu/Opportunities/coordinators.htm

Gates Millennium Scholarship Fund: http://www.gmsp.org/nominationmaterials/read.dbm?ID=12

Multiple List of Minority Scholarships: http://gehon.ir.miami.edu/financial-assistance/Scholarship/black.html

Salsa!

Check out http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-A-L-S-A/ for information on Salsa in the C-U area!!

This Week:

Every Wednesday Cowboy Monkey

Coming soon: Salsa Lessons!

Where? McKinley Foundation, upstairs in the Westminster Hall

(located on the corner of 5th and Daniel in Champaign)

When? Fridays, October 14 - November 11

What Time? 6:45 - 8:00 PM