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University of Maryland School of Medicine

Starting and Managing Student Organizations

Dawn RobertsAssociate Director, Student Affairs

Group Mission

• What are the groups goals?

• What events do you plan to have throughout the year?

• Write up a descriptive paragraph for MedScope

•Come up with a catchy name

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Faculty Advisor

• Select your faculty advisor based on the groups’ mission.

• The faculty advisor must attend at lease one group meeting.

• Utilize your faculty advisor to discuss new ideas, projects, fund raising, etc.

• Have the faculty advisor sign-off on your annual report at the end of the year.

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Elect Officers, Assign Duties, Create Committees

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MedScopeRequired

• List Members

• List Officers

• List faculty advisor

• List group events & activities

• List external affiliations

Not Required

• Create & add a website if you would like

• Create a logo

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Funding & Finances

• Request funding from the student council

• Select 2 signatories and email the names to me.

•Take the letter I create to M&T bank.

• Set up a bank account in the groups name (the letter with the tax ID and my signature is required).

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Annual Report

Use MedScope…Just print it fromthere!

List officers, advisor,members, events & fundingDue May 1st

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Things to Know……

• Reserve SOM rooms at rooms@clc.umaryland.edu.

• Reserve rooms at the new campus center at skell009@umaryland.edu

• Reserve computer & overhead projectors, tv’s, vcr’s & dvd players at av@clc.umaryland.edu or visit http://ome.umaryland.edu/av.shtml

• Serving alcohol? Complete an alcohol permit form http://medscope.umaryland.edu/main/community/AlcoholPermit.pdf to be completed by 2 officers, faculty advisor, Dr. Parker and Greg Robinson on the 14th floor of Bressler.

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FINAL OVERVIEW

•MISSION

•FACULTY ADVISOR

•ELECT OFFICERS

•UPDATE MEDSCOPE

• REQUEST FUNDING

•OPEN A BANK ACCOUNT

•ANNUAL REPORT

Have Fun!!!!!!