Hands-On Learning Opportunity! Balance 180 Gymnastics

This is Elizabeth Figg and I am the Volunteer Coordinator for the Adaptive Gymnastics Program at Balance 180 Gymnastics and Sports Academy. We are currently recruiting college-aged volunteers for the fall semester and are hoping you can share the following information with your students.

Balance 180 is a local non-profit organization that focuses on integrating children with varying abilities through sports. Our volunteers work 1 on 1 or 2 on 1 with our athletes who have disabilities including autism, Down syndrome, ADD/ADHD, and cerebral palsy, among others. This is a great hands-on learning experience for student volunteers.

This Fall we have an opportunity for students to work with our athletes in the Adaptive Gymnastics Program on Saturdays from 1:00-2:00pm. This is a gymnastics class that is specifically designed for children with varying abilities. We set up the gym in rotations that include vault, bars, beam, floor, and a tumble track, so our athletes can work on a variety of motor skills. The athletes have a range of disabilities including autism, Down syndrome, ADD/ADHD, and cerebral palsy. Information on this program can be found in the flyer below. If you are interested in being a part of the Adaptive Gymnastics volunteer team, please contact Elizabeth and Rebecca at AGvolunteers@balance180.org. No gymnastics experience is required to volunteer. 

We are so excited to be offering this program for the fall and hope that some of your students will be able to join us and benefit from this hands-on learning experience. Thank you very much for your help with spreading the word! It is greatly appreciated!

Sincerely, 

Elizabeth Figg for the Balance 180 Team

Elizabeth Figg | Adaptive Gymnastics Volunteer Coordinator

Balance 180 Gymnastics & Sports Academy

T: 352.340.1180 | http://balance180.org/

ESOL Achievers Recruitment

My name is Amanda Joseph, a third-year student and the Vice President of UF’s chapter of ESOL Achievers, a Gainesville-based nonprofit https://esolachievers.org/. 

Our team is looking to recruit new members to join and help spread EA’s mission across UF’s campus.

To provide additional background, ESOL Achievers works to support and guide low-income immigrant students, specifically those in the ESOL program(English to Speakers of Other Language) at Gainesville High School (GHS), through academic and professional mentorship/tutorship. Currently, we seek to build toward an educational system that positions equity at the center to provide these students with access to the support and opportunities to achieve their full potential.

At ESOL Achievers we believe in the power of investing not only in the community we aim to serve–our Achievers–but also in the leaders that devote their time to this mission. Our goal is not only to develop and create opportunities for the Achievers, but also to prepare UF leaders for their future career opportunities. As a result, by being part of EA, students get access to our broad network of professionals that have gone through the program and are put to the test to launch initiatives, manage budgets, test and execute their ideas and take ownership of various bodies of work.

I am attaching a form, with a due date of September 5, 2022, for those students wanting to volunteer as a mentor and/or tutor. 

Form for students to apply to volunteer:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScrmwjyErLeURkQFqUkjkdtHs1ZC_iw8RMZs3njuzHLbDmdIQ/viewform?usp=sf_link

MentorGNV Application!

Hi everyone! My name is Tiffany Tabora, and I’m the Recruitment Chair for UF’s MentorGNV. I’m reaching out because I’m excited to announce that MentorGNV will be holding an application cycle for Fall 2022, and I would love your support in spreading the word!

 

What is MentorGNV? MentorGNV is a 501(c) nonprofit volunteering and community service organization that serves the Alachua County Public School system. On a weekly basis, mentors work with students from elementary to high school (in a one-on-one or group setting) through mentoring and tutoring sessions. Ultimately, our goal is to guide underserved students toward the path to success. 

 

Notably, your experience with MentorGNV is what you make it: you can select which school to volunteer at, what grade levels to work with, and what days and times to volunteer at. That’s right— we work with your schedule, not the other way around!

 

Plus, MentorGNV is not major-exclusive. We accept UF students from all majors!

 

How to apply: Applications will open on August 29th and close on September 18th at 11:59 PM. The application link is as follows: 

 

https://forms.gle/WgXWn61d1RDCjkm99

 

Questions? If you have questions about our organization or application cycle, feel free to reach out to MentorGNV at mentorgnv@gmail.com! We encourage everyone who is interested to follow us on social media for updates.

 

Website: https://www.mentorgnv.org/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mentorGNV/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mentorgnv/

 

Thank you so much— we appreciate your support in this process!

Join UF Pre-Dental ASDA

Are you considering pursuing dentistry? Get involved with UF Pre-Dental ASDA, one of the first 10 nationally recognized club chapters! We are committed to helping our members become well-rounded dental school applicants through educational opportunities, community service, and professional exposure to the dental field. Past events we have hosted include presentations dental school admissions committees, soap carving socials to hone manual dexterity, dental assisting workshops, and Youth Tooth oral health lessons at local elementary schools, in addition to a growing range of other events.

There is no formal application to join; simply join our Slack Workspace for updates on meetings and events https://join.slack.com/t/ufpredentalasda/shared_invite/zt-1f4174390-DSyugxOcM_NqTShqHdXW~Q, follow us on Instagram at @ufpredental, and save the date for our first meeting on Thursday, September 8 at 7:15 PM. Hope to see you there!

CLAS Student Council Applications Now Open!

My name is Francesca Carbone, and I am the Outreach Director for the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences (CLAS) Student Council. I am reaching out in hopes to spread the word of CLAS Student Council's applications that are now open and close on September 5th! If you have a moment, we would greatly appreciate sharing this email with the respective members of your organizations.

CLAS Student Council serves as a resource for CLAS students and an advocate for student issues within the college. Our members sit on committees with CLAS faculty and administration, where we represent CLAS student interests. This is a great opportunity for all undergraduate CLAS students!

If you have any questions, feel free to visit the CLAS Student Council Instagram, @ufclas.studentcouncil and click the link below for the application!

Click here to apply! 

Fellowship Opportunity for Pre-Health UF Students

We are currently recruiting our 8th class of Fellows and we would appreciate your help sharing our program with your students. MedServe places future physicians in “rock star” primary care clinics across rural and other medically underserved communities in North Carolina. As Fellows, students work in both a clinical role (e.g. as a medical assistant) and community role (e.g. as a health coach).  We currently have 70 Fellows serving across the state. Find more details on our website: www.med-serve.org.

Our Early Bird application will open on October 1st, 2022 on our website.

Omega Phi Alpha Fall Recruitment

 

Are you looking for a way to get involved in service while also meeting some amazing UF students? Omega Phi Alpha is a non-Panhellenic service sorority that focuses on friendship, leadership, and service. We do many service projects on UF campus as well as the Gainesville community. We also have fun socials, big/little reveal, and great leadership opportunities. We are currently hosting our Fall recruitment and we would love to see you there! Check out our recruitment events below, and please let us know if you have any questions or want more information!

instagram: @omegaphialphauf

https://linktr.ee/omegaphialphauf

Phi Delta Epsilon Info Session

 

Hi Pre-Health students! I’m Julian Alberto, a member of Phi Delta Epsilon, a pre-medical academic co-ed fraternity. We will be having an information session on August 30 for our Fall 2022 recruitment!

Do you have an interest in joining a premed community that fosters making connections and curating an impressive resume for medical school admissions? Look no further! Phi Delta Epsilon is UF’s only exclusive medical fraternity. Our goal is to prepare future physicians for medical school through service, networking, and creating a group of students that promote growth and cooperation over competition. This semester, we are looking for premed students that have completed at least one semester (including summer) at UF. Our application opens on August 21 and our first information session is on August 30 at 6:30 in Reitz G310. We hope to see you there!

SKY Happiness Retreat, September 16th – 18th

 

SKY Happiness Retreat is a 12-hour total well-being training offered to thousands of university students, faculty, and staff across the country. Participants gain foundational stress-management skills, develop a personal evidence-based breathing and meditation practice, learn a short personal yoga practice, and increase social connection and leadership skills. The retreat introduces SKY Breath Meditation, an evidence-based meditation practice integrated with breathwork that can significantly increase one’s well-being and calmness, and significantly reduces anxiety and stress markers. The retreat features interactive group processes, experiential learning, emotional intelligence training, breathwork, yoga, and evidence-based meditation. It’s a place to connect with yourself, build a positive community, and most importantly, have fun!  We’re happy to share that the in-person SKY Happiness Retreat is back after 3 years and is open to students, staff, and faculty members. Limited spots are available for the retreat and full scholarships are offered on a first-come-first-served basis that requires registration and attendance to all sessions. The retreat will be conducted by certified facilitators from the International Association for Human Values (IAHV).

Schedule September 16th (Fri):   5:30 pm – 9:30 pm ET September 17th (Sat):  10:00 am – 2:00 pm ET September 18th (Sun): 10:00 am – 2:00 pm ET   Venue Reitz Union Room 2355 686 Museum Road, Gainesville, FL 32611

First Responder Gator Fall Class Registration

Interested in emergency medicine? Take First Responder Gator! Our 40-hour extra curricular course is a fantastic way to learn new skills and become prepared to help others in an emergency! Our class will be offered this fall from September 6th to December 8th.

First Responder Gator has both a lab and lecture component. Lectures are once a week on Wednesdays from 5:30pm - 7:30pm and are taught by Gainesville Fire Rescue firefighter and paramedic Chief David Sutton. Labs are once a week from 6:00pm - 8:00pm with the option to choose Tuesdays or Thursdays where you will learn hands-on skills like CPR, bleeding control, and more! Classes are held on the UF campus, but you do not have to be a UF student to register!

Tuesday Lab Registration: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/373597800077

Thursday Lab Registration: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/373599745897

 

Registering for a lab automatically registers you for the Wednesday lectures. If you have any questions or want to learn more about the class, reach out to us at contact@frgator.com and check out our website, https://frgator.com/.

 

Hearts for Health | Fall 2022 Internship

 

CASPer Prep Webinar

 

I hope you are well and that it's a good day for all University of Florida students! My name is Dr. Lior Krimus, a resident physician from the University of Toronto, and I am the founder of an educational platform called PrepMatch. We are the world’s first free peer-to-peer CASPer preparation platform. The CASPer is an online situational-judgement assessment used increasingly in professional schools in Canada and the United States including many medical schools, nursing schools, physiotherapy schools, dental schools, and others. Through PrepMatch, we seek to make free CASPer preparation equitable and accessible to students across North America.

We are inviting your students to join a Zoom presentation we are hosting that focuses on raising awareness about the CASPer test as well as about how PrepMatch can help them prepare for it!

Since we want to keep the groups small and intimate, we wanted to offer your students a special code that can grant them priority access: UJYFZO

The presentation will be taking place on August 30th, September 1st, 7th, 13th and 15th at 6 PM EST / 5 PM CST (students can attend any seminar). Let me know if you can share this information with your students! We have a sign-up link.

NSF REU Opportunity in Long-term Ecology

Research Experience for Undergraduates in Ecology

The Ernest lab at the University of Florida is recruiting for an NSF REU student to join us in Fall

2022. The REU (Research Experience for Undergraduates) program provides opportunities for

undergraduates to get hands-on experience doing scientific research with NSF funded projects.

This is an excellent way to explore what doing research is really like and grow as a young

scientist, especially if you have not had an experience like this before. We will help you develop

an independent research project that matches your interests and goals, and provide

professional development opportunities within the lab. Prior research experience is not required,

only an interest in learning!

The Ernest lab manages a long-term field experiment in the Chihuahuan desert of Arizona, and

is very active in advancing leading-edge computational methods in ecology. Together with the

White lab, we make up the Weecology research group. Our research is currently focused on

understanding and predicting how and when ecological communities change through time.

Some recent projects have focused on how extreme weather events coincide with rapid

transitions in community structure

(https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ecy.2373), how dominant species

affect competitive interactions between other species

(https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/ecy.2869) and tools for automated

forecasting of rodent populations (https://portal.naturecast.org/). For more information, see our

website at http://ernestlab.weecology.org, the blog for our long-term study

(http://portalproject.wordpress.com), or our lab blog (http://jabberwocky.weecology.org).

The REU student can choose from one of 3 research areas to develop an independent research

project based on their interests.

● Camera trap surveys - collect camera trap images from the site, organize, and identify

animals. How common are predators at the site? How does their activity vary seasonally

or with rodent abundance?

● Shrub cover, habitat and climate change - estimate shrub cover on the experimental

plots using drone imagery, satellite imagery and transect data. How has shrub cover

changed over time? How does it relate to changes in the precipitation regime at the site?

How does it relate to rodent abundance over time?

● Rodent phenology - assess timing of reproductive activity for several rodent species at

the site. How does reproductive activity compare between common and rare species?

How is it affected by the experimental treatments?

The research project can culminate in a presentation, poster, software package, or even a draft

manuscript. The student will also have year-round opportunities to visit our field site in Arizona

and participate in data collection and management.

The position will last at least for the Fall 2022 and Spring 2023 semesters. The student will

receive a stipend of $160/week over the academic year ($160/week * ~34 weeks = ~$5,440

over the academic year), with an hourly commitment averaging 10 hours/week. They will have

working space at our lab on the UF campus, and will be invited to participate in weekly meetings

with faculty and other members of the lab. Applicants must be citizens or permanent residents

of the United States or its possessions, and must be enrolled in an undergraduate program - not

necessarily at UF - throughout the appointment.

At Weecology, we are committed to supporting and training a diverse scientific workforce.

Current and former group members encompass a variety of racial and ethnic backgrounds from

the U.S. and other countries, members of the LGBTQIA+ community, military veterans, people

with disabilities, and students who are the first generation in their family to go to college. We

support and encourage students interested in a variety of career paths. Former weecologists

are currently employed in the tech industry, with the National Ecological Observatory Network,

at teaching-focused colleges, and as postdocs in major research groups. We work hard to

create a supportive and inclusive lab environment and expect all members of Weecology to

abide by the lab code of conduct.

Interested applicants should contact Dr. Morgan Ernest (skmorgane@ufl.edu) by September 19.

In your email, please include 1) a short summary of your current research interests and why you

are interested in this position (400 words or less) and 2) a description of prior work and/or

research experience and the responsibilities, skills, and duties involved in those positions.

Opening applications for the American Physician Scientist Association’s Undergraduate Mentorship Program!

My name is Linzheng (Ling) Shi and I am the Mentorship Committee Chair of the American Physician Scientists Association (APSA), a non-profit organization dedicated to providing resources for aspiring physician-scientist trainees. Physician-scientists are important to the future of medical advancement and working to improve the way medicine is practiced in all different fields, and APSA is a great resource for students interested in academic medicine and applying to MD/DO, MD/PhD, or DO/PhD programs.

 

One of APSA’s goals is to provide opportunities for physician-scientist trainees to develop skills needed for future careers in academic medicine and industry, including trainee mentorship. To accomplish this goal and to provide insight to prospective graduate and professional school applicants, we are starting the ninth year of our Undergraduate Mentorship program. The goal of this program is to connect APSA students (MD, DO, MD/PhD, and DO/PhD) with undergraduates who are interested in careers as physician-scientists in one-on-one mentor-mentee relationships. 

The application is found here and is due October 22^nd, 2022.

 

Aside from our undergraduate mentorship program, undergraduate students can become associate members of APSA to have access and up to date information about all of these opportunities. We also can help students start local chapters if interested in developing more resources on a local level. Undergraduates can also find out more relevant information through the Undergraduate Resources webpage here!

 

Thank you for your time, consideration, and support for undergraduate education! Please reach out to us at askmentorship@physicianscientists.org with any questions. We look forward to hearing from you.