Alpha Epsilon Delta

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Alpha Epsilon Delta
The Pre-Professional Co-Ed Health Care Fraternity
Virginia Tech Delta Chapter
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Officers

• President Hannah Gray hmgray_at_vt.edu
• Vice-President Daniel Harris danh489_at_vt.edu
• Treasurer Alyssa Troeschel atroe07_at_vt.edu
• Secretary Nelly Dohuuduc n.dohuuduc_at_vt.edu
• Member Relations Josh Trebach jtrebach_at_vt.edu

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Committees

• Service
• 3 Committee Heads
• Plan all of the organizations service projects
• Social
• 3 Committee Heads
• Plan all of the organizations social events
• Fundraising
• 2 Committee Heads
• Plan all of the organizations fundraising events

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Committees Cont.

• Speaker / Open House
• 2 Committee Heads
• Find outside speakers for weekly meetings and
  organize information about and trips to
  appropriate open houses
• Relay for Life
• 1 Committee Head
• Plans and executes the organizations
  participation in VT Relay for Life

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Committees Cont.

• Public Relations (PR)
• 2 Committee Heads
• Communicates the events of AED to the VT
  community
• Webmaster
• 1 Committee Head
• Designs and updates the organizations website
  with currecnt announcements and events

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Mission

• Alpha Epsilon Delta is the National Health
  Pre-professional Honor Society dedicated to the
  encouragement and recognition of excellence in
  pre-professional health scholarship, including
  medicine, dentistry, veterinary, and others.
• The Society welcomes ALL students engaged in
  the pursuit of a professional healthcare career.
• AED offers opportunities for intellectual and
  professional development, provides a forum for
  students with common interests, and extends a
  program of service to benefit the college and
  university community.

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Membership Requirements

• Active Membership
• Attendance at 9 out of 11 meetings is required.
  In other words, you are only allowed to miss 2
  meetings.
• A minimum of 5 service points are required.
• Attendance at 3 planned socials.
• Inactive Membership
• Inactive membership is for those that cannot
  attend weekly meetings due to time conflicts with
  class or work. Thus, inactive membership allows
  you to be exempt from the Monday night meetings.
  
• In order to be granted inactive status you must
  bring in a documented excuse that clearly shows
  why you cannot meet at 7 PM on Monday nights.
• You may only be an inactive member for one
  semester.
• Attendance at 5 special events and 3 planned
  socials is still required.
• Application Dues of 30
• Deadline for Application Dues is February 14,
  2011

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Membership Requirements (continued)

• Probation
• If the requirements on the previous slide are not
  met during the course of a single semester of
  membership, you will be allowed to remain in AED,
  but on a probationary status. Therefore, you
  have the following semester (be it fall or
  spring) to complete the requirements that you
  missed in addition to the normal ones for the
  current semester.
• National Membership
• All chapter members are given the opportunity to
  apply for membership with our National
  Organization. You must meet certain GPA
  requirements to be eligible for National
  Membership. National Membership is NOT required
  for maintaining membership in the AED Virginia
  Tech Delta Chapter.

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Pre-Health Advisor

• Dr. Judith A. Wubah
• jawubah_at_vt.edu
• http//www.univhonors.vt.edu/html/premed_intro.htm
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• Pre-Health Advising Sessions Twice per week in
  the Smith Career Center - Online registration
  required, there will be specific sessions for
  Freshmen/Sophomores and Juniors/Seniors. Check
  the Office of Pre-Health Advising website
  frequently for dates and times.
• Pre-Health Folder Opened during your
  undergraduate career - contains your resume,
  letters of recommendation, copies of your
  personal statement, a photo, and a list of any
  medical experiences you have had
• Campus Interviews Conducted by the Health
  Professions Committee in the spring of junior
  year (March-May)

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What to do now

• Visit our website
• www.aed.org.vt.edu
• Download the application
• Fill it out and bring it with your 30 dues to
  our first regular meeting
• JANUARY 31, 2011
• 7pm
• Whittemore 300

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Please let me know if you have any questions at
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