Touro University – CaliforniaSeptember 29th, 2013

Executive Officers Faculty Advisor: John Glover, DOPresident: Leah PhanVice-President: John YangJudicial Committee: Arthur Chyan, Frank Nguyen, Marshal KhantAdmissions Committee: Lauren Eby, Lindsey Choi, Steven DoTreasurer: Manoj MohanWeb Manager/Historian: Zubin Sedghi

Current• c/o 2016: 22 members • c/o 2015: 35 members• c/o 2014: 29 members

Anticipated• c/o 2016 Fall Recruitment: 15 members• c/o 2017 Spring Recruitment: 30 members

Membership

AdmissionsCriteria:

• OMS I or II• Minimum GPA of 3.5 OR within the top 25% of the class• History of community service involvement and

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 of acceptance after grades are

verified by the Faculty Advisor

SSP Active Member Requirements

1. SSP members must attend all General Meetings.

*Last Tuesday of every month

2. SSP members must complete 10 community service hours,

4 of which must to be SSP hours, per semester.

3. SSP members must coordinate at least 1 SSP event per year.

4. SSP members must participate as a volunteer in at least

1 additional SSP event that is not their own project.

5. Maintain 3.0 GPA or higher.

6. Assist in conducting interviews for new members.

Devotion to ServiceOf all TOUCH Awards, SSP members received 48% of the total awards

• 12 SSP members received the Gold TOUCH Award (>100 hrs of community service)  40 % of TUCOM recipients

• 12 SSP members received the Silver TOUCH Award (>50 hrs of community service) 60 % of TUCOM recipients

SSP-Tau Chapter members contributed over 2858 community service hours

At TUCOM, SSP comprised over 38.2 % of total TOUCH hours

*TOUCH period: April 2012-March 2013

Service Projects• Vallejo People’s Garden• Teen Life Conference• Mare Island 5K• Touro University: Student-Run Free Clinic• TUne Up• Soup Kitchen• OMM Stretching Demonstrations• Homeless Hygiene Kits• North Bay Humane Society• Thanksgiving Meal Delivery• Inventor’s Lab• Walk the Walk• Bone Marrow Drives• Portable Health Fair• Solano County Food Bank

Other ProjectsFundraisers

• Free throw Competition• Foosball Tournament• T-shirt and Vertebrae Mug Sell

Academic• Board question of the week• Faculty Grams • Study Strategy Workshop• Venipuncture Workshop• Suturing Workshop• OMM Inter-professional workshop

Touro University – California Tau Chapter