New Year's Update

PA Alumni have been in need of guidance. A number of concerns have developed in the past months, along with the weather changes of the past week:

WCC

Class of 2011 has “White Coat Ceremony” next Tuesday. [My previously announced date was wrong.]

WCC is Tuesday, January 6th at 3pm at the Albany Medical College ME 700 auditorium.
Come at 2:45pm, with your own WHITE COAT if you’d enjoy participating as an alumnus.

This image shows Alumni President Lahut, with senior students, faculty and alumni, coating the first of the 33 members of the Class of 2011, Yaa Asare:

“White Coat Ceremony” is an initiating moment, a symbol of a new professional identity. Beginning the WCC also begins incredible work; WCC will have its bookend in two + years at graduation. This is a short but powerful ceremony, and I hope you, as an alumnus, can share the welcoming of 33 new matriculates as future peers.

Refreshments courtesy of the Alumni Association, afterward.


SURVEY

Survey results are kind of cool, especially since you have a vested interest in the topic. These originated from Survey Monkey:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/

Results follow this post.


ALUMNI MEETING:

Next meeting on Tuesday, January 27th at 7pm at the Hun classroom.

Agenda includes:
. . . . . . . Time Capsule to note the MAJOR transition of 2009:
PA Program moves out of Hun to South Campus / Childs Hosp

. . . . . . . CME Day Preparations:
Speakers, credentialing, Pharm supports, & more.

. . . . . . .Panel discussion – What’s the real world of jobs?

. . . . . . .Web Site reconstruction

. . . . . . .ACLS for new grads (and alumni) in May.

. . . . . . .Student Awards in May for the Class of 2008.
Freitag, Cooper, Barry Gold and Professionalism Awards

. . . . . . .Graduation at SPAC 5-20-09

. . . . . . .CME Day tentatively 9-12-09


Hope you can make the meeting on 1-27; let me know here

-Tom