Sigma Sigma Phi National Meeting

A.T. Still University School of Osteopathic Medicine of ArizonaUpsilon Chapter Report

Current Leadership

Advisor: Dr. Thomas McWilliams President: Emily Ottiniano Vice President: Brian Choi Secretary/Treasurer: June Chapin

Membership

16 SSP Seniors graduated on June 7th 2013, all of whom matched to various residencies across the country.

Inducted 12 new members from the Class of 2014

Currently in the process of inducting new members from the class of 2015

Membership (Cont.)

Current membership has representation that includes students from SOMA community health center campuses across the country The members are comprised of students from

Hawaii, California, Oregon, Arizona, Ohio, Alabama, South Carolina, and New York

SSP-Y has members in the vast majority of the school’s campuses with the highest concentration of membership at the California Campus, home campus to six current members

Service

Members log their service hours on the SSP-Y website

They have completed over 500 hours over the past year alone

Service (Cont.)

This year’s service activities include: Tutoring for junior high/ high school students Participation in ASSADE/DOCARE in Guatemala Meals for the homeless Conducting high school sports physicals Assisting medical staff for marathons and

Special Olympics Participating in Health Fairs by providing OMT And many more…

Changes

This past year, we implemented the use of a new application for students interested in SSP This new application provides an opportunity

for students to demonstrate their involvement in leadership and service activities and to share more about their experiences in a short essay

The application was put together through collaboration between the SSP-Alpha Chapter, previous officers, and current officers

For the Future

We will be holding elections for the new board in the fall which will be open to the entire Upsilon chapter by anonymous vote

As previously mentioned, new SSP members from the class of 2015 will be inducted within the month

Our plans for the future of the chapter are to increase awareness about the Society with the OMS I and II classes and by encouraging Society Members to submit ideas for more unification across the multiple campuses

Thank you for your attention!