We have a new format for the 2018-19 school year! All annoucements will be posted as blog posts on our website. We will still link to the current items in this weekly newsletter, but on the blog website, you will be able to sort posts by category and by health professions tags. This will also allow us to reduce the Newsletter to one email each week.

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Throughout the fall and spring semesters, Penn State PreHealth Advising offer a series of group advising sessions.
NEW for the 2018-19 school year: Students considering medical, dental, podiatry, and physician assistant professions must attend a Med Prep or PA Prep group advising session prior to meeting one-on-one with PreHealth Advising.

SPRING 2019 GROUP ADVISING DATES ARE UP!

Group Advising sessions occuring in the next two weeks:

• Med App: Tuesday, February 5, 6:00-7:15pm in 104 Thomas
• Personal Statement Workshop: Tuesday, February 12, 6:00-7:15pm in 262 Willard

Desciptions of sessions and the full Spring 2019 schedule can be found here: http://sites.psu.edu/sciadvising/2018/12/06/spring-2019-health-professions-group-advising/

From the AAMC: 

"Registration for July-September 2019 MCAT dates will open on February 6, 2019. To assist students in securing a test center and location faster once scheduling becomes available, we encourage them to log into the MCAT Registration System and fill out biographical, background, and consent information in advance.

It is important to note that the MCAT Registration System will be unavailable after 11:59 pm ET on Monday, February 4, as we make final preparations. The system will not come back online until the full calendar is made available on February 6.

Please have your students follow us on Twitter @AAMC_MCAT for updates and announcements. For more information about registration, please visit: https://students-residents.aamc.org/mcatregister."

If you qualify for fee assistance, please be sure to apply and complete the FAP process prior to scheduling your MCAT.

http://sites.psu.edu/sciadvising/2019/01/30/july-september-2019-mcat-registration-dates/

• Interviews Beginning in January - Summer Positions with Science-U (POSITIONS STILL AVAILABLE!)
• Geisinger Surgery Institute Summer Intern (Research)
• Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp-Health Staff Openings
• Full-time Senior Clinical Research Coordinator at the Fetal Medicine Institute
• Full-Time positions with Integrated DNA Technologies
• Part-Time Tutoring Position – Chemistry Resource Room
• *NEW* Part-Time Guided Study Group Leader Positions - Penn State Learning

• February 1 Deadline - HealthWorks Peer Educator Application
• February 10 Deadline - Project Horseshoe Farm Gap Year Fellowship
• Applications open in February for National Health Corps (AmeriCorps) 1 year service
• Volunteers Needed - James E. Van Zandt VA Hospital in Altoona, PA
• Volunteers Needed - Out of the Cold: Centre County

• January 31 Deadline - UCLA Public Health Scholars Training Program
• January 31 Deadline - Primary Care Scholars Program Application at Hershey College of Medicine
• January 31 Deadline - HPREP at Campbell University (North Carolina)
• January 31 Deadline - Columbia Summer Public Health Scholars Program
• February 1 Deadline - Geisinger Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP)
• February 1 Deadline - GW SPARC Program
• February 15 Deadline- SHPEP Applications Due
• February 15 Deadline - Health PASS program at Des Moines University
• *NEW* February 15 Deadline - University of Alabama Summer Research (PARAdiGM, SIBS, KURE)
• February 25 Deadline - Baltimore Health Immersion Program
• February 28 Deadline - Summer Program in Neuroscience at Boston University
• April 1 Deadline - Summer Pharmacy Institute at University of Illinois
• The Prehealth Advising Office has compiled a list of summer volunteer/research/shadowing opportunities. Go here to view.

• April 1 Deadline - Zucker Pipeline Program (Hofstra Medical)

• *NEW* Spring 2019 - EPPIC Workshops for International Students and Second-Language Learners
• *NEW* February 20 & March 21 - Study Smarter, Not Harder Workshops

• February 6 - Podiatry Virtual Fair
• *NEW* February 8 - NYITCOM Information Session and Campus Tour
• March 16 - ADEA GoDental Recruitment Fair (Chicago-travel assistance available)
• April 4 - Philadelphia/Main Line Health Professions School Expo
• April 16 & April 18 - Hopkins and UMD Health Professions Fair

• January 31- WMED (Western Michigan) and You Webinar
• *NEW* February 19- Penn Post-Bacc virtual information session
• Exam Krackers - Free MCAT Prep Webinars
• Kaplan - Free MCAT/DAT/OAT/PCAT/GRE Prep Webinars

• January 31 Deadline - Student Engagement Network Grant Application

• Pitch Exploration Lab at Penn State - Undergraduate Research Opportunity
• Crowley Lab in Biobehavioral Health – Volunteer and For-Credit Research Positions

• Key Dates for New AAMC Official Prep Hub  (Information important for OLD AND NEW users)
• Kaplan weekly prizes and free MCAT guide

• *NEW* February 4 Registration Deadline- Rural Food Access Summit (North Carolina)
• February 23- Prehealth Summit at University of Pittsburgh
• February 23- A Day in the Life at Penn Medical (for students underrepresented in medicine)
• April 13 - NHMA Conference, travel grants available

• *NEW* February 20 & March 21 - Study Smarter, Not Harder Workshops
• Test Prep Book Exchange

Opportunities available year-round can be found on this page:
http://sites.psu.edu/sciadvising/blogroll/opportunities-available-year-round/

Such opportunities include:

• Offical Calendars from Health Professional Organizations (AAMC, ADEA, etc.)
• Information regarding Health Professions Group Advising Sessions
• Information regarding the Committee Letter process
• Donations for test prep books (MCAT, DAT, PCAT)
• Medical Scribing positions
• Other continuous job postings

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