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 few weeks:

• Med Prep: Wednesday, February 27, 6:00-7:00pm in 104 Thomas
• More to come after Spring Break!

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/

Candidates applying for 2020 matriculation into medical (MD & DO), dental (DMD & DDS), optometry (OD), and podiatry (DPM) health professional programs can now begin the process to collect their letters of recommendation through veCollect.

Note the following dates:

• February 14, 2019: Committee interview scheduling begins
• March 4, 2019: Committee interviews begin
• September 26, 2019: Committee interviews end, and we will no longer accept updates from re-applicants and delayed applicants. Please plan accordingly.

veCollect charges Penn State annually per active account. Do not create an account unless you are applying within the current cycle. All candidates must pay the fee every year they have an active account. All accounts will be deleted annually mid-October.

The process has changed this year. Please do not use the old instruction guides.

To view the new instructions for first-time applicants, delayed applicants, and re-applicants, please follow this link:
http://sites.psu.edu/sciadvising/committeeletter/

The Prehealth Advising Office has developed a Canvas module to assist students through the reflective writing process. It includes a number of writing exercises. At the end, candidates can submit a draft of their personal statement to be reviewed by a prehealth adviser.

Note: March 22, 2019 is the final date to submit a draft to be reviewed by our office.

We will review the content and tone of your personal statement a maximum of 3 times. We recommend you utilize the Writing Center and your other resources for final grammar and spelling.

If you have not submitted a draft by March 22, you can still use the module's writing exercises as part of the brainstorming and drafting process. It will remain open for anyone wanting to use it.

Instructions on gaining access to the Canvas module and submission can be found here: http://sites.psu.edu/sciadvising/prehealth-advising/personalstatement/

• *NEW* March 31 Deadline - Summer NSO Assistant Application for the Eberly College of Science
• *NEW* Biomedical Summer Internship on Lung Cancer and Respiratory Diseases at Mount Sinai
• NARAP Research Associate Applications Open (gap year or spring semester)
• 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
• Part-Time Guided Study Group Leader Positions - Penn State Learning

• 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

• (No deadline listed)- Human Osteology Research/Field Work in Tanzania
• February 15 Deadline- SHPEP Applications Due
• February 15 Deadline - Health PASS program at Des Moines University
• 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
• *NEW* March 1 Deadline - Summer Translational Cardiovascular Science Institute (Penn State)
• *NEW* March 31 Deadline - Summer NSO Assistant Application for the Eberly College of Science
• April 1 Deadline - Summer Pharmacy Institute at University of Illinois
• *NEW* April 15 Deadline- Summer SUNY Optometry programs (CSTEP)
• 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 February 20 - Jes Baker: The Importance of Body Autonomy, Self-Love, and Mental Health
• February 20 - Penn State College of Medicine MPH Information Session
• February 20 & March 21 - Study Smarter, Not Harder Workshops
• *NEW* February 21 - Get To Know STEM Alumni: How and Why!
• *NEW* February 25 - BBH Colloquium
• Spring 2019 - EPPIC Workshops for International Students and Second-Language Learners

• Summer EMT Course through Centre Lifelink

• February 21- AAMC Virtual Fair
• *NEW* March 9- LMSA West Pre-Medical Conference and Recruitment Fair
• March 16 - ADEA GoDental Recruitment Fair (Chicago-travel assistance available)
• *NEW* April 3- University of the Sciences Health Professions Fair
• April 4 - Philadelphia/Main Line Health Professions School Expo
• *NEW* April 6 - LUCOM Open House
• April 6 - Rowan SOM Open House
• April 16 & April 18 - Hopkins and UMD Health Professions Fair

• February 19- Penn Post-Bacc virtual information session
• Exam Krackers - Free MCAT Prep Webinars
• Kaplan - Free MCAT/DAT/OAT/PCAT/GRE Prep Webinars

• NARAP Research Associate Applications Open (gap year or spring semester)
• 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

• 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

• 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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