We started the new semester off well by welcoming Leda Hanin, executive director of the American Osteopathic Foundation, to our school for a presentation on the AOF and what it offers osteopathic medical students. We all enjoyed the brilliant and informative talk and shared pizza for lunch. We would like to thank Kelly Hansul, our chapter secretary, for coordinating the project, a job well done. We have collected biographical information from all interested big-sibs and will soon begin matching them up. The executive board feels that all second year SOMA members should be aware of the changes in order to help out all incoming future members.
Discussions remain ongoing for a grant proposal to spread the osteopathic word within the community.
We will keep you informed. The SOMA chapter at MSU-COM has been preparing for an exciting new school year. This manual is filled with many useful tips, everything from how to survive classes to finding an apartment. We are planning an upcoming meeting for all current students to be informed about various recent changes to our curriculum that will impact the incoming students. We hope our current students will be able to mentor incoming students much more effectively after this meeting with school officials.