WRNAMME Speaks

Volume 2, Issue 1                                                                                                                      January 2004

WRNAMME to award scholarship at Annual Meeting

$1,500 to be awarded to a health professions students!

The Western Region of the National Association of Medical Minority Education (WRNAMME) will be awarding two (2) $750 scholarships to currently enrolled health professions students. The scholarship is in recognition of a student who is dedicated to working in communities in need of culturally competent practitioners and to increasing the number of underrepresented minorities in the health professions.

To be considered for the WRNAMME Regional Scholarship, an applicant must meet the following criteria:

1.       Nominated by a Western Region NAMME member in good standing;

2.       Be from an unrepresented minority group (i.e. Black/African American, Hispanic/Latino, Mexican American, American Indian, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander, and Alaskan Native.)

3.       Be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident;

4.       Attend an accredited health profession school in the Western Region (AK, AZ, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, NM, OR, WA, WY, UT)./

5.       Be at least a 2nd year health professions students and currently in good academic standing; Student who are graduation from a health professions program are not eligible.

6.       Have a proven commitment to working in medically underserved communities and/or increasing the number of underrepresented minorities in the health professions

7.       Be in good academic standing.

8.       Have documentation of financial need.

 

If you know of a student that meets all of the above requirements please have them complete the application
 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Inside This Issue

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WRNAMME Regional Conference in Honolulu, HI

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WRNAMME to Award Scholarship

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UCSF School of Dentistry’s Undergraduate Mentorship Program Recruiting Students for Summer

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ADEA Receives $1 Million Grant from W.K. Kellogg

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2004 WRNAMME Meeting Agenda

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2003-04 WRNAMME Regional Officers

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materials in an actual laboratory setting. The application deadline is

February 20, 2004 .  For more information about the UMP and to download an application visit the following URL:

http://dentistry.ucsf.edu/admissions/admiss_program8.html

 

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Applicants to Medical Schools Increase


Following a six-year decline, the number of applicants to U.S. medical schools is on the rise. Almost 35,000 individuals applied to attend medical school in the 2003-2004 school year, a 3.4 percent increase over last year. For the first time in history female applicants were in the majority. For more information visit the AAMC website at the following URL: http://www.aamc.org/newsroom/start.htm

 

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The American Dental Education Association (ADEA) has received a $1 million grant from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation to help increase the number of minority students and faculty members in U.S. dental schools. The grant also will help to improve the dental school environment to increase student retention, and to support collaborative work between philanthropic and professional organizations.

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Membership has its privileges….

 

Don’t forget to renew your membership for the 2003-04 academic year. A membership application is enclosed with this newsletter. Renew your membership today!

 

 

 

 
 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WRNAMME Meeting Agenda

March 11-13, 2003

Hawaii Prince Hotel

AGENDA

Thursday, March 11, 2004

 

6:00 pm - 8:30 pm                   Registration/ALOHA (Welcome) Reception 

Friday, March 12, 2004

 

7:30 am – 8:30 am                   Registration/Continental Breakfast

 

8:30 am – 8:45 am                   Welcome

 

8:45 am – 9:45 am                                   Workshop I – Cultural Competency in Faculty Development

               

                                                               

9:45 am – 10:45 am                                 Workshop II – Cultural Competency in Curriculum Development & Evaluation/Assessment               

10:45 am – 11:00 am                               Break

 

11:00 am – 12:00 pm                              Workshop III – Cultural Competency in Curriculum Development at a National Level

                 

                                                                 

12:00 pm – 1:30 pm                                Lunch

 

2:00 pm – 5:30 pm                                  Student Recruitment Fair (local colleges and high schools are invited to attend)

 

6:30 pm – 9:00 pm                                  Scholarship/Awards Banquet

Saturday, March 13, 2004

 

8:00 am – 9:00 am                                   Breakfast

 

9:00 am – 10:15 am                                 Cultural Competency for Health Professionals in Clinical Practice (“The Hawaii Experience”)

 

10:15 am - 10:30 am                               Break

 

9:00 am – 12:00 pm                                Student Recruitment Fair

 

10:30 am – 12:00 pm                              WRNAMME Business Meeting

 

1:00 pm                                                   Tour of University of Hawaii

 
 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2003-04 Regional Officers

 

Regional Director:               Charles Alexander, Ph.D., UCSF

Associate Regional Director Barbara Huntington, SDSU

Treasurer:                             Prescilla Bradshaw, DMD, UCSF

Secretary:                              Denise Robinson, UCSF

Chairs of Standing Committees

Budget and Finance:          VACANT

Membership:                        Larry Broussard, JD, State of CA

Legal Affairs:                        VACANT

Nominations:                       Millie Russell, Ed.D. U. of Wash.

Communications:                               Charles Alexander, Ph.D.

Chairs of Appointed Committees

Legislative Affairs:               Larry Broussard, JD, Sate of CA

Scholarship:                         Charles Alexander, Ph.D., UCSF

Awards:                                 Millie Russell, Univ. of Wash.

Elections:                              Barbara Huntington, SDSU

Program Chair:                    Nanette Judd, Ph.D. U. of Hawaii

 

 

 

                                               

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