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CLASS INFORMATION
Class of 2023
- THIS WEEK - DEADLINE - Commencement Tickets Available Online: Tickets will be available online to degree candidates only from Wednesday, April 26th at 11:00 AM (EDT) to Wednesday, May 10th at 12:00 noon (EDT).
Each degree candidate is eligible to receive up to six tickets.
- THIS WEEK - FIRST Webinar – Preparing for Your Financial Life After Medical School: 05/09 @2pm, webinar (free; registration required).
Hear advice on how to successfully navigate your financial life as you transition out of medical school – possibly with student loan debt – and into a training position with limited income.
- STARTING THIS WEEK - Regalia Distribution: Starting the week of 05/08, Medical Communications is hosting times where graduating members of the class can pick up their regalia for the Graduation Ceremony, outside Given Courtyard S100...
- THIS WEEK (and next two weeks) - Senior Week Sign-Up is Live! May 15th to May 19th.
Sign up for Senior Week events is live via University Tickets! All events are free to the class of
2023 and open to any who started out as the class of 2023 or joined the class this past year!
- UVM Larner College of Medicine Class of 2023 Honors Night: 05/15, 4-6pm, Main Street Landing, 60 Lake St, Burlington, VT (RSVP required).
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Class of 2024
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Class of 2025
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Class of 2026
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WEEKLY UVM Larner Med FYIs
- THIS WEEK - Free Movie Tickets at Merrill's Roxy Theater: Each week, during undergrad fall and spring semesters, on Monday morning (beginning at 8 AM) and Wednesday afternoon (beginning at 12 PM), stop by the Department of Student Life on the 3rd floor of the Dudley H. Davis Center and snag a ticket.
Be sure to bring your UVM ID! Program ends May 12, and it will restart August 28.
- THIS WEEK (and beyond) - Hills Building & Carrigan Drive Construction Notice: Please review this construction notice impacting Carrigan Drive and Hills/Rowell buildings between 4/17/23-6/9/23...
- Social Justice Coalition (SJC) Newsletter - May! May's Updates & Upcoming Events! SJC wants to make sure to keep you all updated with what is going on! Check out our monthly updates,
and our calendar with upcoming events!
- FEEDBACK WANTED - EdTech Student Advisory Group: We want your feedback on how you use technology in your education...
- Larner Leadership Update - Interim Chair of Family Medicine: We are pleased to announce that Laura W. McCray, M.D., M.C.S.E., will become Acting Chair and then Interim Chair of the Department of Family Medicine, beginning May 15, 2023...
- Larner-VT OME Staffing Updates:
- 2023 Lucey Prize Winners Announced: Congratulation to our very own Samuel Aldous MED '24 and John Rustad MED '26, medical student Lucey Prize recipients! The awardees will be honored and will present their work at a Pediatric Grand Rounds, Wednesday, May 31, 2023 at 8 AM...
- Annual LEAP Report: Ever wonder what happens after you submit a confidential learning environment report? The LEAP Committee Annual Report summarizing learning environment concerns and actions taken to address them is available and can be reviewed online...
- WOW (Who/What's on the Walls) Project is Underway! As part of an ongoing effort to transform LCOM’s physical space that promotes a sense of belonging for all students, staff, faculty, and visitors, some exciting plans are in the works...
- Food Insecurity Resources: Please visit the Emergency Resources page for food insecurity information...
- In Recognition of Sexual Assault Awareness Month: We have remained engaged in efforts and discussions to address sexual and gender-based violence, harassment, and discrimination at UVM. In recognition of Sexual Assault Awareness Month (April) we would like to take this opportunity to provide updates on these efforts within our Larner College of Medicine (LCOM) community...
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COMMUNITY WELLNESS
Be sure to review this section for any announcements regarding student wellness! If you ever have any questions about this section, it's postings, or any wellness topics, please do not hesitate to contact our Director of Student Well-being, Dr. Lee Rosen or
reach out to one of your Larner College of Medicine Wellness Committee representatives.
Do you have any suggestions on the ways the Wellness Committee can address the wellbeing needs of the LCOM community? You can provide them anonymously via the Wellness Committee digital suggestion box!
We will monitor responses every few weeks.
THIS WEEK:
- Free Movie Tickets at Merrill's Roxy Theater: Each week, during undergrad fall and spring semesters, on Monday morning (beginning at 8 AM) and Wednesday afternoon (beginning at 12 PM), stop by the Department of Student Life on the 3rd floor of the Dudley H. Davis Center and snag a ticket.
Be sure to bring your UVM ID! Program ends May 12, and it will restart August 28.
- The Poetry Experience*: 05/27, 1-3pm, Fletcher Free Library (Pickering Room), Burlington, VT. Looking for a space to be creative and share poetry? Check out The Poetry Experience at the Fletcher Free Library for a local writing
and sharing space! Check out this link for specific meeting dates...
- RECURRING:
- TEA TIME TUESDAYS! Every Tuesday, 9–10 am, UVM Interfaith Center (on Redstone Campus next to blue water tower). Craving an opportunity to just sit and chat with others? Come to our first Tea Time Tuesday of the year
for bagels, a beverage (not just tea!), and informal conversation. Drop by anytime. The entire UVM community is welcome! For questions contact interfaith@uvm.edu.
- Spiritual Practice - Connect: Tuesdays, 7-8pm, UVM Interfaith Center (on Redstone Campus next to blue water tower). This inclusive spiritual gathering is an opportunity to pause in the midst of your busy week and spend
some quality time connecting - with yourself, others, and the sources of support that are meaningful to you. Includes time for open discussion, as well as a chance to try on a spiritual practice for cultivating awareness and connection.
- Kaiut Yoga for Chronic Conditions: Thursdays 9-10am, via Zoom. Offered through UVM Medical Center. For more information or to register, email Julia Oshea.
- Hot Tea; Warm Reads: Thursdays, this spring, 5-6:30pm, Prism Center (Unity Lounge, 3rd floor Davis Center across from Bookstore). Decompress your spring evenings with a hot beverage and uplifting read aloud from stories
centering intersectional identities, hope, and healing. No RSVP required. For questions contact Elyse.
- SPIRITUAL PRACTICE - Friday Jummah Prayer: Fridays, 12:30–1:30pm, UVM Interfaith Center (on Redstone Campus, next to blue water tower). Gather weekly with other Muslims on campus for prayers and a Khutbah (aka sermon).
Co-hosted by UVM Interfaith Center and the Muslim Student Association. For questions contact interfaith@uvm.edu.
UPCOMING:
- The ADA National Network presents "Mental Health First Aid in the Workplace"*: 05/16 @2pm, Virtual (free; registration required).
Learn what Mental Health First Aid is and how it prepares you to manage mental health challenges. The workshop will provide an over of training, and introduce an action plan for managing mental health challenges.
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LCOMcares - WAYS TO HELP/VOLUNTEER
We are sharing opportunities and needs in the State of Vermont. The University of Vermont has not vetted or researched these opportunities and cannot warrant or recommend one opportunity over another. It is your sole responsibility to thoroughly evaluate
any volunteer organization or opportunity before engaging. Consider the following opportunities independently and carefully after looking into the organization and their safety practices.
THIS WEEK:
UPCOMING:
ADDITIONAL WAYS TO LCOMcare:
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UNIVERSITY OPPORTUNITIES & UPCOMING EVENTS
UVM always has a TON of event opportunities flying around. The list below was hand-picked/designed for our medical student community (also check out the Larner Medical Student Activities Calendar anytime for the latest and greatest list of events). Students may also explore the UVM Bored? Calendar for even more opportunities open to all UVM students...
THIS WEEK:
- MON, May 08:
- TUE, May 09:
- WED, May 10:
- THU, May 11:
- VCIID RIP Seminar - "Regulation of Pseudomonas aeruginosa virulence in response to host-derived sphingosine”: 05/11, 9-10am, HSRF200 / via Zoom.
- AIG presents an M4 & Resident Panel on Anesthesia Residency! 05/11, 12-1pm, MedEd200.
We will be hearing from M4s who have successfully matched into anesthesia and from residents in anesthesia at UVMMC. Join us!
- FM SIG Mini rounds: 05/11, 12-1pm, MedEd307.
Please join the FM SIG once again for Mini rounds (clinical case presentations) about applicable topics presented by FM MD Kelley Collier. Questions? Contact Haley Bayne, M1.
- FRI, May 12:
- Neurological Grand Rounds - “Sunflower Syndrome: A poorly understood epilepsy”: 05/12, 12-1pm, via Zoom.
- Celebration - Bev Belisle’s Farewell: 05/12, 4-6pm, The Mosaic Center for Students of Color (at the Interfaith Center on Redstone Campus), UVM-VT.
Please join in celebrating Bev Belisle as she’s transitioning away from her role at the end of June after more than 20 years at UVM! There will be a DJ dance party, catered food, drinks, and a great time. Students, faculty, staff,
and community members are welcome! Please RSVP...
- SAT, May 13:
- Sun, May 07: No UVM/UVM Larner Med community events posted for this day.
UPCOMING:
- Medical Curriculum Committee (MCC) Monthly Meeting: 05/16, 5-7pm, via Zoom (registration required).
All members of the Larner community are welcome to attend.
- Pediatrics Grand Rounds - “Safety and Efficacy of Proton Pump Inhibitors in Preterm Infants with Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease”: 05/17, 8-9am, UVMMC Davis Auditorium / via Zoom.
- UVM Biomedical Engineering Research Conference: 05/17, 12-1pm, HSRF 400.
This interdisciplinary research conference is intended to bring together the rich pool of faculty and students participating in BME-related research here at UVM.
- CVRI Journal Club - "Deciphering the super relaxed state of human β-cardiac myosin and the mode of action of mavacamten from myosin molecules to muscle fibers": 05/17, 12-1pm, HSRF 400.
Lunch provided.
- Social Justice Coalition (SJC) Monthly Meeting! 05/17, 5:30-7:30pm, MedEd206 / via Zoom.
SJC is having our May Monthly Meeting May 17th! Please pop in on Zoom or come join us in MedEd 206 as we discuss what we are working on, hear questions, and come up with new projects. Food will be provided!
- Career Development Workshop - CVRI Norman R. Alpert Visiting Professor - "Integrating Academic Scholarship, Biotech Entrepreneurship and Personal Life in One Lifetime": 05/18, 12-1pm, HSRF 400 (Zoom available on request).
- Students / Dean Zehle Coffee/Tea/Cocoa Invitation: 05/19, 7:30-8:15am, Given Courtyard - Outside N100.
Come and join Coffee and/or Tea on Dean Zehle! Stop by to have a chat, catch up, share a story; whatever you’d like to talk about – or simply feel free to grab a beverage and head off to start your day!
- May Monthly MSST Meet - Coffee/Tea and Breakfast Yummies: 05/19, 7:30 - 9am, outside the Larner-VT OME Suite (Given Courytard N100).
Join us for a morning social in collaboration with Coffee/Tea with the Dean! Your Medical Student Services Team will be on hand to meet you and answer any questions you have. Light grab & go breakfast items will be available while supplies
last.
- Medicine Grand Rounds - CVRI Norman R. Alpert Visiting Professor - "Myosin, The Exquisite Nanomachine: Basic Mechanisms to Therapies": 05/19, 8-9am, UVMMC Davis Auditorium / Via Zoom.
- You're invited to The Endies! - Larner Medical Student End of Year Banquet & Celebration: 05/19, 6-10pm, ECHO, Leahy Center for Lake Champlain, 1 College St, Burlington, VT 05401. Medical students attend for free ($10/guest
ticket). Join us for a beautiful night of food, beverages, great music, and dancing as we celebrate the class of 2023...
- Gender Equity Education Series - Safety in all its Forms - "Anti-Oppression Facilitation Skills: Removing Barriers to Participation and Disagreement": 05/24, 12-1pm, via Zoom.
DROP-IN MEETINGS ARE ALWAYS AVAILABLE:
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STUDENT FINANCIAL SERVICES (Scholarships, Awards, & Finance FYIs)
Our Medical Student Financial Services begin with prospective students and continue through the curriculum
to commencement. We advise students on various aspects such as financing their medical education, loan debt management matters, and financial wellness. Please do not hesitate to reach out to the Assistant Director of Medical Student Financial Services, Ryan Gates,
with any questions.
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ARTS & PUBLICATION
UPCOMING:
- The Poetry Experience*: 05/27, 1-3pm, Fletcher Free Library (Pickering Room), Burlington, VT. Looking for a space to be creative and share poetry? Check out The Poetry Experience at the Fletcher Free Library for a local writing
and sharing space! Check out this link for specific meeting dates...
- Academic Medicine - Call for Letters to the Editor From Trainees - Mentorship Matters: Submit your letter one week only between June 12 and June 16.
Academic Medicine is seeking original submissions for its Letters to the Editor feature from medical students, residents, fellows, and trainees in other health professions on the topic of why mentorship has mattered in your professional journey.
ADDITIONAL ARTS & PUBLICATION:
- UVM/Larner:
- Academic Medicine:
- The Nocturnists*:
- AAMCNews:
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