Touro University – California
September 29th, 2013
Executive Officers
Faculty Advisor: John Glover, DO
President: Leah Phan
Vice-President: John Yang
Judicial Committee: Arthur Chyan, Frank Nguyen, Marshal
Khant
Admissions Committee: Lauren Eby, Lindsey Choi, Steven Do
Treasurer: Manoj Mohan
Web Manager/Historian: Zubin Sedghi
Membership
Current
• c/o 2016: 22 members
• c/o 2015: 35 members
• c/o 2014: 29 members
Anticipated
• c/o 2016 Fall Recruitment: 15 members
• c/o 2017 Spring Recruitment: 30 members
Admissions
Criteria:
• OMS I or II
• Minimum GPA of 3.5 OR within the top 25% of the class
• History of community service involvement and extracurricular
activities
• Past leadership experience
Process:
• Online application
• Each application is read by 3 members (blinded to the applicant)
• Interviewed by current members
• Applicants are notified of acceptance after grades are verified by
the Faculty Advisor
SSP Active Member Requirements
1. SSP members must attend all General Meetings.
*Last Tuesday of every month
2. SSP members must complete 10 community service hours,
4 of which must to be SSP hours, per semester.
3. SSP members must coordinate at least 1 SSP event per year.
4. SSP members must participate as a volunteer in at least
1 additional SSP event that is not their own project.
5. Maintain 3.0 GPA or higher.
6. Assist in conducting interviews for new members.
Devotion to Service
Of all TOUCH Awards, SSP members received 48% of the total awards
• 12 SSP members received the Gold TOUCH Award
(>100 hrs of community service)  40 % of TUCOM recipients
• 12 SSP members received the Silver TOUCH Award
(>50 hrs of community service)  60 % of TUCOM recipients
SSP-Tau Chapter members contributed over 2858 community service
hours
At TUCOM, SSP comprised over 38.2 % of total TOUCH hours
*TOUCH period: April 2012-March 2013
Service Projects
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Vallejo People’s Garden
Teen Life Conference
Mare Island 5K
Touro University: Student-Run Free Clinic
TUne Up
Soup Kitchen
OMM Stretching Demonstrations
Homeless Hygiene Kits
North Bay Humane Society
Thanksgiving Meal Delivery
Inventor’s Lab
Walk the Walk
Bone Marrow Drives
Portable Health Fair
Solano County Food Bank
Other Projects
Fundraisers
• Free throw Competition
• Foosball Tournament
• T-shirt and Vertebrae Mug Sell
Academic
• Board question of the week
• Faculty Grams
• Study Strategy Workshop
• Venipuncture Workshop
• Suturing Workshop
• OMM Inter-professional workshop
Touro University – California
Tau Chapter