By Ceejay Boyce | External Co-President
Dear GlobeMed at University of Cincinnati supporters,
We have wrapped up our school year and cannot be more grateful for all the support we have received from donors, students, faculty, family and friends! Looking back on our year, we have accomplished so much in our third year on campus. We have held 13 campaigns and 4 external globalhealthU events, we have built a chapter nearly 50 members strong, and have continued to gain recognition and visibility on both our west and east campuses.
We have also worked throughout the year to strengthen our partnership with Social Action for Women. This year, we said goodbye to our partner contact Thwin Linn Aung as he returned to his home country, Burma, and began a new career working with student activists. Fortunately, his replacement was our translator from the 2013 GROW trip: Aung Tun Linn. Aung has been great to work with and will hopefully to continue to be our partner contact and GROW translator for the next few years.
This year, not only did we say goodbye to Thwin, we also had quite a few seniors graduate. The following chapter members graduated this spring: Julia Tasset, Stephanie Lux, Mahima Venkatesh, Charles Ebersbacher, Daniel Ruter, Madeline Niederkorn, Jarred Campbell, Alyssa Vah, and Erin Slater. All of these amazing individuals have put a lot of time and dedication into our chapter and all held a position on the Executive Board during their time in GlobeMed. We are grateful to have such an amazing chapter and now a bright group of alumni.
We were able to raise a little over $12,000 in just nine months to go towards our project and we hope to continue to fundraise throughout the summer so we can ensure implementation of our personal and dental hygiene project. As this year’s co-presidents, Mahima and I are so impressed by the work our chapter members put in to making this year a success. While we faced some challenges, especially with some of our campaign ideas, we still came out on top and have gained some wonderful and talented new members! As our journey comes to a close for the year, the 2014 GROW team will soon be embarking on their 6-week internship at Social Action for Women. Please check out the team’s blog here for updates and more information about their trip!
Thank you for your support!
Yours in Health,
Ceejay Boyce and Mahima Venkatesh
Co-Presidents, GlobeMed at UC
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