If you will be attending school full time and working part-time, you will need to work extra hard to full fill the commitments.

Candidates must sign up in person at the end of Spring 5th and 6th meeting. Sign up dead line will be at the end of Spring 6th meeting on April 10th.

If you have questions, feel free to ask the current officers at our meetings or email us at uohppa@gmail.com

Requirements

* 25 PPA points per semester
* Must be PPA member in the Fall semester of 2011.
* Must present a speech at the Officer Election (Spring 7th general meeting on April 25th, 2011)

* IMPORTANT: The below list of candidates is just a list of members who signed up to run for the positions. It does not indicate that the candidates meet the point requirements. It is the candidates’ responsibility to make sure that the point requirements are met by the election date. Otherwise, the candidates will not be eligible to run for the signed up positions.

President
*Have time to devote to the organization
*Excellent public speaking skills
*Excellent time management skills
Approachable personality
*Devote time over the summer to attend freshmen student orientations and planning for the upcoming year
*Is responsible for contacting and booking guest speakers, such as advisors of pharmacy schools, pharmacists, and other interesting speakers
*Reserves rooms for meetings, sets up meetings, arranges officer meetings, plans for the banquet,and  orders t-shirts

Signed up candidates: Sammie Davis, Yun (Ben) Hao

Vice President
*Helps out with room reservations or contacting guest speakers as needed
*Assumes President’s responsibilities when absent
*Responsible for contacting organizations for volunteering opportunities and confirming it for a valid PPA event
*Must keep very close contact with volunteer organizations, giving them updates about volunteer numbers and what volunteers may be doing.
*Email’s members reminders about the volunteer events
*Updates Google Calendar with Event dates and info
*Sends volunteer event information to webmaster to be posted on website
*Must have great time management and excellent public speaking/ people skills

Signed up candidates:  Joel Araojo, Kristeli Bagtas, Hina Gadit

Treasurer
*Deals with monetary issues – handles membership fees, oversees purchases, decides budget for events, decides how to generate more money for PPA, makes deposits, withdraws, and reimbursements
*Must make sure money is spent wisely and keep track of account balance
*Handles intramural sports
*Helps out other Officers as needed

Signed up candidates:  Boxin Allen Xu, Louis Dinh

Secretary
*Logs volunteer hours for all members
*Takes necessary notes during meetings
*Knows how to use Excel
*Preserves the records of each member that joins PPA
*Must be a patient individual

Signed up candidates: Thanh Au, Tran Le, Stephen Phan

Historian
*Responsible for taking pictures at the meetings, socials, and volunteer events
*Makes thank you cards
*Helps find out new volunteer opportunities
*Constructs a PPA Carrel Space Tri-Fold and scrapbook/slideshow at the end of the year.
*Works with the Webmaster to upload event pictures to to website.
*Uploads pictures to Facebook group

Signed up candidates:  Thanh Tran, Thuan Dao

Public Relations
*MUST HAVE EXCELLENT VERBAL AND WRITTEN COMMUNICATION SKILLS!
*Keeps members informed about everything going on in PPA
*Makes agendas and fliers for each meeting
*Sends out Facebook/Twitter messages and e-mail reminders to the members about meetings and events
*Responsible for verifying all the members through phone or email that sign up for projects that they will be able to make it to the event, and plans social events
*Must have good organizational and time management skills.

Signed up candidates: Marc Tran, Vicki Pham, Lan Nguyen

Webmaster
*Maintains and updates the UHPPA website
*Informs other Officers of new technologies that may assist in running the association
*Creates registration forms for each event through Google Docs
*Updates members about upcoming events in a timely manner
*Gives status updates to changes in events or event registration through Facebook group
*Must be semi-computer literate – if you can format documents in Microsoft Word and post links in an email or forum, you most likely have the skills to learn to maintain the website.
*Should be familiar with uploading documents/pictures
*Should have excellent written communication skills
*Should be a fast learner.
*Any programming knowledge is a plus but not required.

Signed up candidates: Brandon Nguyen

Attire is semi formal.  There will be a nine course meal and round tables of ten seats. Seating must be reserved to ensure proper count, and deposits will be accepted at meetings and during listed carrel space hours.

RSVP deposits:
$5 for members (Upon arrival, you may choose a $5 refund or raffle entry)
$20 for non-members (Non-refundable)

Raffle prizes include an iPad 3 and TV!  Also, additional raffle tickets will be sold at banquet.

To view the current list of RSVPs, click here.

FINISH LINE GREETERS – This placement has been cancelled due to changes made by the organizer.

AM GREETERS – Please report in at 7:30 am instead of 6:30 am. Carpool will meet at the UC circle at 6:45 AM, and we will promptly leave at 7:10 AM.

I apologize for the short notice, adjustments have been based in changes to the event!

Sincerely,

Ferrari Wong

Students are eligible to apply if they meet the following requirements:

Undergraduate

Will have a minimum of two academic semesters completed at UH by the end of Spring 2012

At least 8 hours of Science and/or Math courses completed at UH by the end of Spring 2012

A minimum of 2.75 GPA

Strong interpersonal skills and customer service experience

Has been in for previous advising with UH College of Pharmacy

Transfer students are encouraged to apply, even if this is your first semester at UH!

If you are a former peer advisor and would like to participate this year, please email Mrs. Owens at sowens2@uh.edu.

Application Form

Applications are due no later than 3 p.m. on Friday, March 30th.

You may drop off your application to the College of Pharmacy Student Services Office at Science and Research 2, Rm. 122 or you can email your application to Mrs. Owens at sowens2@uh.edu.