Reminder that our first meeting is tomorrow January 25th, in the Cougar Den at 6pm! Our guest speakers include Ms. Poliquit, Kaplan Test Prep, and a compounding pharmacist!

Registration for the Houston Food Bank event at JC Penny’s has been opened again so if you were not able to register before, you have a chance to register before it fills up again!

We are having a Spring Social event on February 16th from 6:30pm to 8:30pm at the UC game room. You can earn up to 3 extra points at the event by bringing 3 food or drink items! (1 point per item)

Hope everyone’s semester is going well! Don’t stress out too early!

I hope everyone is enjoying their winter break! A quick heads up, PPA’s first meeting will be on January 25th at 6pm in the Cougar Den at the University Center.

Kaplan will be a guest speaker at the meeting and we will have membership forms available for new members. Don’t forget, the membership fee is $35!

The AIDS Walk, our first volunteer event of the Spring semester has been added to the Events page! Volunteer spots are limited, so sign up early!

EDIT 1-12-10: Added a group event at the Houston Food Bank to the Events page! Space is limited. Sign up!

If you have any questions, feel free to email UofHPPA@gmail.com

PPA hopes everyone is enjoying their winter break! We’d like to thank everyone that participated in our volunteer and social events and we look forward to seeing everyone again in the spring! Enjoy yourselves!

PPA Points Sheet has been updated. If your name is highlighted, you need to contact Nephy so that we can verify some information with you.

The Fall Winter Social is this Saturday at noon. You can earn up to 5 extra points 3 extra points for bringing food/drink items, 1pt per item. See you there! (Yes it’s 3 max now, sorry for the confusion)

The new agenda has been posted in the forums for those who were not able to get a copy at today’s meeting.

Thanks to everyone who donated canned goods at today’s meeting, good luck on your finals!

The Photo Gallery got a massive update! Yay for pictures!

The PPA Member Points Sheet recieved an equally massive update! Yay for points! If your name is highlighted or has a questionmark then you should review the notes on the points page and contact Nephy so we can clarify some information with you.

 Intramural Vollyball League has started, check out the forums for the team schedule if you signed up to play or want to come out to cheer on the team!

Dont forget to participate in the poll happening in the forums to vote on which day to have our Winter Social in November!

Our next general meeting will be on Tuesday November 10th in the Cougar Den at 6pm!

We will be working with APhA for Fall Fest and have posted two new volunteer opportunites related to this event.

The first event is the prep happening on Monday October 26th (details here)

The second event is a Costumed Haloween Canned Food Drive happening on Saturday October 31st (details here). You can earn an extra point for this event by wearing a costume! And no, coming in just a PPA shirt as regular PPA student costume does not count as an extra point. (But coming as a warewolf PPA student may earn you an extra point! Make it good!)

Don’t forget we have an upcoming meeting this Tuesday October 27th at 6pm in the Cougar Den! See you there!

The Houston Heart Walk has been added to the upcoming events. Click here for more details and registration.

Via Colori registration is open again however the Saturday shift is no longer available and the Sunday shifts are now full as well. Please check your email to see if you were able to get into the shift that you registered for or if you will need to register for a different shift.

The Memory Walk and The River events have also been filled up. Great work!

If you sign up for an event, please check your email regularly for updates/announcements regarding that event.

Good luck to everyone taking the PCAT this Saturday! Whooooooo!

Bayou City Art Festival

LAST DAY TO REGISTER IS OCTOBER 7th!

• Date: Sunday, October 11th
• Time: 12pm - 4pm
• Location: Tranquility Park (around City Hall downtown)
• Points: 4 points to attend plus 1 point for wearing PPA t-shirt and 1 point for providing carpool for the other members (6 points max).
• What to wear: PPA T-shirt and jeans/shorts with tennis shoes.
• Registration is closed

Carpool: We will all meet at the Parking Lot 1A in front of the Moody Towers at 11:00am and leave at 11:30am. Please do not plan on arriving exactly at 11:30am. We will not be waiting if you come late. Anyone who provides carpool will receive a point and will receive all the information about transportation, parking, and carpool the day of the event.

Our next general meeting is on Tuesday October 27th at 6pm in the Cougar Den

Mock Interview Sign-ups were sent out by Ms. Lewis to all Pre-Pharmacy majors through e-mail. The signup form was also available at last night’s general meeting and will also be available at the PPA social tonight. Only sign up for a mock interview if you are applying to the college of pharmacy for this cycle and only sign up for ONE time slot or your name will be taken off of the list.

Don’t forget you can earn up to 3 points for bringing food or drink items to the PPA Social (6:30pm tonight at the UC Game room). We are giving 1 point per item and all soda items must be Coca-Cola brand.

A summary of last night’s meeting will be posted in the forums.

See you all at the social!

Our next meeting is on Monday September 28th at 6pm in the Houston Room.

A quick summery of our September 22nd meeting can be found in the forums.

Don’t forget we are renting out the whole UC gameroom for a PPA social at 6:30pm on September 29th!

Intramural Vollyball signups are still available, contact Harin on facebook or through UofHPPA@gmail.com with your PSID by October 18th!

The PPA Points have been updated and posted in an excel file on the Member Points page

A short questionaire has been posted in the forums, under PPA discussion, to help people break the ice and you can earn up to 2 points for filling it out.

If you still need to turn in membership forms/dues or pick up your t-shirt, you can do so at the next meeting on September 28th. After September 28th, membership dues return to $35.

That’s all for now!