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!

The River Performing Arts and Visual Center

• Dates: October 10th, October 17th, October 31st, and November 14th (all on Saturdays)
• Time: 9:00am - 12:45pm
• Location: The River Performing Arts and Visual Center
• 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 with tennis shoes.
• Register Online Here!

****For those who never volunteered with the River, you must attend orientation either on October 10th or November 7th at their center at 8:30am before you can volunteer at one of the following dates. If you have volunteered at the River before then orientation is optional.

****SPOTS ARE LIMITED!!! THE FIRST 10 PEOPLE THAT SIGN UP TO VOLUNTEER WILL GET THE SPOT! There are forms you must fill out before you can volunteer and those will be e-mailed to you once you get the spot. Thank you!

Carpool:  We will all meet at the Parking Lot 1A in front of the Moody Towers at 8:00am and leave at 8:25am. Please do not plan on arriving exactly at 8:25am. 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.

With our first meeting and volunteer event out already past, we are officially on our way! I hope everyone had a good time at our first meeting and enjoyed all the wonderful guest speakers!

If you missed the meeting or had to leave early, a brief summary of the meeting, the PPA memberhip form, and our September 3rd Agenda flyer have been posted on the forums, here!

A couple of event announcements:

We are having a PPA social event at the UC game room on September 29th from 6:30pm to 9:30pm! We are renting out the whole game room for PPA so come out and enjoy! You can also earn points for this event by bringing food or drinks. One point will be given per item and you may earn points for up to 3 items. All soda beverages must be Coca-Cola brand.

Also, Harin Kalyanji is forming a PPA team to participate in the intramural vollyball league at the UH Rec center! The deadline to sign up is October 18th, you can contact Harin through UofHPPA@gmail.com or through Facebook of you are interested or want more info!

And our next general meeting will be on September 22nd at 6pm in the Cougar Den at the UC!

Don’t forget that our next volunteer opportunity, the Hemophilia Walk is coming up on Saturday, September 19th! It’s from 7:15am to Noon and will be held at Minute Maid Park!

Registration for events is done online. A quick step by step to register is:

1.  Hover your mouse pointer over Calendar & Events in our top menu bar
2. Click on Event Details and Registration in the drop-down menu
3. Then scroll down to the event that you wish to register for and click on the “Register Online Here” link and fill out the registration form
4. Last but not least, show up to the events on time, easy! :)

I hope everyone’s semester is going well! See you guys in PPA!

The next semester is right around the corner and I hope everyone is having an exciting summer! The Officers of PPA have been working hard to plan this year’s schedule and hope to bring you a PPA that’s even bigger and better than last year!

A couple of announcements:

1. Our first meeting will be on September 3rd at 6pm in the Houston Room in the upstairs of the UC center. We will be taking up membership applications and dues, providing general PPA info for new members, as well as announcing upcoming events and plans for this year. Membership dues will be discounted to $25 until the third general PPA meeting on September 28th.

Membership Applications and other information regarding joining PPA can be found here!

2. The JDRF Walk (Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation) has been added to our calendar. Online registration is available on our Event Details & Registration page

• Date: Saturday September 26th
• Time: 6am - 10am (Members will get extra points for staying afterwards to clean up.)
• Location: Reliant Park
• 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).

Good Luck to those taking the PCAT this Saturday! We’ll see you guys in the Fall!

We are excited to announce the first three group volunteer events for UHPPA 2009-10! Each scheduled event also has an online registration form and additional info available on our Event Details & Registration page!

Some events may have limited volunteer spots available so be sure to register early! Registration is first come first serve. Enjoy!

Blood Drive with Gulf Coast Regional Blood Center 

• Date: Friday, September 4th
• Time: 8 AM - 1PM (estimate)
• Location: Cougar Den at the UC
• Points: 4 points to attend plus 1 point for wearing a PPA t-shirt (5 points max)

Hemophilia Walk

• Date: Saturday September 19th
• Time: 7:15am - 12pm
• Location: Minute Maid Park
• 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).

Via Colori Street Painting Festival

• Dates: Friday November 20th, Saturday Nov. 21st, Sunday Nov. 22nd
• Time: Shift details available on our Event Details & Registration page
• Location: Sam Houston Park (Allen Parkway and Bagby)
• 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).

Links to the the different pharmacy schools in Texas have been added to the Useful Links section of our webpage. Start planning which schools you will apply to early and check out their admission requirements! Enjoy!

Welcome to the new webpage for the UH Pre-Pharmacy Association! A few sections are still under constuction but feel free to poke around and check out some of the new features we have going on here.

A few notable new items we have are the photo gallery, calendar (under construction), forums, and useful links. The new team of officers have a lot of great ideas for PPA, register on our forums and let us know what you want to see in PPA next semester!

Good luck on finals and have a great summer PPA!

We will be taking new membership applications during the Fall semester but in the mean time all visitors are welcome to visit and participate on our website and forums. Enjoy!

• For those interested in joining the American Red CrossAmerican Red Cross envelopes are provided at the PPA Carrel Space at the UC underground. Please fill out every form in the envelope and turn it in to this location:Greater Houston Area Chapter
  2700 Southwest Freeway
  Houston, Texas 77098 ATTN: Marguerite Williams
  Telephone : 713-313-1683 OfficePlease MARK on the form on the top right in Big Letters : “UH PPA”