Updates
MAPS 6th annual benefit concert and auction
It's finally time for our annual benefit concert! Exciting :). The concert will be held Wednesday, May 21st! This year, our concert will include lots of talent, including many musical guests as well as other entertainment such as cultural dances and performances. Please everyone come to this event since it will only cost S8.00 for MAPS members and $10.00 for non-members students (non-UW students welcome!) for those who pre-register. For the general public, the tickets are $12.00 each!
To pre-register online, please click here! Keep in mind, we will be tabling on the HUB lawn so choose which ever option is most convenient to you.
This year, we will donate the proceeds to Seattle Education Access (SEA). It's for a good cause so please come, we will also have a silent auction for lots of gift packages, including a KAPLAN course!
Our Talent Include:
Geo from Blue Scholars
Gabriel Teodros from Abyssinian Creole
Khalil Crisis from Khingz
Chrisina Orbe
B-Girls Bench
Ross Parson
Ghost Runner on Third
The Collective
Jordan the Magician
FASA Sayaw
Wushu Martial Arts
To learn more about the featured guests, please click the talent show tab up top!
Love Boxes!
Hey everyone! MAPS is selling love boxes for Valentine's Day in front of the HUB February 11th-15th, from 10:30-1:30 each day! Love boxes are a really sweet and affordable way to buy a gift for your friends and loved ones for Valentine's Day, costing $2.50 at our tables or $3.00 online (or 2 for $5.00). Find out more about our boxes or buy them online at THE LOVE BOX. We have three boxes to choose from so don't miss out!
Relay for Life! Come Join Us!
Relay for Life is a great event sponsored by the American Cancer Society that will help us work towards a cure for cancer. It's an amazing event which lasts a day and night, where teams of participants walk to show their support. There will be awesome food (and energy drinks xP), music, and events during the entire span of the event so don't worry about getting bored okay? :) For the UW, the event will be held at Husky Stadium on May 3rd from 3pm to 8am the next morning. Join us by clicking on the link below!
MAPS Conference 2008 Registration is closed
Thank you for pre-registering for those who did! For those who haven't yet, don't feel bad, just come by the SCC January 12th and register then :). Our conference starts at 9:00am. The SCC is approximately in the back of the Health Sciences Center (next to the Medical Center) and the south campus parking lot is right in front of it. Don't get lost but if you do, just ask safe-looking people at the medical center. Hope to see everyone there!
Please follow either this or the instructions in the "Registration" section on the MAPS conference page. Only register using one or the other.
The time has come for everyone to start registering for the annual medical conference in January! Let's all clap and be happy :).
Anyways, please follow the directions below. Attendees include members and nonmembers, and will be the
category in which most of you fall into. For registering organizations/departments/booths, there will be a separate donation fee section for you. Please do not register before December 3rd!
Member/Non-Member Attendees:
1. Fill out this survey.
2. Please pay by clicking on the button corresponding to your MAPS membership status (members & nonmembers).
Donation Fee for Organizations/Departments/Booths:
1. Fill out this survey.
2. Please donate by clicking on the button below.
Donations
Forms & Opportunities
Hey everyone, the membership form has been uploaded and can now be found in the right column in the meetings section! A new section will be added soon that will feature jobs, internships, and volunteer opportunities. Please be patient :).
First Meeting
Our first meeting for this school year will be on October 4th at the Ethnic Cultural Center in the Asia Room! If you have trouble finding the room, just ask the front desk and they'll direct you to us! This meeting will introduce MAPS and explain what we do and include guest speakers as well. And plus, we'll have food as an incentive. :)
Dawg Daze Tabling
We'll be in the Red Square on September 27th. You can't miss the groups of tables and definately come visit us! They're be more brochures and if you missed us at the resource fair, don't worry because officers will be there to answer any questions about MAPS and what we do. We'd love to see everyone and add you to the MAPS family!
OMA Welcome Daze Resource Fair
Come by to talk to us at our booth in the HUB on September 21st from 2:00 - 5:00pm! All of the officers will be present and hopefully we can get to see not only fresh faces but also returning members. It'll be fun, we have candy :). See you all there!
Who We Are
Established in 1999, UW MAPS is a chapter of the national organization Minority Association of Pre-Health Students. UW MAPS is affiliated with the parent group, the National Medical Association and the Student National Medical Association.
MAPS: Minority Association of Pre-medical Students represents the undergraduate and post-baccalaureate students of SNMA. Maps members are considered national associate members and make up about one third of SNMA's 5000 count membership. MAPS chapters are spread throughout the country at over 150 undergraduate institutions.
NMA: The NMA promotes the collective interests of physicians and patients of African descent. We carry out this mission by serving as the collective voice of physicians of African descent and as a leading force for parity in medicine, elimination of health disparities, and promotion of optimal health.
SNMA: When African American physicians were prohibited to join the NMA, in 1964, the SNMA was formed to represent the collective voice of minority physicians INCLUDING African Americans. SNMA is the nation's oldest and largest independent, student-run organization formed on the needs and concerns of medical students of color. SNMA is dedicated both to ensuring culturally sensitive medical education and services, as well as increasing the number of African-American, Latino, and other students of color entering and completing medical school.
UW MAPS is one of the few active university chapters in the nation.