Student Board

Student Advisory Board

The Student Advisory Board of MEDLIFE is intended to give students who have demonstrated an extraordinary commitment to the goals of MEDLIFE and service to low income families a greater opportunity for responsibility within the organization. These responsibilities include being part of the MEDLIFE expansion team working to start new chapters across the country, working on a committee of students to help individual patients with special needs in Ecuador to receive the treatment they need, advising the executive board on student related involvement and to have the opportunity to intern in Ecuador. Students are invited to be part of the Student Advisory Board for one academic year. There will be an opportunity for students elected to the student board to have an internship in Ecuador. In some situations there may be financial support to help a student participate in a MEDLIFE internship. Students must be elected to the Student Advisory Board. Any student who has previously worked with MEDLIFE is eligible to apply but only the most committed students will be successful applicants. Ideally students have already taken positions of leadership at their University and have demonstrated a commitment beyond that expected of a student officer. Once accepted to the SAB students are asked to join a committee. The committees include, the Membership, Brigades and Fundraising Committees.

Current Members of the SAB-2009-2010 Academic Year:

SAB Chair: 

Conor Carpenter - ccarpenter@medlifeweb.org
  

Brigades Committee

Nicci Owusu-Brackett -nowusu-brackett@medlifeweb.org
Sam Dow (Dartmouth) - sdow@medlifeweb.org
Sarah King (UVM)- sking@medlifeweb.org

Fundraising Committee

Kate Miele (NYU) - kmiele@medlifeweb.org
Catie Burkhard (Dartmouth)- cburkhard@medlifeweb.org

Membership

Hannah Roberts (NYU)- hroberts@medlifeweb.org
Isabel Barillas (Syracuse & Intern in Ecuador) - ibarillas@medlifeweb.org

The following are requirements of students sitting on the Student Advisory Board:

1. Volunteer on average 10 hours per week with MEDLIFE.
2. Complete all assigned tasks within a timely fashion.
3. Attend weekly meetings at 6:00 pm, EST, each Sunday to report progress and make plans for thecoming week to the executive board. Students may miss up to two meetings when they provide advance notice. More than two missed meetings will be sufficient reason to be asked to leave the Student Board.
4.  Make a sincere effort to spend a minimum of one week in Ecuador. As a SAB member you will have the opportunity to participate in one (per year on the SAB) Medlife Medical Brigade with a $500 discount on the participation fee.
5. Work to promote the highest standard of MEDLIFE’s goals and reputation within their University and throughout MEDLIFE’s student network.
6. Embody MEDLIFE’s belief that through committed student action we can make a difference in the lives of individuals and families living in poverty.

Application to the Student Advisory Board (no more than ½ page response per question):

1. Please include your full name, University, major, current year in college, past positions held with MEDLIFE, and any medical brigades in which you have participated.
2. Why do you want to be a part of the student board?
3. Please describe what successes you have helped organize working with Medlife?
4. What do you feel you can bring to MEDLIFE/SAB?
5. Provide an example of your perseverance to overcome a difficult problem to the benefit of a low income person(s) (in particular as this relates to to MEDLIFE).
6. What are your plans for the future? How do you plan to work to serve people living in poverty?

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