Last night we welcomed our newest chapter members as well as Bob Cluss, Dean of Curriculum and Director of the Natural Sciences, Pam Berenbaum, our faculty advisor and Professor of Sociology/Anthropology and Erick Gong, Professor of economics. We conducted an orientation for new members in which we explained the National Organization, our chapter in particular and our partner organization, GHI. To get a sense of the network, see GlobeMed’s 2011-2012 year in review. We talked about what we have done well so far this year, such as our communications, targeting students on campus, large and consistent meeting attendance, our features in the Middlebury Campus, our fundraising of over $13,000 and the $35,000 contribution to GHI by the philanthropy class in j term. We hope to improve upon several aspects this semester including our awareness events, bolstering our GHU with more concrete external sources, partnering with other organizations on campus, a spring speaker series, better documentation of our events and activities, connecting to the network and contacting our partner through skype as a chapter!
We began our meetig with an icebreaker in which each member wrote down why they are involved with GlobeMed at Middlebury. Responses included:
“because every person should be able to pursue his/her dreams – uninhibited by ill health”
“because I believe everyone should have enough”
“because I believe health is a human right worth fighting for”
“I joined GlobeMed to be part of something BIGGER while at Middlebury”
“because I wanted to talk to other students who are passionate about health on a global level”
“I joined GlobeMed because as much as I enjoyed learning about global health in class, I was tired to learning about issues and wanted to take a more active stance”
“I want everyone to have an equal chance at life”
