Purpose
 The ASB is the Student Government
Association for UMMC. The ASB serves as a mechanism to voice student concerns,
ideas, and questions to the administration and community. We also serve
to unite different healthcare career fields present on our
campus, as we strongly believe that all of the professionals on our campus are important
and necessary for the future of healthcare in our state. Some of the means by
which we try to link the future healthcare professionals from each school
is to offer one united student government, the ASB. We try to undertake and encourage any projects
that directly affect students or would serve to better the campus and/or community from
a student's perspective, such as converting the ASB office in the Student
Union into an study area for all students and placing the aesthetically-pleasing
picnic tables around campus in locations accessible to students.
Future
 The future of the ASB relies
upon motivated students from all schools to take an active role on his/her
campus. The ASB is strictly student-run and student-initiated. All philanthropic
events are coordinated and planned by the student members of the ASB.
The Intramural sports program is offered and is headed by an appointed
ASB official. All ASB members from each school serve a vital role in linking
his/her prospective school with all other schools around campus, and ensuring
that essential needs and concerns of his/her school are adequately met
by the ASB in whole. The ASB has truly grown on campus over the past few
years, and we see an ever brighter future because of highly motivated UMMC
students continuing to exemplify leadership through representation of their constituents.
Who We Are
 The
ASB is comprised of four (4) elected officers: President, Vice-President,
Secretary, and Treasurer. These positions are elected by the entire student
body at the University of Mississippi Medical Center. The President is
actually elected the preceding Fall into a position deemed President-Elect.
In this capacity, the elected official serves as a non-voting member of
the ASB and is involved with meetings, etc. in an attempt to better prepare
him/her for the position of President in the upcoming year. The other
three elected offices are selected via a campus-wide vote in the Spring
of each year.
 There are twenty-five ASB representatives from the various schools on
campus: School of Medicine, School of Nursing, School of Health Related
Professions, Graduate School, School of Dentistry, Radiology Technician
Program, and the 5th/6th year School of Pharmacy. The number of representatives
to the ASB is based upon the total number of students enrolled on campus in these respective schools. These representatives are elected from within each
school in an election process selected by that school. In other words,
these representatives are elected by THEIR SCHOOL ONLY - not a campus-wide
vote like the four elected officer positions. There are eight representatives
from the School of Medicine (SOM). The eight representatives are comprised
of the President and Vice-President for each class within the SOM. There
are five representatives from the School of Health Related Professions
(SHRP), representing the SHRP President and Vice-President, and three
other representatives. There are four representatives from the School
of Nursing, representing the Nursing Senior President, Vice-President,
and Secretary, and the Nursing Junior President. The Graduate School has
three representatives, the President and Vice-President of the Graduate
School as well as another representative. The Dental School also has two representatives, the Dental School
President and Vice-President. The Radiology technician program has one
representative. The School of Pharmacy has three representatives: the
P6 President, and the P5 President and Vice-President.
 There are also Appointed Officials who serve on the ASB. This number can
change from year to year but is generally between four to six in number.
The ASB President appoints UMC students to these positions at his/her
discretion. Currently, there are six people serving in this capacity.
These appointed official titles are currently: Intramural Chair, Intramural
Co-Chair, Murmur Editor, Medic Editor, Philanthropy Chair, and Philanthropy
Co-Chair. These positions can be filled by UMC students at large (i.e.
no current association with the ASB) or by current ASB members.
For the 2005-2006 school year, there are over thirty-five ASB members. Jerry
Clark, Director of the Norman C. Nelson Student Union, serves as the ASB
Advisor. Leigh Ann Wallace also assists him in this endeavor.
For General Information, please call:
Jerry Clark
Director of the Norman C. Nelson Student Union
601-815-5900
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