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.

WHO WE ARE

The ASB executive officers include four (4) elected officers (President, Vice-President, Secretary, and Treasurer) elected by the entire student body at the University of Mississippi Medical Center. The President is elected the preceding Fall into a position of President-Elect and other officers are elected in the spring. The president-elect 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.

There are 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 the respective school. In other words, these representatives are elected by THEIR SCHOOL ONLY not a campus-wide vote like the four executive officer positions.

There are eight representatives from the School of Medicine (SOM), 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 has two representatives, the Dental School President and Vice-President. The Radiology technician program has one representative and 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, Murmur Editor, Medic Editor, Philanthropy Chair, Philanthropy Co-Chair, Multicultural Affairs representative, Webmaster, Housing coordinator, and Political Director. These positions can be filled by UMC students at large (i.e. no current association with the ASB) or by current ASB members.

UPCOMING UMC EVENTS

Aside from acting as a liaison between the students and the administration, it is a goal of your ASB to provide fun activities and a little distraction from the rigors of academia. To this end, we have several parties scheduled throughout the fall and spring semester, and ASB also purchases tickets to exciting community events to distribute freely to students. Each month ASB sponsors a movie night and serves a coordinating dinner. Intramural sports is another exciting opportunity for students to escape the classroom; sign-ups for fall sports, include flag football, will be emailed to you and your class representatives soon! Continue to check the website and Medic Newspaper for information on upcoming events.

COMMUNITY ASB SPONSORED TICKETS

Night at the Symphony: Mississippi Symphony Orchestra

New Stage Theater

Mississippi Ballet

Day at the Zoo UMC

Night at the Park: Mississippi Braves Tickets

WANT TO GET INVOLVED IN THE ASB?

As a UMC student, there are many ways you can be involved. A simple way is to become an officer in your class. Every school defines which elected officers attend the ASB meetings, so be sure to ask. For example, in the medical school the president and vice president in each class are voting members in the ASB. You can also hold an appointed position or volunteer to serve on committees. Please contact your Student Body President, if you are interested in becoming involved or have any questions.