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Hello everyone, Please don't forget that our Princeton Review Course Auction is soon coming to an end. If you would like to pay a drastically reduced price for an MCAT or GRE Princeton course, be sure to participate in our auction. The current bid is at $1,000, less than half the real value of $2,099! To participate, please submit your bid here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dDJzRG9tRVQ2QU9qTVBlaGZnLWtYUnc6MQ#gid=0 Also, one of our largest events this year, the 2nd Annual Community Health Summit: Issues In Healthcare Conference will be this Monday evening! All HOSA members who attend will be awarded 2 participation points, which will certainly be considered by the HOSA officers when evaluating applications for prospective officers next year. Not only will you be awarded the points however, you will also gain valuable experience and have the opportunity to network with the UF Colleges of Medicine, Nursing, Public Health and Health Professions; director of the Rural and Urban Underserved Education Program; and pre-health advisors. We encourage all students to attend! Below is the official annoucement. Hello Gators! If you are interested in learning about health disparities in the Alachua County area or want to go into the healthcare field, HEROES (Health and Education through Research, Outreach, Empowerment, and Service) and HOSA (Health Occupations Students of America) are hosting the *2nd Annual Community Health Summit: Issues in Healthcare Conference in the Reitz Union’s Rion Ballroom on February 18th at 7 PM*. Come join us for FREE food, networking, tabling, and insightful discussion with empowering speakers who have personally combated health disparities locally and internationally. Speakers will include: Dr. Clarence Gravlee, PhD: Associate Professor, UF Department of Anthropology; Dr. Laura Guyer, PhD, RD: Courtesy Associate Professor of the UF College of Medicine and Center for Women's Studies and Gender Research; Mr. Joseph Falise, RN, CCRN-CSC: Clinical Nurse Educator for Critical Care at the University of Miami; Cilia Zayas, MS: a student of the Health Services Research Management and Policy program in the College of PHHP; Tom Crawford, MBA; and a representative from the Equal Access Clinic. Speakers will be covering topics such as racism and gender in healthcare. In addition, health disparities will be discussed along with the new healthcare reform's impact on both healthcare providers and patients nationwide. *Representatives from the University of Florida College of Medicine, College of Public Health and Health Professions, the Rural and Urban Underserved Medicine Program (an early acceptance medical program), and the University of Florida Nursing school will be in attendance to answer YOUR questions! Furthermore, a pre-health advisor will be on site to offer tips and advice on how to become a strong applicant for graduate schools.* To advance register for free and be eligible to win prizes at the event, please click on the following link: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dHVKc0NCdmk5SmFtZzh2VHUtVjBfMFE6MQ#gid=0 If you have any questions contact us at [log in to unmask] -- Executive Board HOSA at UF, 2012-2013 'Like' us on Facebook! www.facebook.com/hosaatuf To unsubscribe from the HOSA listserv, send an email to [log in to unmask] with the following one-line message in the body: SIGNOFF HOSA-L.You will then be sent a confirmation message and an exit message from the listserv manager.