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First-year medical students Ian Young and Leah Miller check out the freebies at the UNMC Bookstore booth. |
Pharmacy student Megan Poppe of Crofton and medical students Leah Miller of Ponca and Ian Young of O’Neill were among those who meandered from booth-to-booth Thursday seeking information and freebies at the annual Student Orientation Fair.
Organized by UNMC’s Student Counseling office, the fair is a prime opportunity to learn more about the various organizations and what each has to offer, said second-year medical student Jon Henning.
Here is a breakdown of this year’s event:
400 – first-year students who explored such organizations as the Aging Interest Group and Emergency Medicine Interest Group to the Integrative Medicine Group and the Student Association for Rural Health.
300 – the number of prepared sandwiches, chips, cookies and fruit.
125 – the cost of a four-year membership to the American Medical Student Association, which landed students a free Netter anatomy book (valued at $80).
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Making his first appearance at the student organization fair is the American Medical Student Association’s 10-foot tall inflatable physician. |
40 – students who showed interested in the pediatric interest group – during the first hour of the event.
30 – the number of officially recognized student organizations at Thursday’s event.
12 – months until the next student orientation fair.
3 – freebies available at the UNMC Bookstore booth, where students bagged bookmarks, oversized paper clips and Post it Notes.
2 – new student organizations participated – the surgical interest group and a medical student spouse group named Pulse.
1 – 10-foot inflatable physician associated with the American Medical Student Association booth.