Welcome to the Student Organizations & Student Events page!
Everything you need to know about starting a new organization, holding an event, or requesting funding for your groups will be found below.
A number of student organizations have been formed by M.D. students and it is anticipated that more may be created as the new healthcare issues, initiatives and student needs develop. UCF College of Medicine M.D. students currently have 56 active student organizations. M.D. Student Council is also considered a student organization.
The Office of Student Affairs assists students with all aspects of student council and student organizations for the M.D. program. For any inquiries or more information beyond what is listed on this page please contact Casey Smith, Assistant Director for Student Services, at casey.smith@ucf.edu.
The purpose of the College of Medicine M.D. Program Student Council is to provide effective student leadership for the classes and organizations of the College of Medicine M.D. Program, serve as a liaison between students and administration, promote effective and well-rounded medical education, and represent the College of Medicine M.D. Program. More information is provided during new student orientation. The purpose of the Student Professional Conduct Council (SPCC) is to oversee the implementation of the UCF COM Honor Code with emphasis on maintaining the values intrinsic to the role of physician, community leader and medical student. The SPCC is composed of two student representatives from each class, an SPCC chair, and an advisor from the Office of Student Affairs (Dr. Verduin). Information on contacting any member of the SPCC can be found on Webcourses.
Click here for an overview description of each M.D. Student Council and the Committee Representative positions.
Click here for the most current listing of the UCF College of Medicine Student Council, SPCC & Committee Representatives.
Looking to join a group? Want to see what the 58 active student organizations are all about? Would you like to contact an organization for a speaking opportunity/event? Check out the Student Organization directory sections below. You’ll find the Executive Board members & group contact information.
For all the information you need to successfully run your organization, including funding, event planning, and marketing, be sure to review the updated Student Organization Guidelines.
If you have any questions about PRFs or vendors for COM’s Student Organizations, please contact Casey Smith.
Any new student organization seeking affiliation with UCF College of Medicine will be able to submit the New Student Organization Approval Form along with a draft of the proposed constitution. (found under the Forming an Organization section below).
M.D. Program Student Organization Executive Boards
All current M.D. Program Student Organization Executive Boards are listed below. This listing will be updated biannually. Please contact Casey Smith with any updates or inquiries regarding these listings.
Arts in Medicine (AIM)
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Juan Cendan
Email address: ucfaim@gmail.com
President: Josh Salzman
Vice President: Sankalp Goberdhan
Treasurer: Elliott Cheung
Secretary: Alexandria Ciranna Truong
Literary Arts Chair: Krisandra Hardy
Creative Director & PR: Cathryn Yang
Performing Arts Co-Chairs: Jordan Nelson & Lily Chen
Visual Arts Director: Lake Lindo
American Medical Association/Florida Medical Association (AMA/FMA)
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Virgil Dawson
Group email: ucfcom.ama.fma@gmail.com
Chair of Recruitment: Aaishwariya Gulania
Vice Chair of Recruitment: Henry Mancao
Vice Chair of Legislation & Advocacy: Vacant
Vice Chair of Community Service: Shaye Busse
AMA Delegate: Naser Mubarak
FMA Delegate: Tammy Phillips
FMAPAC Board Delegate: Vacant
FMA-MSS Governing Council Representative: Vacant
Secretary: Andrew Broda
Treasurer: Courtney Strickland
American Medical Student Association (AMSA)
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Marcy Verduin
Group email: ucfcomamsa1@gmail.com
President: Courtney Strickland
Vice President: Amy Morrison
Treasurer: TBD
Secretary: Gustavo Marino
American Medical Women’s Association (AMWA)
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Lori Boardman
Group email: amwa.ucfcom@gmail.com
President: Susana Soto
Vice President: Emily Wing
Treasurer: Jil Shah
Secretary: Suman Ali
M3 Liaisons: Lauren Pomerantz
M4 Liaisons: Alex Csortan
Asian Pacific American Medical Student Association (APAMSA)
Faculty Advisor: Shalu Gillum
Group email: apamsa.ucf@gmail.com
President: Sarita Jamil
Vice President: Huzaifa Wasanwala
Treasurer: Evan Chen
Secretary: Alex Lin
Association of Women Surgeons (AWS)
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Julie Wei
Group email: ucfcom.aws@gmail.com
President: Tammy Phillips
Vice President: Krista Grennan
Treasurer: Lindsey Webb
Secretary: Rachna Sennegowda
M3 Liaison: Julia Nedimyer
M4 Liaison: Allison Steinauer
Business of Medicine (BoM)
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Michael Ziebelman
Group email: ucf.bom@gmail.com
President: Talin Handa
Vice President: Lindsey Webb
Treasurer: Robert Pell
Secretary: Vacant
M4 Liaison: Robert Pell
Chapman Compassionate Care (CCC)
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Caridad Hernandez
Group email: ucfcccare@gmail.com
Co-Executive Director: Shaye Busse
Co-Executive Director: Sarah Baker
Volunteer Coordination and Outreach Relations: Lexi Schrobilgen
Quality Improvement: Bill Ryan
Inventory Research: Tyler Daprano
Critical Care Medical Interest Group (CCMIG)
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Marcia Katz
Group email: UCFCCMIG@gmail.com
President: April Taniguchi
Vice President: Dakota Salazar
Treasurer: Breanna Brown
Secretary: Simna Vadakal
Cardiology Interest Group (CIG)
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Bernard Gros
Group email: ucfCIG@gmail.com
President: Danny Stirt
Vice President: Gabe Krivenko
Treasurer: Courtney Wing
Secretary: Lexi Schrobilgen
M3 Liaison: Grace Johnson
M3 Liaison: John D’Angelo
M3 Liaison: Cristina Cabrera
Catholic Medical Association (CMA)
Faculty Advisor: Drs. Colleen Moran-Bano & Patrick Hunter
Group email: cma.ucfcom@gmail.com
President: Jackson Nagamoto
Vice President: Patricia Portmann
Treasurer: Jake Tenewitz
Secretary: Alexandra Ciranna Truong
Clinic & Outreach Coordinator: Lily Chen
M3 Liaison: Nick Richwagen
M4 Liaison: Andrew Girard
Careers in Oncology (COG)
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Priya Vishnubhotla
Group email: ucfoncology@gmail.com
President: Caroline Casey
Vice President: Max McCall
Treasurer: Emily Wing
Secretary: Brianna Leone
Community Service Chair: Leonie Dupis
M3 Liaisons: Vincent Cendan & Rachel Troung
M4 Liaisons: Chong Bin He & Ji Lin
Clinical Problem Solvers (CPS)
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Shiva Kalidindi
Group email: UCF.CPS@gmail.com
President: Andy Wang
Vice President: Breanna Brown
Treasurer: Maddy Weiner
Secretary: Jackson Nagamoto
M3 Advisor: Scott Walker
Dermatology Interest Group (DIG)
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Jeffery Greenwald
Group email: ucfderminterest@gmail.com
President: Lisvet Luceno
Vice President: Gareth Disler
Treasurer: Jeremy Jueng
Secretary: Leonie Dupuis
Events Coordinator: Nina Gallo
M3 Co-Liaisons: Tanner Harding & Sun Kim
M4 Co-Liaisons: Skylar Klager & Jason Kieffer
Engineering in Medicine (EIM)
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Juan Cendan
Group email: ucfengineering.in.medicine@gmail.com
President: John Driggers
Vice President: Drew Broda
Treasurer: Thomas Hartman
Secretary: Lucy Wu
Emergency Medicine Interest Group (EMIG)
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Jay Ladde
Group email: ucf.emig@gmail.com
President: Megan Maag
Vice President: Max McCall
Treasurer: Kristen Doyle
Secretary: Cathryn Yang
Events/Research Coordinator: Matthew Holman
M3 Liaison: Jacob Wright
M3 Liaison: Maureen Mohan
M4 Liaison: Deborah Shimshoni
ENT Interest Group (Otolaryngology Interest Group)
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Michael Seidman
Group email: UCF.ENTIG@gmail.com
President: Jeremy Jueng
Vice President: Lily Chen
Treasurer: Allison Richey
Secretary: Sankalp Goberdhan
M3 Liaison: Lauren Pomerantz & Dang-Khoa Nguyen
Family Medicine Interest Group (FMIG)
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Magdalena Pasarica
Group email: UCFFMIG@gmail.com
President: Susana Soto
Vice President: Vanessa Navas
Treasurer: Vashti Shiwmangal
Secretary: Palak Patel
M3 Liaisons: Lorraine Hoyos & Ashish Bibireddy
FAFP Student Director: VACANT
Global Surgery Student Alliance (GSSA)
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Vladimir Neychev
Group email: ucfglobalsurgery@gmail.com
President: Alicia Martin
Vice President: Audric Darian
Treasurer: Brad James
Secretary: Paul Symansky
Hand in Hand (A family support group)
Advisor: Dr. Katherine Daly
Group email: handinhand.ucfcom@gmail.com
Co-Director: Megan Maag
Co-Director: Brenden Maag
M3 Liaisons: Chris Trice & Spencer Adams
Healthcare Innovations (HI)
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Mariana Dangiolo
Group email: HIucfcom@gmail.com
President: Sankalp Goberdhan
Vice President: Max McCall
Treasurer: Naser Mubarak
Secretary: John Driggers
M3 Liaisons: John D’Angelo & Yasaswi Vengalasetti
M4 Liaisons: Andy Wang & Andrew Romero
Health Literacy Advocates
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Lonna Gordon
Group email: ucfhealthliteracy@gmail.com
President: Zach Helm
Director: Heather Kraft
Volunteer Coordinator Chair: Andy Huang
Education and Curriculum Chair: Dristen Hughes
School District Liaison: Darshan Kamat
History of Medicine (HoM)
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Saad Shaikh
Group email: history.ucfcom@gmail.com
President: Nicholas Richwagen
Vice President: Jeslin Kera
Treasurer: Kimberly Rosenthal
Secretary: Kimberly Rosenthal
Internal Medicine Interest Group (IMIG)
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Abdo Asmar
Group email: UCFIMIG@gmail.com
President: Neel Shah
Vice President: Lilly Hou
Treasurer: Talin Handa
Secretary: Patrick LePochat
M3 Journal Club Liaison: Amelia Winter
M4 Journal Club Liaisons: Andy Wang & Ashley Cozart
Interventional Radiology Interest Group (IRIG)
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Craig Johnson
Group email: ucf.irig@gmail.com
President: Ronak Patel
Vice President: Brendan Maag
M3 Liaison: Oriana Fermin
M4 Liaison: Laniel Romeus
Jewish U”knight’ed Students in Medicine (JUSM)
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Marcia Katz
Group email: JUSM.ucfknights@gmail.com
President: Gabe Krivenko
Vice President: Kimby Rosenthal
Treasurer: Rebecca Zelmanovich
Secretary: Josh Salzman
KNIGHTS Clinic
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Magdelena Pasarica
Clinic Director Email: floormanager.knights@gmail.com
Clinic Co-Directors: Krisandra Hardy & Grant Wojdyla
Volunteer Coordinators: Linda Ren & Krista Grennan
For Volunteer Opportunities Contact: knightsclinicvolunteering@gmail.com
LGBTQI+ Medical Students and Allies
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Lindsay Taliaferro
Group email: ucfcom.lgbtmedstudentsallies@gmail.com
President: John Wilhelm
Vice President: Rasika Patil
Treasurer: Kristen Doyle
Secretary: Mihaela Kancheva
Community Education Chair: Matt Abrams
Community of Education Co-Chair: Jeremy Adamson
Community Outreach Chair: Alexandra Ciranna Truong
M4 Liaison: Kyle Sanchez
Lifestyle Medicine Interest Group (LMIG)
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Daniel Topping
Group email: ucflifestylemedicine@outlook.com
Co-President: Leonie Dupuis
Co-President: Carla Gonzalez
Treasurer: Courtney Strickland
Secretary: Vashti Shiwmangal
Community Engagement Officer: Nick Kessler
Director of Nutrition: Caroline Casey
Director of Physical Activity: Brianna Leone
Director of Stress Management: Dristin Hughes
Director of Sleep Management: Shaye Busse
Latino Medical Student Association (LMSA)
Faculty Advisors: Drs. Analia Castiglioni & Caridad Hernandez
Group email: lmsaucfcom@gmail.com
President: Dakota Salazar
Vice President: Caridad Infante
Treasurer: Gustavo Marino
Secretary: Carla Gonzalez
Public Relations: Lisvet Luceno
M3 Liaison: Justin Chacko
Community Engagement Officer: D’Shaun Adams
Community Engagement Officer: Vanessa Navas
Community Engagement Officer: Robert Toledo
Community Engagement Officer: Kimberly Munoz
Medical Anesthesiology Society (MAS)
Faculty Advisors: Drs. Relin Yang & Tejash Dungarani
Group email: ucf.com.mas1@gmail.com
President: Dakota Salazar
Vice President: April Taniguchi
Secretary: Tyler Daprano
Treasurer: Ram Medam
M3 Liaison: Amelia Winter
M4 Liaison: Kyle Sanchez
Medical Campus Outreach (MCO)
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Brandon Carr
Group email: ucfmco@gmail.com
President: Joshua Mangles
Vice President: Lucy Wu
Treasurer: April Taniguchi
Medical Students Providing Across Continents (MedPACt)
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Judith Simms-Cendan
Group email: board@ucfglobalhealth.org
Executive Director: Gustavo Marino
Directors of Service: Mihaela Kancheva & John Wilhelm
Director of Finance: Henry Mancao
Director of Education: Lisvet Luceno
Conference Directors: Aaishwariya Gulani & Bernard Sarmiento
Directors of Research: Angie El-Said & Brandon Tapasak
Directors of Community Engagement: Brianna Leone & Macy Williamson
EMR Director: Aamir Momin
Medical Informatics (MI)
Faculty Advisor: Dr. David Lebowitz
Group email: ucfmedical@gmail.com
President: Aamir Momin
M.D. Program Student Organization Executive Boards
All current M.D. Program Student Organization Executive Boards are listed below. This listing will be updated biannually. Please contact Casey Smith with any updates or inquiries regarding these listings.
Movement is Medicine (MiM)
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Daniel Topping
Group email: ucfcommim@gmail.com
President: Patricia Portman
Vice President: Lexi Schrobilgen
Treasurer: Andrew Collins
Secretary: Jackson Nagamoto
Medical Literature Book Club (MLBC)
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Cori Baill
Group email: UCFMedLit@gmail.com
President: Rachel Nyenhuis
Vice President: Kimberly Rosenthal
Treasurer: Alexander McClanahan
Secretary: Leonie Dupuis
Military Medicine Interest Group (MMIG)
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Richard Peppler
Group email: UCFMMIG@gmail.com
President: Gustavo Marino
M3 Liaisons: Chris Trice & Nick Richwagen
M4 Liaison: Joseph Ziebelman
Neurological Surgery Interest Group (NSIG)
Faculty Advisor: Dr. James Sanders
Group email: ucfnsig@gmail.com
Co-Presidents: Alec Clark & Shaye Busse
Vice President: Lauren Dobrie
Treasurer: Nathan Whitley
Secretary: Jake Bentley
M3 Liaison: Shelby Aughtman
Obstetrics & Gynecology Interest Group (OGIG)
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Judith Simms-Cendan
Group email: ucfcomogig@gmail.com
President: Caridad Infante
Vice President: Helena Quach
Treasurer: Allie Richey
Secretary: Seungho Lee
Community Outreach Coordinator: Angie El-Said
M3 Liaison: Ricci Allen
M4 Liaison: Hannah Prock
M4 Liaison: Kristen HoSang
Ophthalmology Interest Group (OIG)
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Mehul Patel
Group email: ucfcomoig@gmail.com
President: Linda Ren
Vice President: John Mathias
Treasurer: Allison Richey
Secretary: Sankalp Goberdhan
M3 Liaison: Jake Tenewitz
M4 Liaison: Yong Lee
Orthopedics & Sports Medicine Interest Group (OSMIG)
Faculty Advisor: Dr. John Kirkpatrick
Group email: COM.OSMIG@gmail.com
President: Andrew Collins
Vice President: Max McCall
Treasurer: Nicholas Kessler
Secretary: Peyton Hull
Community Outreach Chair: VACANT
M3 Liaisons: Bradley Richey, Clayton Welsh, & Blake Callahan
M4 Liaisons: Jordan Deal, Eric Mason, Alexandra Baker, Andrew Romero, & Cyrus Pumilia
Pediatric Interest Group (PIG)
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Colleen Moran-Bano
Group email: pigucfcom@gmail.com
Co-Presidents: Jordan Nelson & Vashti Shiwmangal
Directors of Special Events: Rachel Nyenhuis & Danny Stirt
Treasurer: Alexandra Ciranna Truong
Secretary: Helena Quach
M3 Liaisons: Katie Ballantyne & Vincent Cendan
M4 Liaison: Heather Kraft
Preventive Medicine & Aging Group (PMAG)
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Mariana Dangiolo
Group email: PMAG.ucfknights@outlook.com.
President: Rebecca Zelmanovich
Vice President: Simna Vadakal
Treasurer: Andy Wang
Secretary: Shani Pennant
Pathology Medical Student Interest Group (PMSIG)
Faculty Advisors: Dr. Vania Zayat
Group email: UCFPathologyInterest@gmail.com
President: Holly Moots
Vice President: Matthew Moench
Treasurer: Elias Eid
Secretary: Nicholas Richwagen
M3 Liaison: Elizabeth Pernicone
M4 Liaison: Vacant
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Interest Group (PMRIG)
Faculty Advisor: Patrick Sonser
Group email: ucfpmrig@gmail.com
Co- Presidents: Tyler Daprano & Nick Kessler
Treasurer: Talin Handa
Secretary: Melodie Noel
Plastics & Reconstructive Surgery Interest Group (PRSIG)
Faculty Advisors: Drs. Adam Oppenheimer & David Plank
Group email: ucfprsig@gmail.com
President: Katelyn Lewis
Vice President: Tammy Phillips
Treasurer: Lily Chen
Secretary: Seungho Lee
M3 Liaison: Brandon Foley
M4 Liaison: Ana Parus
Peer Support Group (PSG)
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Katherine Daly
PsychSIGN
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Martin Klapheke
Group email: ucfcompsychsign@gmail.com
President: Matt Abrams
Vice President: Josh Salzman
Treasurer: Krisandra Hardy
Secretary: Kimby Rosenthal
Education Chair: Bernard Sarmiento
M3/M4 Liaison: Maby Gonzalez
Reproductive Health Interest Group (RHIG)
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Georgia Lamvu
Group email: ucfreproductivehealth@gmail.com
Co-Director: Angie El-Said
Co-Director: Rasika Patil
National Coordinator & Resource Manager: Ricci Allen
Community Outreach Coordinators: Kevin Petersen
Community Outreach Coordinators: Caridad Infante
Director of Education & Curriculum Reform: Henry Mancao
Treasurer: Brianna Leone
Upperclassman Coordinator: Kristen HoSang
Radiology Interest Group (RIG)
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Craig Johnson
Group email: rig.ucf.med@gmail.com
President: Jianna Lin
Vice President: John Mathias
Treasurer: Lily Chen
Secretary: Bowen Ding
M3 Liaison: Kevin Boyd
M4 Liaison: Ronak Patel
Rising Youth
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Katherine Daly
Group email: risingyouthfl@gmail.com
Executive Director: Rasika Patil
Director of Outreach: Krisandra Hardy
Directors of Education: Ashley Su & Jeremy Jueng
Volunteer Director: Andrew Collins
Research Director: Kyle Sanchez
Social Media Director: Mary Kujak
Students Interested in Academic Medicine (SIAM)
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Abdo Asmar
Group email: siam.ucfmed@gmail.com
President: Patrick LePochat
Vice President: Ram Medam
Treasurer: Talin Handa
Secretary: Andy Huang
M3 Liaison: Jeslin Kera
Surgery Interest Group (SIG)
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Juan Cendan
Group email: sigucf@gmail.com
Co-Presidents: Maddy Weiner & Peyton Hull
Vice President: Katelyn Lewis
Treasurer: Ram Medam
Secretary: Megan Bernier
M3 Liaisons: Michael Fiorino, Maggie Kennedy, Lauren Pomerantz,
Brendan Sweeney, Michael Orlando & Blake Callahan
M4 Liaisons: Paul Symansky, Brad James, & Tiffany Nguyen
Student Interest Group in Neurology (SIGN)
Faculty Advisor: Dr. James Sanders
Group email: ucfsign@gmail.com
President: Kimby Rosenthal
Vice President: Josh Godwin
Treasurer: D’Shaun Adams
Secretary: Rebecca Zelmanovich
M3 Liaison: Vacant
M4 Liaison: Matt Sasaki
Student National Medical Association (SNMA)
Advisor: Dr. Tracy MacIntosh
Group email: SNMAatUCF@gmail.com
Co-President: Melodie Noel
Co-President: Lake Lindo
Vice President of Underrepresented Community Outreach: Shani Pennant
Vice President of Academic Minority Enrichment: D’Shaun Adams
Treasurer: Maria Jamaleddine
Secretary: Bowen Ding
M3 Liaison: Vacant
M4 Liaison: Courtney Bell
Student Council
Advisors: Dr. Marcy Verduin, Casey Smith & Dr. Soraya Smith
The Class of 2023 Student Council email contact is UCFCOMSGA2023@gmail.com
Presidents: Heather Kraft (M4), Michael Fiorino (M3), Brandon Tapasak (M2), Yami Gonzalez (M1)
Vice Presidents: Levy Amar (M4), Matt Abrams (M3), Alexandra Ciranna (M2), Dennis Gross (M1)
Treasurers: Robert Pell (M4), Margaret Kennedy (M3), Amy Morrison (M2), Asanka Ekanayake (M1)
Secretaries: Elizabeth Pernicone (M4), Gabriela Castro (M3), Henry Mancao (M2), Richard Pack (M1)
Urology Interest Group (UIG)
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Hubert Swana
Group email: ucf.uig@gmail.com
President: Peyton Hull
Vice President: Danny Stirt
Treasurer: Grant Wojdyla
Secretary: Deep Gandhi
M3 Liaison: John Jayman
M4 Liaison: Talia Helman
Ultrasound Interest Group (USIG)
Faculty Advisors: Drs. Christine Kauffman & Javier Rosario
Group email: USIGUCF@gmail.com
President: Paul Symansky
Vice President of Service: Seungho Lee
Vice President of Education: Nolan Otto
Treasurer: Vacant
Secretary: Vacant
Vascular Surgery Interest Group (VSIG)
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Frederick Fisher
Group email: ucfcomvsig@gmail.com
President: Deep Gandhi
Vice President: Ram Medam
Treasurer: Lauren Dobrie
Secretary: Megan Bernier
M3 Liaison: Jeslin Kera
White Coats 4 Black Lives (WC4BL)
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Tracy MacIntosh
Group email: ucfcomwc4bl@gmail.com
President: Lake Lindo
Vice President: Shani Pennant
Treasurer: Melodie Noel
Secretary: D’Shaun Adams
Wilderness Medical Society (WMS)
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Martin Klaphke
Group email: ucf.wildernessmedicine@gmail.com
President: Matthew Holman
Vice President: Austin Wynn
Treasurer: Tyler Daprano
Secretary: Kari Shaver
COVID-19 updates to event requests:
While COM remains closed to students, we have created a reservation system for you to easily host your online events and meetings via Zoom. This will be the “Virtual Room Request.” We’ll use this system to get all of your virtual events listed on the Student Lounge canvas calendar. Please use this link for all of your requests until we are back at COM – https://ucf.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3wJMcGpssb60Opf
The Student Services team is your one-stop-shop for planning your event or meeting. Our team will book your event space/room per your request, work with the Facilities, Operations and Systems Engineering teams for any support requests you have, and coordinate with any other departments involved to ensure your event or meeting has everything you need. While student events through individuals or organizations and extracurricular activities are always encouraged, students must inform the Office of Student Affairs of meetings and activities that take place on campus at the College of Medicine.
Please submit your reservation & support requests at least a week in advance of your event or meeting to ensure room availability and enough scheduling time. If you have any questions on this process please reach out to the Student Services Team.
Step-By-Step for reserving a room or planning a Student Event:
Step 1: Check the Student Lounge calendar on Webcourses and select a date and time for your meeting or event that does not conflict with an existing meeting. This policy has been put in place to ensure that students don’t miss out on important and interesting information because of scheduling conflicts. Exceptions will be considered on a case-by-case basis.
Step 2: Submit a Room & Support Reservation Request Survey Form. The information you provide on this survey will be used to book your space/room and coordinate with other supporting offices for things you may need such as: tables, chairs, or AV/Tech support.
Step 3: Wait to receive confirmation that your space/room has been booked. We do our best to book you in your first choice or second choice room/space, but we cannot guarantee availability. If you do not receive a confirmation email, but your event/meeting has been listed on the Student Lounge Webcourses calendar – you’re all set, we just haven’t gotten the chance to email you yet.
Step 4: If you’re part of a student organization ordering items or food this is when you’d submit a PRF (AFTER you have a date for your meeting selected). Please refer to the PRFs accordion section below.
Students can request to reserve the following through the Office of Student Affairs:
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- Classrooms
- Conference Room
- SGLs
- Tavistock Green
- Team Learning Lab
- The Atrium
- The Piazza
If you would like to submit a meeting or event flyer for approval and advertisement on the Student Lounge Digital TV Signage please use the SL Digital Signage Submission survey. Please note that the Office of Student Affairs has final approval and publishing authority for all submissions.
For more information, check out the Event Planning section of the Student Organization Guidelines.
*PLEASE do not use your own money for purchases you intend to use Activity & Service Fee dollars for! We unfortunately cannot get you reimbursed*
Use this form to submit your PRF 2020-2021 Purchase Request Form – If the form you are using looks different than this one – use this one instead!
For more information, check out the PRFs and Funding section in the Student Organization Guidelines.
Below you will find three examples of filled out & completed PRFs for the three most commonly used vendors/types of ordering: Publix, Amazon, and Papa Johns. Each piece of information you must fill in or provide has been highlighted in these packets. Note for Publix orders you must order through the Apron’s Event Planners at the Publix at Cornerstone at Lake Hart (the one on Narcoossee & Moss Park Rd – their number is 407-275-5507) and that all food vendors must accept credit card payments via phone. If ordering from Papa John’s make sure you state that you are a UCF COM Student Organization. This will signal to the store that they need to email you the order slip invoice that you must submit with your PRF packet. This will also signal to Papa John’s to email Accounting the receipt their need for their records.
- Complete Publix PRF Packet Example 2019
- Complete Amazon Order PRF Packet Example 2019
- Complete Papa Johns PRF Packet Example 2019 (use this as an example for any food vendor)
Student Affairs in collaboration with the UCF COM Marketing and Communications team have worked on a new streamlined process to help get the word out on social media and through other channels about the great events and activities our M.D. Program Student Organizations host at COM and around the community. Any student organization or individual student with an approved event will be able to submit their request for coverage using this form. Please click here to complete the request for media coverage for your event today. Please note that submission of this form does not automatically guarantee coverage and will be evaluated by need and availability of staff.
For more information, check out the Marketing section of the Student Organization Guidelines.
Fundraising
Any and all fundraising hosted at the College of Medicine or on behalf of a COM entity must be approved through the UCF College of Medicine Office of Development. In partnership with the Office of Students Affairs, Fundraising Guidelines have been created for all M.D. Student Organizations. Before you plan your fundraiser, please review these guidelines, and submit your proposed fundraiser details, via the Qualtrics form for review no later than two (2) weeks prior to the proposed fundraiser date. Until written approval is received, please do not solicit contributions for your fundraiser or use the name “UCF College of Medicine” or any University or College logo for any fundraising purposes.
Read and review the MD Student Organization Fundraising Guidelines here.
Supplemental Funding
Additionally the partnership between the Office of Development and the Office of Student Affairs is happy to support a place for M.D. Student Organizations or individuals to help find funding. Are you seeking supplemental funding for your organization or as an individual for an event or project? Does your need not qualify for CRT, Research or other grant funding? If you answered yes to both questions, we may be able to help. Please use the Fundraising or Supplemental Funding Request Form down below to get started.
The M.D. Student Council, working with the Office of Student Affairs, has completed the process for approving medical student organizations within the College of Medicine.
With majority approval from the members of Student Council and Office of Student Affairs, organizations will be granted a status as a Recognized Student Organization (RSO) of the UCF College of Medicine and will also become eligible to receive funding from UCF COM Student Council funds (note: this is different than becoming a Registered Student Organization through the main campus Office of Student Involvement).
Any organization seeking affiliation with UCF College of Medicine will need to submit all of the following information to Casey Smith at casey.smith@ucf.edu
- New Student Organization Approval Form
- A draft of the proposed constitution by using the M.D. Program Student Organization Constitution Template.
- An email from your faculty advisor(s) accepting the advisor role
New groups are approved by both Student Council and the Associate Dean for Students. New groups that are too similar in mission or goals to current active groups will be denied. Decisions are typically made within three weeks of submission.
If you have an idea for a group similar to one that is currently active, you may inquire with the group on joining and creating a subsection of the main organization.
Do you have pictures of your organization participating at an event or interacting during a meeting? Have just-for-fun student life pictures you’d like to share? or a funny meme relating to med school life?
You can submit your content for the Student Lounge Digital TV Signage here using the SL Digital Signage Submission survey, or scan one of the QR codes from the fliers in the Student Lounge to access the submission survey.
Need help finding a speaker for your group?
Please contact Casey or Soraya Smith at medstudentaffairs@ucf.edu
Posters
The UCF College of Medicine’s Educational Technology department (comedtech@ucf.edu) offers free printing of posters for faculty, staff and students that promote UCF and the college.
The college has created several templates to be used for all poster presentations in accordance with new university-wide brand standards that reflect a modern, cohesive look for all materials that reflect the university. The purpose of these templates is to create professional posters that reflect the UCF brand and provide a consistent look. Additionally, the template should facilitate your efforts in creating posters.
The templates provide a choice of either a black or yellow banner for your poster (links below) as well as the university-approved font – Gotham. Since there is a fee associated with installing this font on your computer, please use another font and Ed Tech will change the font for you prior to printing.
Poster templates can be found here:
We don’t want to restrict creativity, so feel free to design the body of your poster any way you feel appropriate, but we will enforce the following standards for the banner
- Must be either black or yellow background
- Must include the approved COM logo
- Title of poster must be either yellow or black
Powerpoints
These PowerPoint templates contain multiple slide designs and photo options you may use for your own presentations. We’ve included a 4:3 presentation format and a 16:9 format.
These templates are set up with the font Helvetica. Arial may be used as a substitute font. If you have the font Gotham installed on your computer, please feel free to convert all text to that font. (Note: If you are sharing your final PowerPoint with other users who do not have Gotham, the document fonts will not display correctly.)
- Official UCF COM Powerpoint Template (Standard Format 4:3)
- Official UCF COM Powerpoint Template (Wide Format 16:9)
For more information please click here.