College of Medicine and Life Sciences - MD Orientation

 9:00 – 9:15 am

VIRTUAL: My Med & OSA Career Advising CAE:2025
Jackie Wilkinson, M.Ed., Assistant Director for Student Affairs

 9:15 – 10:15 am

VIRTUAL: Financial Aid Entrance Interview
Anne Yeager, M.Ed., Associate Director, Rocket Solution Central 

10:15 – 11:00 am 

VIRTUAL: Student Resource Offices
Disability Services:  Heather Vennekotter
Student Conduct and Community Standards:  Alex Lewin

11:00 am – 12:00 pm

Lunch on your own
Check-in on campus begins promptly at 12:30 pm and ends at 1:10 pm

12:30 – 1:10 pm

IN-PERSON ON HSC FOR CHECK-IN
Collier Building (COB), Room 1000B

ALL SESSIONS BELOW ARE IN-PERSON

1:15 – 1:45 pm 

Office of Student Affairs Staff Welcome
Rande Worth, Ph.D., Senior Associate Dean for Student Affairs
Deepa Mukundan, M.D., Assistant Dean for Student Affairs
Obi Ekwenna, M.D.,  Assistant Dean for Student Affairs

1:45 – 2:00 pm

Welcome from UTCOMLS Medical Student Council (MSC) 

Student Org Involvement and MSC Introductions:
Jean Llenos, MSC President 

2:00 – 2:15 pm

UTCOMLS BINGO Scavenger Hunt Overview

2:15 – 3:15 pm

CommunityCare Clinics (CCC)
Vaishnavi Aradhyula and Claire Stoll

3:15 – 4:00 pm 

Academic Enrichment Center (AEC)
Jessica Faber, M.Ed, AEC Director
Stacie Nowak, M.Ed, Learning Specialist
“Stu“ McCarthy, Peer Leader Coordinator
Sarah Cullum, M.Ed., M.A., Wellness Coach 

4:00 – 5:30/6:00 pm 

Dean’s BBQ – attendance required 

 8:30 – 9:30 am

Welcome from the Deans

• Christopher Cooper, M.D., Dean, College of Medicine & Life Sciences  

• Rande Worth, Ph.D., Senior Associate Dean for Student Affairs                                                   
• Deepa Mukundan, M.D., Assistant Dean for Student Affairs
• Obi Ekwenna, M.D.,  Assistant Dean for Student Affairs

• Jeremy J. Laukka, PhD, Senior Associate Dean for Undergraduate Medical Education
• Stephanie Mann, MD, MS, HPEd, Associate Dean for Clinical Undergraduate Medical Education
• Coral D. Matus, MD, FAAFP, Associate Dean for Foundational Sciences

9:30 – 10:15 am

Professionalism
Dr. Worth

10:15 – 10:30 am

Alumni Introduction
Donna Woodson, M.D., FAAFP 

10:30 – 11:00 am 

Career Planning & Advising Services 
Dr. Mukundan and Kristi Roberts Hoffman, M.Ed., Career Advising Coordinator

11:00 – 11:20 am 

Social Media/ Honor Code Introduction
Victoria Soerwarna and Rebecca Asher

Madison Feeley, Andrew Slembarski, and Victoria Soewarna

Dilpreet Kaeley

Ambassadors
Montse Quintana and Mirlinda Elmazi

12:00 – 1:00 pm

Lunch
Boxed lunch & bottled water provided

1:00 – 2:00 pm

Title IX and Compliance
Katrina Nottke

2:00 – 3:15 pm

Cultural Competency and Diversity
Kimberly D. Jenkins, M.D.

3:15 – 3:30 pm

Health Equity Task Force Infographic
Ameisha Tutwiler

 8:30 am – 12:00 pm

Introduction to the Curriculum 
Jeremy Laukka, Ph.D.

•  8:30-9:00  Icebreaker for Learning Pods
•  9:00-9:30  Introduction to DME, faculty and staff, and The Preclinical Curriculum:  Dr. Coral Matus
•  9:30-9:50  Principles of Clinical Medicine:  Dr. Shirley Bodi
•  9:50-10:10  The Clinical Curriculum:  Dr. Stephanie Mann
• 10:10-10:30  BREAK and chat with TBL teams
• 10:30-10:50  Evaluation and Assessment:  Dr. Lori DeShetler
• 10:50-11:10  Becoming a Professional:  Dr. Jeremy Laukka
• 11:10-11:20  “Oh, The Things You’ll Get To Do:”  Dr. Coral Matus
• 11:20-11:30  Words of wisdom from a M3
• 11:30-12:00 Breakout Sessions with faculty (system directors and leadership)

12:00 – 12:15 pm

Welcome:  SSG Johnston

12:15 – 1:00 pm

Lunch
Pizza & bottled water provided

1:00 – 2:00 pm

Student Advocacy and Support
Ben Weiner

 2:00 – 3:30 pm

Student Panel Q&A

• M4:  Nithya Raya, Shailen Shah
• M3:  Karen Bach, Blair Baumle
• M2:  Ganiru Anunike, Sean Halloran