MU-COM Pediatrics Student Interest Group

A huge THANK YOU to everyone who donated to this year’s toy drive benefiting Peyton Manning Children’s Hospital! Thanks to everyone’s support we were able to donate all of these toys to spread holiday cheer among their patients. Happy holidays! 🎄🎁

Congratulations to our Giving Tuesday gift card winners Olyvia Hundley, Julia Burvosa, and Megan Schroeder!! A huge thank you to everyone who helped us by sharing our Students for Healthy Moms and Babies posts. Stay tuned for more opportunities to help this amazing cause!

Happy Giving Tuesday! Marian University College of Osteopathic Medicine student organizations Pediatrics Student Interest Group and Women’s Health Club are teaming up to raise money for Students for Healthy Moms and Babies!💙 This foundation awards grants to other organizations that provide solutions to decrease maternal and fetal fatalities rates in Indiana, the Midwest, and the United States. 🌎 Help us decrease preventable deaths of our mothers and children.💕

You can donate to this incredible cause at https://s4hmb.org/ or Venmo ✨

Attention MUCOM students:

Share the post below to be able to win a Starbucks gift card!🤩☕️ You must tag us and like our page to be entered (make sure to make your share public so we can see you shared it!). Winners will be announced at the end of the day Sunday, November 29th. You can enter once per day (i.e. one share per day, up to 7 name entries).

Help us raise money for Students for Healthy Moms and Babies!

The drive is on, join us! 😄
Marian University College of Osteopathic Medicine student organizations PSIG and WHC are teaming up to raise money for Students for Healthy Moms and Babies!💙 This foundation awards grants to other organizations that provide solutions to decrease maternal and fetal fatalities rates in Indiana, the Midwest, and the United States. 🌎 Help us decrease preventable deaths of our mothers and children.💕

PS: Be on the lookout for a link to donate to Students for Healthy Moms and Babies soon! The goal is to raise money to donate on Giving Tuesday (Tuesday, December 1st, 2020).✨🤗

Our last exec member to meet is our Community Service Chair, Shelby Doades!

“Hi! My name is Shelby Doades. I am originally from southern Indiana (in a VERY small town called Bruceville.. it’s around the Vincennes area). I went to Indiana State University for undergrad (go trees!🌳💙), and I completed a one year Masters program in Biomedical Sciences through Marian University before starting medical school. To destress, I like to read for fun and exercise💪🏼, and my favorite childhood movie is Mulan😁.”

Up next, meet our President, Megan Parod!

Hometown: Evansville, IN
Undergrad: University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
Things you do to destress: Go for a walk or drink an iced coffee (it’s even better if I can do both at once)
Favorite childhood movie: High School Musical

Meet our Special Events Chair, Shelbie Bennett!

From: New Castle, IN
Undergrad: IUPUI
Favorite thing to do to destress: watch Gilmore Girls or go for a run
Favorite childhood movie: The Little Mermaid

Our annual toy drive has officially begun and will be looking a little different this year! We have created an amazon wish list (https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/15OBZEBYJ91O3?ref_=wl_share) through which you can purchase toys that we will then take to the hospital for patients for the holiday season. Be sure to select ship to Megan Parod after selecting something off the registry to purchase. The Toy Drive will close on November 27th. Thank you for helping us spread holiday cheer at PMCH! 🎄🎁

Note for MU-COM students- If you submit your purchase receipt, along with your MUCOM house name (to [email protected]), you can earn points for your house in the annual contest! Also feel free to share with friends and family!

Up next, meet our Vice President Kristin Burgess!

Hometown: Zionsville, IN
Undergrad: DePauw University
1 way I like to destress: Orangetheory!
Favorite Childhood Movie: The Little Mermaid
Fun Fact: I bungy jumped twice in New Zealand 😊

Meet our other OMS-1 representative Ashley Orr!

Hometown: Martinsville, IN
Undergrad: Purdue University
One thing you do to destress: a great pour over coffee and a long run
Your favorite childhood movie: Harry Potter - every single one
Find me wherever there’s ice cream 🍦

Penny Wars benefiting Students for Healthy Moms and Babies are underway! Drop off your pennies in your house’s box and your silver in other houses’ the next time you’re on campus!

Our next exec member to meet is our secretary Hannah Teague!

“Hey! I’m Hannah Teague and I’m the secretary of peds club! I’m from North Carolina and graduated in 2019 from Wingate University, a small DII school in NC. To de-stress, I love listening to music (I’m currently obsessed with the Hamilton soundtrack!) and my fave childhood movie is The Sound of Music!”

Our next exec member to meet is one of our OMS-1 representatives, Hannah Lou!

Where you’re from: Wisconsin
Undergrad: UW-Madison
Favorite thing to do to distress: Go on short runs
Favorite childhood movie: Mulan
Fun fact: I love dogs

We’re starting off our exec board intros with our treasurer Jessica Caruso!

“Hi, my name is Jessica Caruso, and I am a second year and the treasurer of PSIG (Pediatrics Student Interest Group). I’m originally from the Detroit area and attended Loyola University Chicago for undergrad. To de-stress, I watch tv, listen to music, and chat with family and friends. My favorite childhood (and still now) movie is She’s the Man. I have a question for y’all: Do you like... cheese?”