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<\/a>Department of Medicine volunteers at a United Way “Day of Caring” worksite.<\/p><\/div>\n
United Way Day of Caring<\/span><\/h4>\nA team from the Department of Medicine’s Human Resources (right) work at Jackson-Via Elementary School for a United Way Day of Caring.\u00a0Team members Brian Gittens, Kristen Crawford, Christina Hamill, Gail Hundley, A.J. Leo and Ally Mawyer hauled lumber for the school’s fence and shed, primed its kiosk and cut back weeds.<\/p>\n
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Department of Medicine volunteers at a Habitat for Humanity worksite.<\/p><\/div>\n
DOM\u2019S Habitat for Humanity Volunteers Help Partner Families Reach Their Dream<\/span><\/h4>\nDOM\u00a0sponsors volunteer work days for the Greater Charlottesville Region Habitat for Humanity organization.\u00a0DOM work crews spackle and paint, hang dry wall, and perform a variety of other tasks to help complete the homes of Habitat partner families. A recent project helped to \u201ctransform a long-time City dumping ground into a pedestrian-oriented, sustainably built, 46-unit neighborhood in the heart of Charlottesville,\u201d according to Habitat.<\/p>\n
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<\/h4>\n<\/h4>\nDOM & SOM Host Poster Contest, Conference for Charlottesville Middle School and High School Students<\/span><\/h4>\n![\"CHS-Poster-9\"](\"https:\/\/news.med.virginia.edu\/medicinematters\/files\/2015\/04\/CHS-Poster-9-300x200.jpg\")
UVA staff members talk with Charlottesville High School student.<\/p><\/div>\n
The Office for Diversity at the School of Medicine, in partnership with the Department of Medicine, hosts an annual\u00a0poster symposium for Charlottesville High School students in the spring.\u00a0UVA med students and SOM faculty provide mentorship and\u00a0assistance to CHS students as they research and develop their posters<\/p>\n
SOM’s Office of Diversity and DOM also team up to host an annual “Inside UVA Medicine” event for Charlottesville middle-schoolers. Seventh graders experience the “in-the-round” classroom where UVA medical students learn, visit the Medical Simulation Center, go up to the hospital’s Pegasus helipad, among other activities.<\/p>\n
Department of Medicine volunteers at a Habitat for Humanity worksite.<\/p><\/div>\n
DOM\u2019S Habitat for Humanity Volunteers Help Partner Families Reach Their Dream<\/span><\/h4>\nDOM\u00a0sponsors volunteer work days for the Greater Charlottesville Region Habitat for Humanity organization.\u00a0DOM work crews spackle and paint, hang dry wall, and perform a variety of other tasks to help complete the homes of Habitat partner families. A recent project helped to \u201ctransform a long-time City dumping ground into a pedestrian-oriented, sustainably built, 46-unit neighborhood in the heart of Charlottesville,\u201d according to Habitat.<\/p>\n
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<\/h4>\n<\/h4>\nDOM & SOM Host Poster Contest, Conference for Charlottesville Middle School and High School Students<\/span><\/h4>\nUVA staff members talk with Charlottesville High School student.<\/p><\/div>\n
The Office for Diversity at the School of Medicine, in partnership with the Department of Medicine, hosts an annual\u00a0poster symposium for Charlottesville High School students in the spring.\u00a0UVA med students and SOM faculty provide mentorship and\u00a0assistance to CHS students as they research and develop their posters<\/p>\n
SOM’s Office of Diversity and DOM also team up to host an annual “Inside UVA Medicine” event for Charlottesville middle-schoolers. Seventh graders experience the “in-the-round” classroom where UVA medical students learn, visit the Medical Simulation Center, go up to the hospital’s Pegasus helipad, among other activities.<\/p>\n
<\/h4>\nDOM & SOM Host Poster Contest, Conference for Charlottesville Middle School and High School Students<\/span><\/h4>\nUVA staff members talk with Charlottesville High School student.<\/p><\/div>\n
The Office for Diversity at the School of Medicine, in partnership with the Department of Medicine, hosts an annual\u00a0poster symposium for Charlottesville High School students in the spring.\u00a0UVA med students and SOM faculty provide mentorship and\u00a0assistance to CHS students as they research and develop their posters<\/p>\n
SOM’s Office of Diversity and DOM also team up to host an annual “Inside UVA Medicine” event for Charlottesville middle-schoolers. Seventh graders experience the “in-the-round” classroom where UVA medical students learn, visit the Medical Simulation Center, go up to the hospital’s Pegasus helipad, among other activities.<\/p>\n
UVA staff members talk with Charlottesville High School student.<\/p><\/div>\n
The Office for Diversity at the School of Medicine, in partnership with the Department of Medicine, hosts an annual\u00a0poster symposium for Charlottesville High School students in the spring.\u00a0UVA med students and SOM faculty provide mentorship and\u00a0assistance to CHS students as they research and develop their posters<\/p>\n
SOM’s Office of Diversity and DOM also team up to host an annual “Inside UVA Medicine” event for Charlottesville middle-schoolers. Seventh graders experience the “in-the-round” classroom where UVA medical students learn, visit the Medical Simulation Center, go up to the hospital’s Pegasus helipad, among other activities.<\/p>\n