Friday, July 31, 2009

SOTA 2009-2010: New Officers

President: Kristin de Guzman
Vice President: Rose Robel
Treasurer: Amy Burns
Secretary: Tricia Dinh
Public Relation: Karen Celeste
Social: Sonal Dhanak
Community Service: Tarra Provisor
Fundraising: Kirsten Warner & Stephanie Farrell
Class Liason: Ashley Dean
ASD Delegate: Steven Oliver
Historian: Sonia Medina & Erick Estrada
Snack Shop: Fiona Cheng & Monica Garcia
Newsletter: Sheila Forsander



Some of you are probably wondering 
WHERE DO MEMBERSHIP FEES GO TO???
Funds raised in SOTA help pay for:
  • The Graduation Banquet- Class gifts, flowers, food, decorations, etc.
  • Cohort 6 orientation
  • Engraved Cohort Picture (seen in the dept office)
  • Raffles (A chance to win every meeting!)
  • Scholarships! 
  • Bring a CSUDH representative to AOTA conference
  • Food & Refreshments during our meetings
  • Future events: Such as a Social Mixer with other OT programs & Summer bonfire!
  • PLUS MUCH MORE!!!

Funds create opportunities for students to network and develop professionally. 
New picture gallery: flickr.com/groups/csudhsotac5

Please come out and support us in some of our future events: (Dates TBD)

Terry Peralta's Seminar Sept (*Note- this is not a SOTA event, rather an OTAC event, but come support one of our faculty.)

Social
  • Mixer with other OT/OTA programs (USC, Loma Linda & SAC)  
  • Summer Bonfire (Aug)

Fundraising
  • Bake Sale
  • Yard/Garage Sale
  • Book rental with PTE (Jan)

Community Service Opportunity
  • Upward Bound (Sept)

Public Relations
  • Welcome Week Booth (Fall)
  • Backpack Awareness Day (Sept)
  • CSUDH Undergrad/Pre-OT Mentorship
  • Professional Development 
  • OT awareness - AOTA, OTAC & community event updates

We welcome suggestions or NEW ideas to help make YOUR experience here better! 
If you would like to volunteer or learn more about our events, please let me know.


Thanks so much,
Karen Celeste
SOTA PR