1. Health Studies Student Society
By: Andrew Boniche, President
and
Mary Siniscarco
(Chair of Health Studies and Health Studies Student Society Advisor)

2. Why does Utica College need the Health Studies Student Society?
At present, there is not an under-graduate student society that represents our health study students.
We want to represent our Health Studies degree program throughout Utica College as well as in the community.
Health Studies represents ALL students in the health care field. Health Studies represents students pursuing a Health Studies Degree in addition to OT, PT, Nursing, Therapeutic Recreation, and Psychology-Child Life.
We want all students to be unified and respectful of what we ALL bring to the table.

3. Constitution ARTICLE I Name
The Name of the organization shall be The Health Studies Student Society (HSSS).
ARTICLE II
Purpose
The purpose of the Health Studies Student Society is to raise awareness of the Health Studies Program at Utica College. Our goal is to unite the allied health programs within the School of Health Professions at Utica College by offering educational programs that benefit the mission of health care professional students at Utica College as well as to reach out to the community at large.

4. Plan educational activities that promote our mission.
Participate in and organize campus functions.
Reach out to the community by providing assistance to the community at large.
ARTICLE III
Membership
Section 1: The organization is open to all students.
Section 2: Any student may assist the HSSS at events, on and off campus. A student does not need to be an executive board member of the HSSS to assist with planning and executing events that the HSSS sponsors.

5. ARTICLE IV
Officers
Section 1: The order of the officers shall be: President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, and Public Relations Coordinator.
Section 2: Elections shall be held every year at the beginning of the Spring semester.
Section 3: In order to run for President of the HSSS, the interested student(s) must have obtained an overall 2.5 grade point average.
Section 4: Voting shall be by secret ballot and elections shall be decided by a simple majority vote.
Section 5: The counting of votes shall take place immediately after the ballots have been casted. The designated faculty advisor will tally the votes in front of the members following the vote.

6. ARTICLE V
Duties of the Officers
President:
Shall call and preside over all the meetings.
Shall have power to render emergency decisions.
Be a student liaison.
Shall act as the official representative of the HSSS.
Vice President:
Shall assume the duties of the President in the event of the president’s absence.

7. Will give a brief synopsis of previous meetings
Secretary:
Will give a brief synopsis of previous meetings
Will arrange the meeting room.
Will take minutes of each meeting.
Will keep attendance at each meeting.
Will organize all information in an organized binder.
Treasurer:
Shall keep an accurate account of all financial transactions of HSSS.
Shall be responsible for all income and outcome expenses.
Expedite fund raising initiatives for the HSSS.

8. Public Relations Coordinator
In charge of advertising date and time of meetings and events that the HSSS sponsors.
Responsible for updating the Health Studies Board on a Monthly basis.
ARTICLE VI
Meetings
Section 1: The Health Studies Student Society shall meet twice a month at a designated time and place arranged by the Secretary.

9. ARTICLE VII
Advisor(s)
Section 1: The faculty advisor shall attend a minimum of one meeting per month.
ARTICLE VIII
Method of Amendment
Section 1: These bylaws shall be amended by majority vote of the active members.

10. What Have We Accomplished So Far ?
Our society is growing every week, and we have over 20 members.
We sponsored a booth at the majors and minor fair last semester.
We sponsored a booth during Allied Health Week showcasing all majors within the school of Health Professions.
We sponsored a booth at the Heart Run and Walk providing the community with information about our society along with information on how to take your heart rate and the risk factors for heart disease. We had our own t-shirts designed which was representative of Health Studies.

11. Guest Speaker Series:
One of our major goals is to bring in speakers from the health-care community to talk to our students about health related topics of interest.
Our guest speaker series would be open to the entire Utica College community.

12. Topics of Interest
Athletic Trainer- Sports Medicine- How to treat a concussion, how to wrap an ankle, common injuries.
Traumatic Brain Injury
Spinal Cord Injury – Guest Speaker from RCIL
Hippotherapy
Field Trip to Alice Root Farm (Hippotherapy)
Autism
Case Manager
Pharmaceutical Sales Representatives
Hand Therapy as per an Occupational Therapist
Aquatic Therapy
Orthopedic Hand Surgeon
NICU
Disability Advocate
Functional Industrial Rehabilitation
Women’s Health in Physical Therapy
Chiropractics
Veterinary Medicine
Medical Biology/Psychobiology
Fibromyalgia
Adapted Sports
Clinical Psychologist- Dr. Andy Lopez Williams
Message Therapy
Paramedic/RN
Stress Management
Sensory Integration

13. Thank you very much for your time and consideration Any Questions?