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Students and employees fundraised over $3,300 to help the devastated nation of Haiti through internal activities. The Student Government Association organized a couple social activities where all proceeds would go to the relief of Haiti. The Student Government Association’s Vice-President, Valerie Capuy, presented the Cayman Islands Red Cross with a check on Wednesday for their work in the Haiti relief effort. St. Matthew’s efforts were appreciated by the Red Cross. "Without support and the community pulling together in this way and being able to come up with creative ways of raising funds we as a country would not have been able to support our neighbor Haiti,” commented Hemant Balgobin, Disaster Manager at the Cayman Islands Red Cross. “All though these funds have been channeled through the Red Cross, it is indeed a community effort and will be sent to support Haiti as that of the Cayman Islands and its people." The Dean of Basic Sciences, Dr. Senthil Kumar added, “this is an excellent response from our student body considering the recent tough times with finances and I applaud the efforts of our students”. The Student Government echoed Dr. Senthil Kumar’s appreciation. “We as a student body felt compelled to help those who have suffered unimaginable plight and difficulty and wanted to do our part,” added President of the Student Government Association, “Our thoughts and prayers are with those that were afflicted by this terrible disaster and we as a student body will continue to be ready to serve.” St. Matthew’s University is an off-shore medical and veterinary school located in the Regatta Office Park next to Governor’s Square with approximately 500 students living and attending classes in Grand Cayman. The school offers an accredited program for local and foreign students wishing to obtain an MD or DVM degree and practice in the United States, United Kingdom or locally. St. Matthew’s University has been operating in Grand Cayman since 2001. Dr. Robson presents at Massachusetts Institute of Technology Dr. Barry Robson gave two lectures at the Future of Health Technology Summit 2009 at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. See www.fhti.org. The series of Summits goes back many years and was founded by Professor Marvin Minsky, "father of artificial intelligence" and his student Renata Bushko at M.I.T. The conference included various topics for the next 20 years of medicine, but primarily concerned Artificial Intelligence and Nanotechnology for health care. Since M.I.T. and the conference attendees include many world leaders in these kinds of emergent health care technologies, and our area of research now involves numerous potentially controversial new ideas and techniques, it was especially pleasing that the lectures were very well received. H1N1 (swine) Flu Information As noted in the news lately, the H1N1, or swine flu, virus has been the cause of multiple deaths in different countries and the WHO (World Health Organization) has updated the phase of pandemic alert to 5. There is a great deal of misinformation regarding this virus in the media. Get the facts here: http://hldemo.ebscohost.com/DynaMed-SwineFlu/ Use AMCAS or VMCAS form to apply to SMU Applicants may submit their applicant copy of the American Medical College Application Service (AMCAS) or Veterinary Medical College Application Service (VMCAS) rather than completing the applicable St. Matthew's University application form. This will take the applicant just minutes to complete and save considerable time. Applicant copies of AMCAS or VMCAS may be submitted via email to admissions@stmatthews.edu or via fax to 800-565-7177. Multiple Language Support St. Matthew's University is pleased to announce the addition of our new Medical Spanish and Veterinary Spanish courses. With the growth of our Spanish-speaking population, it is becoming critical for today's physician or veterinarian to be capable of communicating with both patients and colleagues. As a speaker of both English and Spanish, opportunities will become more attainable. This elective course is designed to provide the basic communication skills for the medical or veterinary practice. Its focus will be the usual verbal exchanges that happen from consultation to treatment while improving the understanding of basic Spanish in the medical or veterinary setting. SMU Qualifies to Become Eligible for Title IV August 25, 2008 Dear Members of the St. Matthew's University Community, I am very pleased to report that President Bush has recently signed into law H.R. 4157 - The Higher Education Opportunity Act. This bill incorporates a key amendment to currently existing legislation which heretofore had restricted Title IV financing to only four Caribbean medical schools. While the language in the Higher Education Opportunity Act ("HEA") does not immediately grant Title IV eligibility to SMU, it does set up a process for SMU and other select foreign medical schools with a clinical training program approved by a State on or prior to January 1, 2008, to gain Title IV eligibility over the course of the next two years. All other foreign medical schools that do not meet this criterion will continue to be ineligible. SMU and the small group of other universities who are qualified to earn Title IV eligibility under H.R. 4157 will work closely with the Department of Education as it crafts its recommendations and guidelines for Title IV eligibility. The recommendations and guidelines will take into consideration key performance metrics that quantify the success of the university's students. After the Department of Education has finalized its recommendations and guidelines, it shall propose eligibility criteria regulations. While much work remains to be done, a clear path now exists for SMU students to become eligible for Title IV financing. Your efforts in writing letters to Congress have resulted in a major legislative breakthrough for SMU. Thank you so much for your ongoing commitment to the success of St. Matthew's University. Sincerely,
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