{"id":5766,"date":"2012-08-17T13:00:18","date_gmt":"2012-08-17T13:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"[caption id=\"attachment_8682\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"1000\"]<img class=\"wp-image-8682 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission-new\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2016\/01\/Alumni_Lounge.jpg\" alt=\"School of Medicine students enjoy the newly opene"},"modified":"2016-04-03T23:15:28","modified_gmt":"2016-04-03T23:15:28","slug":"som-alumni-lead-student-education-enhancement-fund","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission\/som-alumni-lead-student-education-enhancement-fund\/","title":{"rendered":"SOM alumni lead Student Education Enhancement Fund"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_8682\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8682\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-8682 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2016\/01\/Alumni_Lounge.jpg\" alt=\"School of Medicine students enjoy the newly opened Alumni Association Student Lounge. So far, the Class of 1980 leads the class-giving competition with seven gifts, followed by the classes of 1973 and 1983 with four gifts each. The Class of 2006 purchased a pool table (pictured above) for the student lounge, and the Class of 2010 made a gift to pay for recreational equipment, including a pingpong table (pictured above).\" width=\"1000\" height=\"425\" srcset=\"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2016\/01\/Alumni_Lounge.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2016\/01\/Alumni_Lounge-150x64.jpg 150w, https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2016\/01\/Alumni_Lounge-300x128.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8682\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">School of Medicine students enjoy the newly opened Alumni Association Student Lounge. So far, the Class of 1980 leads the class-giving competition with seven gifts, followed by the classes of 1973 and 1983 with four gifts each. The Class of 2006 purchased a pool table (pictured above) for the student lounge, and the Class of 2010 made a gift to pay for recreational equipment, including a pingpong table (pictured above).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>From a brand-new student lounge to expanded opportunities to put classroom knowledge to work in the community, School of Medicine students are benefiting greatly from the generosity of alumni.<\/p>\n<p>The School of Medicine Alumni Association recently completed the first year of a five-year, $1.2 million fundraising goal to enhance the educational experience of students. Sixty-four alumni and friends of the school pledged $186,000 to the Student Education Enhancement Fund as of July 28.<\/p>\n<p>The money will go toward:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"bullet_arrow4 imglist\">\n<li><b>New summer research projects, community service programs and medical outreach trips<\/b> that allow students to take what they learn in the classroom and apply it in laboratories, as well as in communities in San Antonio and throughout the world.<\/li>\n<li><b>Academic programs and capital projects<\/b> that directly impact students\u2019 education, such as expanded tutoring services and enhancements to the H-E-B Clinical Skills Center.<\/li>\n<li><b>A 1,500-square-foot student lounge<\/b> for club meetings, group study, relaxation, recreation and student-alumni receptions. The Alumni Association Student Lounge opened to students in July, with an alumni celebration scheduled for the fall.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Alumni and friends interested in supporting the Student Education Enhancement Fund can donate online. For more information, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uthscsa.edu\/som\/giving\">uthscsa.edu\/som\/giving<\/a> and select &#8220;SOM Student Education Enhancement Fund&#8221; in the designation field on the second page of the online giving form. Or call David Perryman, director of alumni relations for the Long School of Medicine, at (210) 567-4400.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From a brand-new student lounge to expanded opportunities to put classroom knowledge to work in the community, School of Medicine [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":8682,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[152],"tags":[],"ppma_author":[],"class_list":["post-5766","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fall-2010"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>SOM alumni lead Student Education Enhancement Fund - Mission Magazine<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission\/som-alumni-lead-student-education-enhancement-fund\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"SOM alumni lead Student Education Enhancement Fund - 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