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SYNAPSE

GM #4 - FALL 2025

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SYNAPSE SO FAR

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Pre-Professional Panel on Nov 3rd

  • GM 5 will be Pre-Professional Panel with graduate researchers, medical students, FRI mentors, and Lab Techs
  • Nov 3rd 6 - 7 PM in BUR 108
  • Look out for a form on the Neusletter to submit your questions for the panelists!

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Dell Med Neurosurgery Mixer

  • Thank you to everyone who RSVPed!
  • I will message the first 5-10 form responders individually with more information
  • Everyone else is on a waitlist!

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REQUIRED POINTS (YEAR-ROUND)

Spine Members:

8 GM Points

8 Social Points

8 Fundraising/Volunteering Points

3 Journal Club Point

3 “bonus points”

Cortex Members:

Same as spine members, but with the requirement of any 10 points from across the board!

Periphery Members:

Come as you please!

Build your own adventure! You get to choose how involved you want to be!

Everyone must complete the membership form, regardless of tier.

Note: Points will be updated for the past two weeks by tomorrow night.

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IMPORTANT NOTICES

We will deduct points for those who don’t show up without notice!

Event Cancellations:

If you sign up for an event and then find out you can’t make it, you must:

  1. Provide 24 hours notice (with a reason) to officer in charge of event
  2. Find someone else to replace you!

**this is for inexcusable absences! You are expected to come to everything you sign up for.

Attendance/Fundraising Points:

If you attend an event, you must send a picture of your receipt/fill out the attendance form by that night. Otherwise, your attendance will not be counted!

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Pumpkin Painting Social:

THIS FRIDAY (OCT 24) @ GREG TABLES

VERY few spots left! If you’d like to purchase a kit please come up to me during the meeting :)

If you are paying with cash, please come up to me at the end of the presentation, yay!

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Sipnapse #2 @ Daydreamer

Thank

you!

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  • 2nd event will be this November 8th!
  • Fill out the application soon!
  • If you are a ride along, upload a word doc with “ride along” for the insurance section
  • If you interested in joining the Slack channel, DM me!

Meals on Wheels

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  • Amazing turnout
  • Big thanks to everyone who showed up
  • Met the head event coordinator of Texas Science Museum…
    • Be on the lookout for this possible tabling event

Hot Science Cool Talks

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  • Amazing jobs with the posters
  • Cat poster is so awesome, we will try to incorporate into future events
  • Generic Synapse poster was made as well and it will be perfect for future events

Two Banner Making Events

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Workshop #3: Registration

If you have any questions for classes to register for!

Date: 10/22

Time: 5-6PM

Location: NHB 5.202

Points: 1 Workshop point!

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Workshop #4: Office Hours

If you have any questions for classes to register for!

Date: 10/29

Time: 5-6PM

Location: NHB 6.204

Points: 1 Workshop point!

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Walk to End Alzheimer’s Fundraising

The past few fall semesters, Synapse has chosen Walk to End Alzheimer's as our philanthropy. This has become a tradition for Synapse members and is something many look forward to! UT Synapse has a goal of raising $1,000 for Walk to End Alzheimer's. The link to sign up is in the Neusletter!

Prizes:

  • 1st Place: $15 Gift Card + 2 Fundraising Points
  • 2nd Place: Custom Brain Token + 2 Fundraising Points
  • 3rd Place: 2 Fundraising Points

Points: 1 Fundraising Point

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If you are interested in participating in another Synapse Run Club event, fill out the form in the Neusletter!

We are hoping to make run club a weekly event, but we would like your feedback on what works best for you before we begin again.

Point: 1 Social Point per Run Club

Run Club Revival Interest Form

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UPCOMING EVENTS

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Calm Down with Card Making

Today’s GM will be more of a mid-semester mental health day!

All members here today will get 1 GM point for signing in, but members that make 3 cards for our local nursing home will get 1 additional volunteering point.

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