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<p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Aptos;"> There are many AOA opportunities listed below for medical students for the 2026-2027 AY, along with the submission deadlines. Students do not need to
be members of AOA to participate. </span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Aptos;"><b>AÙA Poetry Award</b></span> – due to AOA by November 3, 2026</p>
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<li style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in;"><span class="spanWithBackgroundColor" style="font-family: Aptos; color: black; background-color: white;" role="presentation">To encourage students to write effective poetry. Winning poems
are published in The Pharos.</span></li></ul>
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<p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Aptos;"><b>Helen H. Glaser Student Essay Award</b></span> – due to AOA by December 2, 2026</p>
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<li style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in;"><span class="spanWithBackgroundColor" style="font-family: Aptos; color: black; background-color: white;" role="presentation">To encourage scholarly writing, this award offers prizes for
essays on nontechnical medical topics. Winning essays are published in The Pharos.</span></li></ul>
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<p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Aptos;"><b>AÙA Stories Award</b></span> – due to AOA by January 12, 2027</p>
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<li style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in;"><span class="spanWithBackgroundColor" style="font-family: Lato, sans-serif; color: black; background-color: white;" role="presentation">The AÙA Stories Award celebrates the important
role narratives play in medical education. Open to medical students enrolled at institutions with an active AÙA chapter who have completed at least three months of clinical clerkship experience by the submission deadline (typically M3/M4 at time of submission),
this contest offers students an opportunity to reflect on and share experiences that embody AÙA’s motto: “Be worthy to serve the suffering.”</span></li></ul>
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<p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Aptos;"><b>Carolyn L. Kuckein Student Research Fellowship</b></span> – due to Dr. Lynn Cleary, cc to Patty Gooden by January 4, 2027 (flyer is attached)</p>
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<li style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in;"><span class="spanWithBackgroundColor" style="font-family: Lato, sans-serif; color: black; background-color: white;" role="presentation">To promote basic and clinical research in medical
fields, social science, or health services, AÙA awards up to fifty $7,000 fellowships each year to medical students at schools with active AÙA chapters.</span></li></ul>
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<p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Aptos;">Further information about these programs can be found at the following link:</span><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;">
</span><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; color: rgb(70, 120, 134);"><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.alphaomegaalpha.org/programs/__;!!GobTDDpD7A!N0vDj20PFEoRsdyjlQ8yVEBU84k39kT5hlGtUuz41U2QvJyeAkOHwHOIWsaoibT9LlF0L8_XCW8ixIrBkkPlogJsyDdbUg$" id="OWA567d9288-0cea-6764-deef-9f6dd51ef6d2" class="OWAAutoLink" originalsrc="https://www.alphaomegaalpha.org/programs/" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><u>https://www.alphaomegaalpha.org/programs/</u></a></span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva";">Patty Gooden</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva";">Executive Administrative Professional</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva";">Upstate Faculty Council Administrator</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva";">AOA Upstate Chapter Administrator</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva";">SUNY Upstate Medical University</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva";">Office of Academic Affairs</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva";">1251 Weiskotten Hall</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva";">P: 315-464-5387</span></p>
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</span><span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; color: rgb(5, 99, 193);"><a href="mailto:goodenpa@upstate.edu" id="OWA31ef7086-8c6c-f124-7668-21925129924d" class="OWAAutoLink" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><u>goodenpa@upstate.edu</u></a></span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><i>“Be kind to yourself and be kind to others.” – Dr. Robert Corona</i></span></p>
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