NLVS at UIC

Hi everyone! We are excited to invite you to our 17th Annual NLVS Gala! This is a Chicago wide collaboration between NLVS chapters at universities throughout Chicago. This year's “Gift of Giving” Gala will be a week-long series of free events online from November 9 to November 15. Throughout the week, we will be hosting an online silent auction. All proceeds will go to benefit NLVS. Your proceeds will help fulfill our goal of providing affordable and free health services to patients in need through our free health clinic. Please refer to the fliers below for more information on the events!

NLVS is holding a restaurant fundraiser THIS TUESDAY, Oct 13 at the following Lou Malnati's locations: Libertyville, Oak Park, and Gold Coast. Lou Malnati's will donate 20% of every order received from dine-in, carryout, or delivery so make sure to mention the fundraiser or flyer at the time of ordering! As a nonprofit organization, our free-health clinic is funded largely by donations and fundraisers like this. Please consider ordering from Lou Malnati's on Tuesday so that we may continue providing excellent healthcare services to our patients! Refer to the flyer below for more information.

Spread the word to anyone who likes pizza!!!

Hello everyone!
The applications for our chapter board and the executive board are now live! NLVS rotates board members every calendar year (Jan 1-Dec 31) so applications are being accepted now until October 16 for next year's board.

Link to executive board app: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScaJF4KJQD9j91KDwCQMK1daejmveNLJUgGXANm8bDA4E0d6Q/viewform?gxids=7757

Link to chapter board app: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScZD1qvHjv7o5STTcLLb3OyAkhDGuSDxrSvfzTMSS8pLJgxIg/viewform?gxids=7757

DEADLINE FOR BOTH: Friday, Oct 16 at 11:59 PM

Let us know if you have any questions!

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We are excited to announce that NLVS is holding a Mental Health Seminar hosted by Dr. Andrew Kim on Monday, October 5th from 5-6:30pm. We know with online learning, social isolation, and everything happening in our world right now, this time is difficult for all of us, so we invite everyone to join the conversation to help promote mental health transparency. Our talk will be led by Harvard-trained pscyhiatrist Dr. Kim who has spoken at many public events on mental health. Please sign up at https://forms.gle/4342rh8cVjfbrtCx7, and please reach out with any questions! Thank you!

Last is our Treasurer and Fundraising/Publicity Chair, Shrinidhi Kadkol. Shrinidhi graduated from UIC in May with a B.S. in Biological Sciences. He joined NLVS because he wanted to help provide the education and healthcare services that are often lacking in disadvantaged communities. A fun fact about Shrinidhi is that he's into metal music and recently started learning how to play electric guitar!

Bhuvni Shah is a Computer Science Major at UIC and helps with NLVS advertising and is the second co-chair for Tutoring and Health Education! Fun fact about Bhuvni is that she loves detective novels and shows. Bhuvni believes NLVS plays an integral role in the community because it provides essential tools like education and communication to those who don’t necessarily have them.

Meet our co-chair for Tutoring and Health Education, Angel Lopez Contreras! Angel is a bio and math major and finds NLVS important because giving back to the community and helping those who need it has always been his goal. For fun, he likes to do calligraphy and sing opera arias!

We're going to take a break from our E-board introductions to tell you all about an exciting opportunity to connect with service organizations! The Loyola, Northwestern, and UIC undergraduate NLVS chapters have partnered with Bridge Start, a non-profit organization, to host a virtual volunteer fair on Wednesday, September 9th at 6pm. We know that volunteering opportunities are limited right now, so this is an opportunity to find community organizations in Chicago that aim to serve immigrant and refugee populations. Please sign-up using the google form below if you want to attend and connect with these organizations. Spread the word and share the flier below with your peers! The flier also contains Bridge Start's contact info for those who'd like to contact the organization directly.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScRTCj8pSI6ovbzP-gHw4MZAoar2H1KRNX7B-m-9yKlsHBIng/viewform

Next up is our Community Services and Global Health Chair, Shashank Sandu. Shashank is currently a junior here at UIC majoring in Biology and Chemistry, with a minor in Spanish. NLVS caught his eye because the organization offers a great opportunity to interact with medical students and fellow undergraduates who are all interested in improving the community around us, whether that be through community service events, tutoring, or clinic volunteering. A fun fact about him is that he enjoys playing badminton whenever he can!

Albert Yen is the Patient Services/Student Involvement Chair and the Secretary for the UIC undergraduate NLVS chapter. He is a junior at UIC majoring in math and computer science major. Albert aims to be engaged with the community around Chicago and was drawn to NLVS because the organization serves such a wide range of people, from elementary school students seeking academic support to the elderly with medical needs. A fun fact about Albert is that he has been to three international Go tournaments!

We are proud to introduce the UIC NLVS board for the Fall 2020 semester! First up is our President, Riya Parikh! Riya is a neuroscience and philosophy major and joined NLVS because she wanted to learn more about different communities to help relieve some of the inequality present throughout Chicago. Through this organization, Riya has met so many incredible people from different backgrounds, obstacles, and triumphs, and looks forward to carrying on the NLVS mission throughout the year. A fun fact about Riya is that she has been to 49/50 states in the US(missing Hawaii)!

We hope everyone is excited for another semester with NLVS! Despite the wave of events this year, we still intend to continue our community service activities through an online format. Make sure to join us this week at the Virtual Involvement Fair to gain more information on how to get involved and how you can gain volunteer hours this year!

We're excited to meet you all!