Student Doctor of the Year is an AWESOME opportunity to nominate a student (OMS-1, 2, and 3) who you think is a well-rounded individual and deserves some recognition! All you have to do to nominate someone is to fill out the attached form and send it back to me by Wednesday, Wednesday, December 16th by noon. This form is VERY easy to fill out and will probably take you 15 seconds…you don’t have to fill out the essay portion, but if you do, it can be used when the committee gets together to decide who LMU-DCOM’s Student Doctor of the Year is (so, it can’t hurt!).
Reasons to nominate for S.D.O.Y.:
-The 2010 Student D.O. of the Year (who gets selected from all of the S.D.O.Y.s from the schools) will be announced at the AACOM Annual Meeting in Bethesda
-$1,000 Scholarship for the national winner
-Every school will receive a silver plate to award to their winner
Application (to be distributed once nominations are received)
-Each area of the application will be scored using the following scale
-The total is then divided by 8 to determine the total score for the application portion (there is a blinded and unblinded portion of the application process)
Scale
Education: (1-3), Awards: (1-5), Activities: (1-8), Community Service: (1-8), Convention Attendance: (1-3), Work: (1-5), Research & Publications:(1-5), Interests: (1-3)
Essay
-The Essay will be scored using the following scale
-The total is then divided by 8 to determine the total score for the application portion
Scale
Ideas and Content: (1-10), Organization & Fluency: (1-5), Expression of Ideas: (1-5)
Once someone is nominated, I’ll send them an application form to fill out. This application is due back to me by Friday, January 22nd by 5 pm. That’s plenty of time…so make sure you give me your application by that date and time…or it’s no bueno!
Let me know if you have any questions! Happy Holidays! 
Nicely done Mel, this should go well. =)