Porter elected as Member-At-Large for AAMC
Cheryl Porter, Ph.D., Assistant Dean of Student Affairs and Associate Professor, was recently elected as Member-At-Large for the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) Southern Group on Student Affairs. The AAMC is a not-for-profit association dedicated to transforming health through medical education, health care, medical research, and community collaborations.
The Members-at-Large attend scheduled meetings of the regional Steering Committee, attend scheduled regional business meetings, coordinate and facilitate the orientation for new members at the regional spring meeting, manage the SGSA mentoring program, ensure that schools in the region have designated institutional voting representatives and institutional representatives to all GSA communities/areas of expertise, assist with the development of the regional spring meeting, assist in carrying out special projects of the region, provide perspective and insight to discussions/action of the regional Steering Committee, gain an understanding of regional leadership, and gain an understanding of areas of interest/concern to regional members and the GSA.