Multicultural Recruitment Day Conference

The Office of Diversity and Multicultural Affairs at Columbia University, College of Physicians & Surgeons is sponsoring the 36^th Annual Multicultural Recruitment Day Conference entitled “Medical School: Challenges and Opportunities.” The purpose of this annual conference is to provide underrepresented and disadvantaged premedical high school, undergraduate, and postgraduate students with pertinent information about medical school.  Each year, we have over 300 students in attendance. Admission to the conference is free and lunch will be provided.

Through a series of workshops and a keynote address, conference participants will become informed about:

• Medical School Admissions
• Financial Aid
• Research Opportunities
• Transition to Medical School
• Other Related Topics

The program will take place on Saturday, March 1, 2014 from 7:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. in the Alumni Auditorium on the 1^st floor of the Black Building. The Auditorium is located at 650 West 168^th Street at Ft. Washington Avenue in Manhattan. A campus map can be accessed at: http://www.cumc.columbia.edu/about/cumc_map.html

For more information and to register, please visit our website at www.oda-ps.cumc.columbia.edu/mrdc. Interested participants must register for the conference by February 7, 2014.

Please make this information available to your students. Should you or your students have questions, please e-mail oda-ps@columbia.edu or call our office at (212) 305-4157.