Delta Epsilon Mu Looks to Join UA | The Arkansas Traveler

By Jaime Dunaway 14 hours ago

Fraternity members from Delta Epsilon Mu are looking to start a chapter at the UA.

Delta Epsilon Mu is a national professional fraternity geared toward students interested in careers in the health, medicine, physical therapy, dentistry, nursing or biomedical engineering fields.

?I think they?re just looking to expand,? said Shane Barker, pre-professional advisor for Fulbright College. ?It?s very preliminary, and I?m trying to help facilitate getting them here on campus.?

A handful of students at the UA are interested in being a part of the founding chapter of DEM, said Michael Dawar, director of expansion and president of the DEM chapter at the University of Kansas.

?I was contacted by students at the university over the summer stating they were interested in starting a chapter of our fraternity at their university,? Dawar said. ?They requested assistance in recruiting members, so I started posting on Facebook pages and groups to gain attention for the group and help them recruit more students.?

The UA would be one of the few DEM fraternities in the Midwest, which would allow students to work with other nearby chapters and get involved on a national level, Dawar said.

?Our fraternity was interested in starting a chapter of our fraternity at Arkansas because we were told there was no other organization of our kind at the school, and that it would help unite students of various health fields under one banner,? Dawar said.

Dawar said he hopes a chapter can be established at the UA by the end of this semester or the beginning of the spring semester.

There are already four registered student organizations on campus for pre-dentistry, pre-medicine, pre-optometry and pre-pharmacy students, but Barker said there were no organizations for students in other popular medical fields such as physical therapy.

?I was looking to do something for them either individually or organizationally,? Barker said. ?It was perfect timing both ways.?

All students are welcome to join DEM even if they are already involved with a pre-heath RSO, Barker said.

?Because we are pre-health, we cover all the different health fields, so members have an opportunity to learn about all the fields and see what will best fit their interests,? Dawar said.

DEM offers professional and personal development workshops, speakers from the health field, community service and volunteer opportunities and extensive networking opportunities across the nation, Dawar said.

?Many of our members are in similar majors and career paths, so they are able to study together and help the younger members with classes they have already taken,? Dawar said.

They also help members with job shadowing, preparing for graduate schools in their field, getting into graduate programs, getting into contact with admissions representatives from schools and visiting schools as a group.

DEM is the only national professional fraternity that is open to both men and women, according to the DEM website.

DEM has 12 chapters and seven colonies on 14 university campuses throughout the country, and it is the fastest growing pre-health professional fraternity in the nation, according to the DEM website.

Students who want to get involved or have questions about DEM can contact Barker at sxb028@uark.edu or Dawar at mdawar@ku.edu.

Source: http://www.uatrav.com/2012/10/29/delta-epsilon-mu-looks-to-join-ua/

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