Brain Day Volunteers Needed!

Sign-Up for Brain Day 2012 before February 20th!

WHAT IS BRAIN DAY?!
During Brain Awareness Week in March every year, The Brain Day Association of UofT organizes a half-day program for junior elementary students (http://brainday.sa.utoronto.ca/about/).

Volunteers are UofT undergrads, graduate, and medical students who use hands on techniques, interactive discussion and fun experiments to teach students about the brain! Volunteers typically present in pairs to engage students in discovering the science and wonders of the human brain, how it works, and how injuries can permanently affect the body.

Brain Day is a wonderful experience for both students and volunteers…and there is a waiting list of classrooms that have requested to have a Brain Day presentation

HOW TO SIGN UP!!!
The online form (you can find the link below) will request your availability during the weeks Brain Day will run; March 5th-9th and March 19th-23rd and March 26th-30th. Please feel free to forward the link to others who might be interested in the program. Recall we have several prizes available for our presenters this year AND presenters who
… sign-up for 3 or more presentations will receive a Brain Day 2012 TSHIRT!
***Registration will close on February 20th 2012.***

Please READ 3 important INSTRUCTIONS BELOW:

1) Each person needs to fill in an individual form ? EVEN IF you are planning to volunteer with a partner!

If presenting with a friend, please ensure BOTH of you enter the same availability and have requested the same number of presentations. Ensure that you enter each person?s names and emails accurately on both forms.

2) If you would like to volunteer with MORE than ONE partner, please fill out a second link requesting presentations with a second partner. DO NOT list the same availability as listed with you FIRST partner. This requires planning on your part with both partners BEFORE filling out the link!

3) You will be provided with a list of time slots.
The ?AM? time slot refers to presentations that begin at the start of the school day and end by lunch break. (Approximately 8.30-12pm). ?PM? time slot refer to afternoon presentations which start after lunch break and end by the end of the school day. (Approximately 12.30- 3.30pm). Please allow yourself travel time before and after your presentation to get back to campus!

If you have any questions regarding the form, please email
torontobrainday@gmail.com BEFORE submitting your entry!

Lastly, we take registration at this link as your formal commitment to providing Brain Day presentation(s) in local classrooms. We will pair you with a teacher and an email both you and your teacher solidifying the presentations date once you are matched (details to follow).

Please proceed to the link:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dHVqV2dtNklGSzR2V2xlc1E5YURBcEE6MQ

You will receive an email before reading week with details and choices for attending the Mandatory Training Session (To be held the week of February 27th)!

Looking forward to meeting all of you at Training!

Brain Day 2012 Exec Team

Snowball Pictures!

The snowball pictures are now up! Find the link to them at the top of the website! If you have any questions regarding them, please email naus@utoronto.ca. The files should be accessible if you just click on the picture!

Cheers,
NAUS Exec

The 2nd Annual Canadian University Life Sciences Challenge (CULSC)!

Feb 3rd – 5th

Join us for a weekend of fun, challenge, and intense showdowns! NAUS is once again hosting CULSC, a trivia competition in the life sciences for undergraduate students in universities across Canada! The competition consists of 7 rounds in total with the following subject categories:

1. Neuroscience and Psychology
2. Molecular Biology and Genetics
3. Physiology
4. Anatomy
5. Pathobiology, Immunology, and Microbiology
6. Biochemistry and Pharmacology

Start your team and register at culsc.sa.utoronto.ca today! A monetary prize will be awarded to the top team, but other prizes, including top university and most spirited team, will also be given out! Represent UofT (and as the hosts, we say that in the most impartial way possible…)!

Questions this year are sponsored by Pearson Canada. We also plan on having a guest speaker, who will be announce soon!

FB event: https://www.facebook.com/events/114395835342404/
Website: http://culsc.sa.utoronto.ca/

NAUS FROSH + Second Year Rep Elections

Fri Jan 27th, 3:00pm

We will be hosting our annual NAUS Frosh event to welcome all of the new second year neuroscience students! This is a great opportunity for you to meet your classmates, future professors, upper years, mentors, and have a fun and relaxing afternoon!

After playing some inventive games (jell-o brain surgery and karaoke were a hit last year), we will be electing ONE 2nd Year Representative to join NAUS! If you are interested, please be prepared to speak in front of everyone about yourself and why you want to be in NAUS for 2-3 minutes. The elected Rep will be announced by the end of the event, after private ballot voting!

Location TBA, check our website for updates!

LAST DAY for Ticket Sales

Only a few seats remain for our first ever winter formal! The * LAST * day for ticket sales will be:

>> Monday January 16th, from 10am – 6pm in the SS lobby <<

Tickets are $50, which includes 2 drink tickets, a 3 course gourmet meal, a live DJ and fancy photographer! Dress code is semi-formal, so please dress accordingly!

FB event: https://www.facebook.com/events/114395835342404/

NAUS & HBSU Presents the Winter Formal: Snowball!

Hey guys!

For the first time ever, the Human Biology Students’ Union (HBSU) and the Neuroscience Association for Undergraduate Students (NAUS) are teaming up to host a Winter Formal for Human Biology students.

Snowball! A Winter Formal!
Friday, January 20, 2012
6:00 pm – 1:00 am
Hart House Great Hall

Tickets will be sold for $50, which includes a 3 course gourmet meal (vegan option available!), wine with dinner, 2 drink tickets, and an amazing night! For how to buy, see below.

Early ticket-buyers will have the advantage of organizing their own table seating, so buy your tickets soon! After dinner, we will party the night away in class with an amazing DJ and offer some surprise late night treats, so we guarantee there will be something there for everyone!

Most importantly, you are welcome to bring anyone you like, even if they aren’t in any Human Biology or Neuroscience! Just remember to buy your tickets early! So mark this date down on your calendar, it’s going to be a great event! Whether you’re in first or second year looking to meet new people, in third year looking to escape the library, in fourth or fifth year ready to celebrate your upcoming convocation or an alumnus, join us for a classy, dashing time.

Do not hesitate to contact us with any questions you may have via this facebook event, which contains the latest updates on its wall. Alternatively, you can contact us at either naus@utoronto.ca or hbsu.sa@utoronto.ca.

**** Ticket Sales ****

Regular sales are over due to exams, but some extra sales times have been arranged for next week due to high demand:

M/T/R/F, December 12/13/15/16, 2011
12 pm – 3 pm
HBSU Office (where?)

We are also aiming to employ an Interac e-mail money transfer system for ticket sales over the holidays for those still interested in buying tickets, though it might cost a few dollars extra due to service fees. We will sell any tickets that remain the first week we return to school in January. Please don’t delay buying your tickets! It will be a great event and we don’t want anyone missing out!

NAUS Exec

Mentorship Mingle and Karaoke Night!

Hey guys!

If you’re involved with the mentorship program and haven’t had a chance to meet your mentor/mentees, this is your great chance! We’re going to be meeting in a yet to be confirmed place (BUT we will be updating you guys soon about this) but we’ll be providing some snacks and a chance to meet your mentor/mentees “officially” and also you can meet all the other mentors and mentees and have a chance to build relationships in our awesome neuroscience community! If you haven’t received an email regarding the RSVP, please email us and we will send it to you, this way you can see if your mentor/mentee will be there!

SO.
Date: Thursday November 3rd
Time: 8-9 PM
Place: TBA

FOLLOWING THAT! We will be having our KARAOKE NIGHT! That’s right! We’re going to be heading to Fox and the Fiddle for a night full of free food and drinks AND awesome singing. You are going to want to come out and watch your NAUS execs do classic favourites ranging from Hit me baby one more time to more recent hits such as Fireworks or Bad Romance! Trust us, you DONT want to miss out on this. Oh did I mention the FREE FOOD? and FREE DRINKS?
Seriously guys, take a break from all that studying and kick off that fall break with a chance to have SOCIAL INTERACTIONS, increasing oxytocin levels WHICH BY THE WAY wards off STRESS and thus letting you learn better! You’ll get to meet your peers and the newest additions to the NAUS TEAM (check them out here).

SO.
Date: Thursday November 3
Time: 9PM and onwards with karaoke starting at 10PM! RIGHT AFTER THE MENTORSHIP MINGLE!
Place: Fox and the Fiddle at 280 Bloor St. West, just west of St. George

Check out the events on the right side of the page there, in case you forget about them, MARK OFF YOUR CALENDARS TOO!
Also, if you haven’t been receiving our emails, please please please tell us so we can get it fixed up and notified!

UTNP Meet and Greet!

Come check out our next event! It will be a great chance for those interested in graduate school to have a chance to meet some current grad students and professors to learn more about it. For those who are planning for other degrees can still come out and learn more about graduate school and have a chance to network with others within the neuroscience community! Clicking on the poster will show the fullsize image!

Academic Seminar and First General Meeting!

Hey guys!

Don’t forget that the academic seminar will be happening Thursday, Ocotober 20th from 6-8 at MS2173!
We hope to see you all there!

NAUS Exec

2nd Year Social Committee

Hey guys!

Hope you’re having fun at school! If you didn’t know, we are currently taking applications for the second year social committee! If you haven’t gotten the email with the application, PLEASE email us at naus@utoronto.ca and we will email you guys back with the form. The deadline is Oct. 20th and we will be selecting the committee anonymously. Oh and there will be three people chosen for the committee!

Cheers,
NAUS Exec