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International Nursing Group (ING)
— A Student Organization —

About Us
Mission

To bring together nurses interested in working or volunteering internationally in order to share ideas, experiences and network. The ING also strives to create ways to raise awareness of global health issues and promote active ways to work on these issues.

Vision:
AN INTERNATIONAL NETWORK OF NURSES

The International Nursing Group at UCSF also works to keep nurses aware of study abroad opportunities, international health course offerings and conferences, and funding options to assist students to participate in these opportunities.

The International Nursing Group maintains a network of alumni, faculty and students of UCSF working in the international health community.

The International Nursing Group works to provide International students and scholars in the UCSF with opportunities to network with other international scholars as well as share their own experiences with member of the UCSF community.

The International Nursing Group works to keep nurses aware of current international health research and news and to provide forum in which to discuss these events.

ING Charter/Constitution

Now available from the following links:

• ing-chtr.doc   (Microsoft Word .doc format)
• ing-chtr.pdf   (Adobe Acrobat/Reader .pdf format)

Upcoming Events

International Nursing Group Events/Conferences

(To be announced.)

Campus Events/Conferences

(To be announced.)

Community Events/Conferences

(To be announced.)

Annual Events/Conferences

(To be announced.)

Global Health Memberships

The University of California, San Francisco is pleased to be an organizational member of the Global Health Council, the world's largest membership alliance dedicated to saving lives by improving health throughout the world.
UCSF's membership enables you as a student to become an "Associate Professional Member" of the Global Health Council at no charge.  This free membership provides you with a number of opportunities to help further your career in global health.  Add your voice to the fight for improved global health. Join today!
For more information and to view your invitation for free membership:
http://www.globalhealth.org/images/pdf/members/amp_letter.pdf

Leadership Opportunities

The International Nursing Group is looking for members to serve on its leadership team. This involves monthly meetings to plan upcoming events. Additionally, if you would like to volunteer on just one event we could use your help.

If you are interested in either of these opportunities please contact ING Chair Allison Webel at: intlnursinggroup@ucsf.edu

Selected Links, Related Web Sites

• UCSF Global Health Sciences
  http://www.globalhealthsciences.ucsf.edu/programs
• Institute for Global Health - (UCSF / UC Berkeley)
  http://www.igh.ucsf.edu/index.html
• Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society for Nurses (STT)
  http://www.nursingsociety.org/research/main.html (research page)
  • STT Alpha Eta Chapter (at UCSF School of Nursing)
    http://nurseweb.ucsf.edu/www/sigma.htm
• "ING" web site - (this page)
  http://nurseweb.ucsf.edu/public/ing

Revised:  July 2008             Contact:  intlnursinggroup@ucsf.edu
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