Fall 2025 CSGA Term: From June 2025 to November 2025

Important Dates:

• Nominations Open: April 16th, 2025

• Nominations Close: April 26th, 2025

• Voting Opens: April 28th, 2025

• Voting Closes: May 2nd, 2025

Join The Change

I hope this message finds you in good health and high spirits. Today, CSGA is excited to share an opportunity that not only promises personal growth but also the chance to contribute significantly to our community. CSGA elections is coming up, and we are looking for passionate, dedicated individuals to step forward and represent out fellow students.

Why Get Involved?

CSGA plays a crucial role in shaping the academic and social environment for clinical students. By joining the CSGA, you will:

• Represent Your Peers: Be the voice of your fellow students, bringing their ideas, concerns, and aspirations to the forefront.

• Drive Change: Implement initiatives that enhance our learning experience, foster a supportive community, and improve student well-being

• Build Leadership Skills: Develop and hone leadership, communication, and organizational skills that will benefit you throughout your career.

• Expand Your Network: Collaborate with faculty, administration, and students across departments, creating valuable connections.

How to Apply:

• Submit Your Nomination: Fill out the nomination form available by clicking “Click Here to Apply” tab below. You may nominate yourself or someone you believe would be a great fit. 

• Prepare a Statement: Candidates are required to submit a brief statement (500 words or less) outlining their vision and goals for the CSGA as listed on the nomination form. Long statements will be edited by current CSGA leadership that is NOT returning.
  
  For more information on election process, positions, and how you can make a difference, please review the constitution by clicking the “CSGA Constitution” tab below. Please reach out by emailing CSGAVPHonorCouncil@mail.rossmed.edu if you have any further questions.

Link to CSGA Constitution

Click Here to Apply

Get Involved:

This is more than just an election: CSGA has made tremendous strides in organizational management, student representation, outreach, engagement, and advocacy. This is your opportunity to be part of something greater—to create meaningful, lasting change within our community. Whether you're stepping up to run for a position or showing your support by casting a vote, your involvement matters. Together, let’s shape the future of our student body. Your voice, your vote, and your leadership can make all the difference.

Happy April!

Congratulations to all who successfully matched last month! We are all so happy for you!

CSGA continues to have a multitude of events and activities as we continue through the term. 

Hope to see you at the events! 

TexasSTAR Survey

If you are a student who just matched, firstly, congratulations! Secondly, a group of students have worked to make a survey for RUSM students in order to collect data with the intention for it to be used by students who will be matching in the coming year. 

We would greatly appreciate you taking the time to fill out the survey, and help the students who will be coming behind you. 

Please click HERE to access the survey!

If you complete the survey you will be entered into a raffle for one the following!

One $500 Amazon Gift Card

Two $250 Amazon Gift Cards

Three $100 Amazon Gift Cards

The survey will close on April 11th!

If you have any questions, please reach out to csgavpinternaloperations@mail.rossmed.edu 

Rossie Awards

If you feel yourself, another clinical student, a club, or faculty have demonstrated exemplary qualities in leadership, teaching, research, or any other aspect. Please take the time to fill out the form and nominate them for consideration of an award. 

Click HERE to access the form

These nominations will close April 30th, 2025!

Upcoming CSGA Events: 

Connect Events

3rd year: Scheduling Electives (My Ross and Non-Affiliates) and LoR's 

Date 4/11/2025 @7pm EST 

Join HERE

Meeting ID:261 122 044 775

Passcode:Xq6HK7gT

Connecting with Clinicals 

This is a time for students to connect clinical students running the interest group that is hosting the event. This event is open to all students interested in the given specialty but is targeted for students that have not made it through their rotation yet. The interest group will cover 3rd year student expectations, how to succeed at your rotations, talk about experiences in their clerkship, and then open the floor up for a question-and-answer session. 

Upcoming CSGA Connecting with Clinicals Events: 

Join the Psychiatry Interest Group as they discuss the aspects of clinical psychiatry rotations! 

April 11th @ 8pm EST immediately following the CSGA Connect 3rd year event! 

Join HERE

Meeting ID:259 848 340 908

Passcode:65rA7DN7

Clubs and Organizations

The following clubs have upcoming events!

Psychiatry

Catatonia Presentation with Dr. Neha Singla, MD MBBS

Purpose: To educate students on the symptoms and presentations of catatonia and how to manage.

April 14th at 7pm EST

Click  HERE  to join

Please check with the club's email, and CSGA social media for links to these events. 

Office Hours, Site Events, and Campus Groups

Please be on the lookout for emails from your site senator who will be sharing information regarding office hours and site events! 

CSGA will be placing students into Campus Groups 4/11/2025. All clinical students will be added to the CSGA group so that we can curate an email list through that group. You will additionally be enrolled into the current clinical site you are completing clerkships. 

Office hours are in place to discuss concerns regarding the site, and as a place to meet up with students who are at your site as well. These will be in person and CSGA will attempt to provide some sort of food during the event! 

Please use this time to ensure your concerns are being voiced to both clinical leadership, and to directors of the site. 

2026 Match Cycle

The preparations for 2026 match cycle are beginning! Please be on the lookout for upcoming events hosted by OCA, and reminders from them in your emails. 

We encourage you to be obtaining letters of recommendation and attending CSGA, and OCA events to help with your ERAS application. 

Feedback Opportunity

Problems with ACGME electives? Issues with a certain clerkship? Clerkship guide not up to date? We will be debuting a form to collect feedback from students, this will be an opportunity to share any issues or questions you may be having with your CSGA Leadership. This form will be displayed at all sites where we have a site senator for easy access. You will also be able to find the form online. 

The CSGA leadership has monthly meetings with multiple Deans of RUSM. Let us be your voice to advocate for change by using the form below!

CSGA Feedback Form!

https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=WNIoAuSwv0WddHECHXiyyB4YQnv7qtpHiuBW9OqZEqZUQVJFTEVFMElDOEFaSlQ0RFZOMU1JVk01Vi4u&route=shorturl 

Happy March!

We are wishing the best of luck to Rossies who will be matching this month!

We are hopeful your rotations are going well! CSGA continues to have a multitude of events which we are excited to share with you! 

Hope to see you at the events! 

Match Parties

Congratulations to all of those who are preparing to match this year, we hope your interviews went well, and you are preparing your rank list. We wish you the best of luck in the coming weeks! These match parties are for students participating in 2025 Match cycle. 

We will be hosting match parties on Friday, March 21, 2025  

Miami Match Party: at 94th Aero Squadron Restaurant beginning at 11am EST 

Chicago Match Party: at City Hall- Recess beginning at 7pm CST 

California Match Party: at Ballast Point Brewing beginning at 6pm PST 

New York Match Party: at The Monkey King beginning at 5pm EST 

Please check your email for RSVP information

If you are matching and did not receive an RSVP email please email CSGAEvents@mail.rossmed.edu 

If you are interested in volunteering at the event as a Photographer or additional support, please email Javier (jcalzadillas@rossu.edu) by end of the day March 10.  

For those who will not be able to travel to one of the main parties but will be in clinical rotations at another site where we have a site senator maller celebrations have been planned for UMCap, Trinity, and Kern sites, please reach out to those site senators if you will be at one of those locations in March. If you will be at another Ross Affiliated location, please email that site senator.  

Upcoming CSGA Connect Events

4th year: SOAP and What to Expect

March 16th 7pm EST

Join HERE

3rd year: Scheduling Electives (My Ross and Non-Affiliates) and LoR's 

March 7th 27pm EST

Join HERE

Connecting with Clinicals 

This is a time for students to connect clinical students running the interest group that is hosting the event. This event is open to all students interested in the given specialty but is targeted for students that have not made it through their rotation yet. The interest group will cover 3rd year student expectations, how to succeed at your rotations, talk about experiences in their clerkship, and then open the floor up for a question-and-answer session. 

Upcoming CSGA Connecting with Clinicals Events:  

Join the Emergency Medicine Interest Group as they discuss the aspects of clinical emergency medicine rotations! 

March 9th @ 7pm EST 

Join HERE

Join the Surgery Interest Group as the discuss aspects of the Surgery clerkship! 

March 25th @ 7pm EST

Join HERE

Upcoming CATL Events

Step 2 CK Workshop and Student Panel

Wednesday, March 26th 7pm EST

Join HERE

Clubs and Organizations

The following clubs have upcoming events! 

Surgery

Connecting with Clinicals 

March 25th 

SIM Lab 

March 26th

Trauma Journal Club 

TBA

OBGYN

Fetal Heart Tones with Dr. Dean

March 18th, 7pm EST 

OBGYN Trivia

March 15th

Family Medicine

Webinar

March 24th 

Pediatrics

Teddy Bear Clinic

March 18th

Please check with the club's email, and CSGA social media for links to these events. 

Site Events

Please be on the lookout for emails from your site senator who will be sharing information regarding office hours and site events! 

Office hours are in place to discuss concerns regarding the site, and as a place to meet up with students who are at your site as well. These will be virtual and in person. When in person the CSGA will attempt to provide some sort of food! 

Please use this time to ensure your concerns are being voiced to both clinical leadership, and to directors of the site. 

Rossie Awards

If you feel yourself, another clinical student, a club, or faculty have demonstrated exemplary qualities in leadership, teaching, research, or any other aspect. Please take the time to fill out the form and nominate them for consideration of an award. 

Click HERE to access the form.

These nominations will only be up for a short time so please be sure to submit. 

Updates from Your Secretaries

Secretary of Academic Affairs: 

The Gold Humanism Honor Society (GHHS) is a community of medical students, physicians, and other leaders who have been recognized for their compassionate care. This is one of the societies that is noted on your ERAS applications. Currently, only US medical schools are recognized by the GHHS.  Students have taken the initiative to see if GHHS would be willing to expand their breadth of membership to international schools. That initiative has been taken up by RUSM leadership and they have been in communication with the society while they are reviewing documents RUSM submitted. 

VSLO- We continue to follow up about VSLO participation but international schools have been denied from participating in this service. 

Students should utilize the official Elective Guide for clerkships and follow Ross' policies on participating in away rotations. 

TexasSTAR- TexasSTAR is a match data platform (more information HERE) that helps future students to see what it takes to match into certain specialties. A committee has been formed in order to begin a RUSM specific version, our first set of data will come from this years match. We are looking forward to sharing these important match factors with you!

2026 Match Cycle

The preparations for 2026 match cycle are beginning! Please be on the lookout for upcoming events hosted by OCA, and reminders from them in your emails. 

We encourage you to be obtaining letters of recommendation and attending CSGA, and OCA events to help with your ERAS application. 

Feedback Opportunity

Problems with ACGME electives? Issues with a certain clerkship? Clerkship guide not up to date? We will be debuting a form to collect feedback from students, this will be an opportunity to share any issues or questions you may be having with your CSGA Leadership. This form will be displayed at all sites where we have a site senator for easy access. You will also be able to find the form online. 

 The CSGA leadership has monthly meetings with multiple Deans of RUSM. Let us be your voice to advocate for change! 

Please be on the lookout for the email with the link to the form. 

Thank you to everyone who participated in the CSGA elections! We had a solid turnout with nearly 130 votes cast, and we hope to see even more involvement in the future because your voice and opinions matter. Your participation helps shape our community, and we’re grateful for your engagement and support. The President-Elect will be spending the next few months working alongside the current CSGA President to ensure plenty of time for a smooth transition, easing into the role without being overwhelmed and facilitating continuity for ongoing, recurring, and new projects that benefit the entire student body.

 Remember, elections for other CSGA positions are scheduled for late April to early May, so stay tuned for more details to volunteer and serve on the CSGA! 

Happy February!

CSGA Leadership apologizes for the delayed newsletter this month. We have been finalizing some dates for events which delayed the email. We are hopeful your rotations are going well! CSGA continues to have a multitude of events which we are excited to share with you! 

Hope to see you at the events! 

Upcoming CSGA Events

3rd year: Noteworthy Characteristics 

February 23rd 7pm EST

Join HERE

Connecting with Clinicals 

This is a time for students to connect clinical students running the interest group that is hosting the event. This event is open to all students interested in the given specialty but is targeted for students that have not made it through their rotation yet. The interest group will cover 3rd year student expectations, how to succeed at your rotations, talk about experiences in their clerkship, and then open the floor up for a question-and-answer session. 

Upcoming CSGA Connect-ing with Clinicals Events: 

Join the Emergency Medicine Interest Group as they discuss the aspects of clinical emergency medicine rotations! 

March 9th @ 7pm EST 

Join HERE

Join the Surgery Interest Group as the discuss aspects of the Surgery clerkship! 

March 25th @ 7pm EST

Join HERE

Clubs and Organizations

The following clubs have upcoming events! 

Surgery

Journal Club with Dr. Gilot 

February 19th, 7pm EST

 Clinical Clerkships Elective Panel

February 25th, 7pm EST

Please check with the club's email, and CSGA social media for links to these events. 

Match Parties

Congratulations to all of those who are preparing to match this year, we hope your interviews went well, and you are preparing your rank list. We wish you the best of luck in the coming weeks! 

We will be hosting match parties on Friday, March 21, 2025  

Miami Match Party: at 94th Aero Squadron Restaurant beginning at 11am EST 

Chicago Match Party: at City Hall- Recess beginning at 7pm CST 

California Match Party: at Ballast Point Brewing beginning at 6pm PST 

New York Match Party: at The Monkey King beginning at 5pm EST 

Please check your email for RSVP information

If you are matching and did not receive an RSVP email please email CSGAEvents@mail.rossmed.edu  

For those who will not be able to travel to one of the main parties but will be in clinical rotations at another site where we have a site senator dinners have been planned for UMCap, Trinity, and Kern sites, please reach out to those site senators if you will be at one of those locations in March. If you will be at another Ross Affiliated location, please email that site senator.  

Site Events

Please be on the lookout for emails from your site senator who will be sharing information regarding office hours and site events! 

Office hours are in place to discuss concerns regarding the site, and as a place to meet up with students who are at your site as well. These will be virtual and in person. When in person the CSGA will attempt to provide some sort of food! 

Please use this time to ensure your concerns are being voiced to both clinical leadership, and to directors of the site. 

Updates from Your Secretaries

Secretary of Academic Affairs:  

The Gold Humanism Honor Society (GHHS) is a community of medical students, physicians, and other leaders who have been recognized for their compassionate care. This is one of the societies that is noted on your ERAS applications. Currently, only US medical schools are recognized by the GHHS.  Students have taken the initiative to see if GHHS would be willing to expand their breadth of membership to international schools. That initiative has been taken up by RUSM leadership and they have been in communication with the society while they are reviewing documents RUSM submitted. 

VSLO- We continue to follow up about VSLO participation but international schools have been denied from participating in this service. 

Students should utilize the official Elective Guide for clerkships and follow Ross' policies on participating in away rotations. 

TexasSTAR- TexasSTAR is a match data platform (more information HERE) that helps future students to see what it takes to match into certain specialties. A committee has been formed in order to begin a RUSM specific version, our first set of data will come from this years match. We are looking forward to sharing these important match factors with you!

2025 Match Cycle

The 2025 Match cycle is almost coming to an end! While some interviews are still happening, many programs are wrapping up and will begin working on rank lists. The OCA and CSGA have plans for hosting events about rank lists, SOAP, and what to expect during match week. Communications will be sent out soon!

2026 Match Cycle

The preparations for 2026 match cycle are beginning! Please be on the lookout for upcoming events hosted by OCA, and reminders from them in your emails. 

Important Date Reminder! Noteworthy characteristics are due to OCA by March 1, 2025, please be sure to follow the directions from the email sent by OCA. 

Feedback Opportunity

Problems with ACGME electives? Issues with a certain clerkship? Clerkship guide not up to date? We will be debuting a form to collect feedback from students, this will be an opportunity to share any issues or questions you may be having with your CSGA Leadership. This form will be displayed at all sites where we have a site senator for easy access. You will also be able to find the form online. 

 The CSGA leadership has monthly meetings with multiple Deans of RUSM. Let us be your voice to advocate for change! 

Please be on the lookout for the email with the link to the form. 

Welcome to the New Year! We hope everyone has had a great holiday season and the CSGA leadership team is looking forward to all the fun events that we have planned for the upcoming term!

Known Medtrics Issue with Final Grades

The CSGA and RUSM is aware of a known issue where Medtrics is not transferring the online curriculum portion of final grades to the registrar. This is resulting in incorrect grades showing up as final grades. The registrar has identified several hundred students that have been affected by this issue and is working to resolve the situation by the end of January. The system has been calculating grades correctly since the end of December. Expect an email from the registrar with more details. 

• Special note: If you are still concerned about the grade then you should file a grade appeal

  • Students have 2 weeks after a final grade is posted to file a grade appeal. 

If students have concerns about pending grades and graduation audits, they can reach out to Registrar's office as well. 

Clubs and Organizations

The following clubs will be having their general body meetings coming up, please join the meeting if you are interested in joining any of these clubs!

ANESTHESIOLOGY

 First GBM Date: January 20, 2025 at 9 PM EST 

GBM Link: CLICK HERE TO JOIN 

OB/GYN

First GBM Date: Tuesday January 21st at 8 PM EST 

GBM Link: CLICK HERE TO JOIN 

FAMILY MEDICINE

First GBM Date: Thursday, January 30th at 7:00 PM EST 

GBM Link: CLICK HERE TO JOIN 

EMERGENCY MEDICINE

 First GBM Date: January 30th, 2025, at 7 PM EST. 

GBM Link: CLICK HERE TO JOIN

PSYCHIATRY

 First GBM Date: Friday January 31 at 7:00 PM 

GBM Link: CLICK HERE TO JOIN 

PEDIATRICS

 First GBM Date: Wednesday February 5 at 8:00 PM EST 

GBM Link: CLICK HERE TO JOIN

Match Parties

Congratulations to all of those who are preparing to match this year, we hope your interviews and preparations are going well. 

We will be hosting match parties on Friday, March 21, 2025 for the LA, New York, Chicago, and Miami locations, please be on the lookout for the interest form to say where you will be located!

For those who will not be able to travel to one of the main parties but will be in clinical rotations at another site where we have a site senator: please reach out to the site senator for the site you will be at in March so we can evaluate if we can hose a smaller event at that site. 

Site Events

Please be on the lookout for emails from your site senator who will be sharing information regarding office hours and site events! 

Office hours are in place to discuss concerns regarding the site, and as a place to meet up with students who are at your site as well. These will be virtual and in person. When in person the CSGA will attempt to provide some sort of food! 

Please use this time to ensure your concerns are being voiced to both clinical leadership, and to directors of the site. 

Updates from Your Secretaries

Secretary of Academic Affairs:  

The Gold Humanism Honor Society (GHHS) is a community of medical students, physicians, and other leaders who have been recognized for their compassionate care. This is one of the societies that is noted on your ERAS applications. Currently, only US medical schools are recognized by the GHHS.  Students have taken the initiative to see if GHHS would be willing to expand their breadth of membership to international schools. That initiative has been taken up by RUSM leadership and they have been in communication with the society while they are reviewing documents RUSM submitted. 

VSLO- We continue to follow up about VSLO participation but international schools have been denied from participating in this service. Students should utilize the official Elective Guide for clerkships and follow Ross' policies on participating in away rotations. 

2025 Match Cycle

The 2025 Match cycle is almost coming to an end! While some interviews are still happening, many programs are wrapping up and will begin working on rank lists. The OCA and CSGA have plans for hosting events about rank lists, SOAP, and what to expect during match week. Communications will be sent out soon!

Feedback Opportunity

Problems with ACGME electives? Issues with a certain clerkship? Clerkship guide not up to date? We will be debuting a form to collect feedback from students, this will be an opportunity to share any issues or questions you may be having with your CSGA Leadership. This form will be displayed at all sites where we have a site senator for easy access. You will also be able to find the form online. 

 The CSGA leadership has monthly meetings with multiple Deans of RUSM. Let us be your voice to advocate for change! 

Please be on the lookout for the email with the link to the form. 

January 28th 2024

Dear Doctor,

As Intealth and its ECFMG division have worked diligently toward the launch of MyIntealth over the past two weeks, we fully recognize that many customers are facing time-sensitive issues. We apologize for any disruption caused by our extended pause in services.

To ensure that our customers have access to critical services, we are restoring our existing systems, and our on-line services are expected to be available tomorrow, Monday, January 29. Users will be able to access all services, including IWA, OASIS, CVS ON-LINE, and our EPIC Portal, to submit applications and other service requests, and to check the status of prior applications/requests. The launch of MyIntealth has been postponed. 

While we will continue to prepare MyIntealth for launch, our priority is to ensure that customers have everything they need from us without further delay. We will reschedule the launch of MyIntealth for a later date to occur with minimal impact to those we serve and will provide updates as they become available.

With our systems once again available, we will be working to address time-sensitive issues as soon as possible. For assistance with urgent inquiries and requests, please call the appropriate customer service center. Please visit the Contact page for information. If you cannot call, please send an email with "URGENT" in the subject line so we can prioritize a resolution. Please don't send duplicate messages and only reach out if urgent, so that we meet the needs of those most needing assistance. 

Please accept our sincere apologies for any challenges you may have experienced during our extended pause in services. We look forward to providing full support and assistance to all who rely on our services. 

Sincerely,

ERAS Support Services at ECFMG - A Division of Intealth

We also want to be clear that the funding for the conference funding initiative never came from Ross University and was 100% supplied by the Clinical Student Governemnt. As mentioned in the video, we are happy that the program was able to help student sand will continue to work on options to find funding for the future of the program.