Volunteer:
•Hot Chocolate Run 
• Local Food bank
• No more taboo 
• Clinical volunteering with UI Health, Rush, VA and/or Cook County 
• Undergraduate research, either on campus or off campus 
• Mentoring a high school/middle school student (ex. Through Big Brothers/Big Sisters) 
• Teaching Assistant 
• Tutoring 
• Soup kitchen volunteer
• Animal shelter volunteer 
• Mentoring HS/MS students for robotics 
• ENGR Olympics (Matthew & Abigail) 
• Competition  Volunteering – You must be approved to volunteer with CPS through their own application. 
• Middle and High School Competition Judging – You must have a B.S degree at a minimum 
•Science Fair Judge for CPS or the Illinois State Fair 
•Judging the Academic Decathlon for CPS or Illinois 
•ISTC Mentoring//MME – Mentor a high school student in CPS/Illinois virtually on their science project or their senior capstone project 
• CAURS Judge

Professional:
• Places to present your research at 
• UIC Symposia & BME Symposium
• UIC COM/GEMS poster sessions 
• https://undergradresearch.uic.edu/urf222/
• Chicago area undergrad symposia
• CAURS - https://www.caurs.com/
• Presenting at BMES or other national conferences related to engineering
• AEMB MINDS Scholar 
• UIC GEMS/COM poster sessions 
• Attending BME Department Seminars 
• Attending seminars related to BME career development
• Seminars by Chicago Women in STEM Initiative 
• RNA Club 
• Data management 
• Postdoc association events that are open to the public 
• Tissue Talks 
• Cancer research summer internship