The Black Bio-Medical and Technical Association (BBMTA) of Cornell University is a non-profit organization primarily composed of students of color who are interested in health-related issues that affect our communities.
BBMTA serves as a community service group that provides information about health issues relevant to people of color in the Cornell, Ithaca and surrounding areas; provides ongoing counseling and advising service for undergraduate students to provide emotional, moral and academic support throughout their undergraduate years; and serves as mentors for children in the Ithaca community.
RECENT EVENTS
Recent BBMTA activities include the following:
Sponsoring “Navigating Cornell as a Pre-Health Student” panel discussion: this consisted of a panel of seven pre-health advisors from several colleges around campus, the Vet school, and Undergraduate Biology Office. Mike Chen, from the Learning Strategies Center provided students with tips on study skills that can help them achieve academic success. The panel discussed topics including resources on campus, campus involvement, summer internships, and the pre-heath application process.
Tutoring middle school students biweekly at the Greater Ithaca Activity Center (GIAC)
Participating in the local Math and Science Academy: BBMTA members conduct hands-on workshops with students, ranging from elementary to middle school, to build their interest in STEM-fields/careers.
Participating in “Into the Streets” community service day: Into the Streets is a day when student organizations go into the Ithaca community and help small business or local organizations with community services projects.
HOW CAN CBAA SUPPORT BBMTA?
CBAA can continue helping support BBMTA by promoting and participating in the BBMTA annual conference that is held in February. Every year, we want to see a larger student body present to engage with physicians and other pre-health professionals.
It would be very helpful to have CBAA members serve as mentors to BBMTA members. This would help foster relationships between the undergraduates and alumni. This can be beneficial because as alumni, who have survived Cornell, you probably would have a plethora of advice on how to become a successful student at Cornell and beyond.
Financial support of the organization is also needed to help fund our activities.
BBMTA is very appreciative of the support that CBAA has given us thus far, and hope to strengthen that relationship.