Join us on September 28th for the celebration of General Clinic's 20th birthday!

On September 25th, 1990, the General Clinic opened its doors for the very first time. Nearly two decades later we’re still going strong, and so we’re going to celebrate our twentieth “birthday” on Tuesday, September 28th.

The celebration is 80s themed, and will feature 80s music as well as volunteers dressed up as if we turned back the clock to when the Suitcase Clinic first started back in 1989 prior to General Clinic’s opening. There will be plenty of decorations, food, and cake!

Additionally, we’ll create a time capsule with items from today for future generations of Suitcase Clinic volunteers and clients. If possible, please bring an item that reflects fond memories of the Suitcase Clinic.

Whether you’re a client, volunteer, or an alumni member of the Suitcase Clinic, you won’t want to miss this festive celebration!

Hope to see you there!

Thank you to everyone who applied for Health and Medical Sciences 98/198 for the Fall Semester of 2010. We received a tremendous response of submitted applications. Due to the limited number of openings within our class, and our policy against accepting auditors, we unfortunately could not accept all applicants.

We highly encourage you to reapply if you did not get into the class this semester. This can be done during the coming Spring semester of 2011 or you can take our summer training sessions offered during the first and fourth week of June. All applications were well received, but we are fundamentally restricted in how many students we can accept into our course due to our limited number of instructors and small groups.

We hope that you have a wonderful semester, and that you consider us again in the future. For related volunteer opportunities offered during this semester, consider looking into our “Challenging Poverty” seminar series where you can learn more about the issues of homelessness, housing, immigration, and poverty. Several similar organizations you may be interested in include the Berkeley Free Clinic, the Berkeley Food and Housing Project,
or the Berkeley LifeLong Clinic.

Please respond to suitcaseclass@gmail.com if you have any questions.

The Suitcase Clinic Class Coordinators

*** NOTE: Class Coordinators would like to clarify any potential confusion in the small group preference section in the application. Unity is the 8th small group. Please include unity in your preferences. ***

Prospective Suitcasers,

This semester’s updated application is now available Fall-2010-Suitcase-Class-Application. Remember to turn them in to 570 University Hall before 4PM on Wednesday, September 8. Additionally, you are required to go on at least one tour as part of your application.

Here are the tour times:

• Monday: Youth Clinic: 7PM, 7:30PM, 8PM -> Meet in front of the Recreational Sports Facility
• Monday: Women’s Clinic: 7:30PM, 8PM, 8:30PM -> Meet in front of the Recreational Sports Facility
• Tuesday: General Clinic: 7PM, 7:30PM, 8PM -> Meet at Sproul Fountain

Please direct all questions regarding the application process to suitcaseclass AT gmail.com

Thanks for your interest and patience!