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Opportunities and Events
BMES Annual Meeting
This year's annual BMES meeting will be held very close to home! The meeting will take place October 17 - 20 in Atlanta, Georgia. BME students interested in attending should contact faculty advisor Dr. Robert Michael Gower or email USC BMES at sobmes@mailbox.sc.edu.
Useful Resources
Handshake
Check out Handshake, the University of South Carolina’s custom online recruiting program, and browse hundred's of job and internship offers. Every student at USC has a Handshake account. You only need to log in with your network username and password.
CEC Career Center
The College of Engineering and Computing has the great advantage of a Career Center located within the college (Swearingen Engineering Center, Suite 1A01) offering discipline-oriented career development counseling, help with resume preparation and access to job opportunities, internships and co-ops, as well as field specific conferences and career fairs to our engineering and computing students.
Carolina Biotech Group
The Carolina Biotech group is a non-profit organization that promotes development of interdisciplinary collaborations among students, professors, and the regional biotech industry. Anyone with interest in Biotech and related fields is welcome to join. Email: carolinabiotechgroup@gmail.com
Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES)
The Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) is the professional society for biomedical engineering and bioengineering. Founded in 1968, the Society now boasts nearly 6,500 members and is growing, rapidly. BMES at UofSC currently consists of approximately 80 members and meets monthly. To connect with BMES at UofSC, please email sobmes@mailbox.sc.edu.
Office of Pre-Professional Advisement
The Office of Pre-Professional Advising, located at Sumwalt College on Greene Street, assists pre-med, pre-health, and pre-law students acquire the knowledge and the opportunities to help them prepare for their application to grad school.
Study Abroad Office
The Study Abroad Office advises on global education programs in hundreds of countries around the world. Contact the Study Abroad Office at (803) 777-7557 or stop by the office located in Close-Hipp, Suite 453 to get started.
SCBio
SCBIO is a member organization that exists to support and advance South Carolina’s life science industry through collaboration, advocacy, workforce development, and support for business operations.
Advisement
Once each semester, usually around spring and fall break, respectively, BME holds block advisement to help upperclass students plan their coursework for the upcoming semester. Students have to attend one of the block advisement sessions offered to be cleared for course registration for the upcoming semester.
For questions beyond course registration you may contact your personal faculty advisor at any time. You can find out who your faculty advisor is at Self Service Carolina.
Make sure to check out a list of our Frequently Asked Questions, as well as the BMEN Undergraduate Advisement Booklet (pdf).
You may also visit MyCEC Advisement for more information.