UGA Medical Reserve Corps

30/10/2025

Our BLS class this past weekend was a huge success! Thanks to everyone who came out! Make sure to keep an eye out for future certification classes held through MRC.

17/09/2025

Welcome back everyone to another school year! This is the Watch-Out-Wednesday series brought to you by your Health Promotion and Preparedness Coordinator, Joanna. Swipe through the slides to get some info on back-to-school safety, student resources, and some things to watch out for! Follow us to stay tuned for announcements about future meetings and trainings!

15/09/2025

UGA Students - 🩸 Be the Difference. Save a Life.
Join us for a STOP THE BLEED class — a hands-on training that empowers you to act quickly in emergencies.

📅 Tuesday, September 16, 2025
📍 Miller Learning Center, Room 207
🕠 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM

Learn how to use bleeding control kits and gain the confidence to help a friend, classmate, or even a stranger in a life-threatening situation.

26/03/2025

Hey everyone, welcome back to another Watch-Out-Wednesday (WOW) post from your Health Promotion Coordinator, Joanna! This month’s topic is travel safety! Swipe through the slides to learn about how to stay vigilant and prepared for emergencies when traveling abroad. Our next student meeting is on April 1st, where we’ll be having Hospital Emergency Coordinators Kimberly Miller and Joe Lockman from Piedmont come and speak to us about what they do! We are also planning to have a social, so please stay tuned for that!

19/02/2025

Hey everyone, this month’s Watch-Out-Wednesday (WOW) is about building emergency kits, brought to you by our Health Promotion Coordinator, Joanna! We recently had a meeting on this topic where we had hypothetical emergency scenarios and discussed what items we would include in an emergency kit. If you’re curious and want to learn more, swipe through the slides! We will also have an emergency kit packing volunteer opportunity soon, so stay tuned for that!

22/01/2025

Welcome back to another semester of our Watch-Out-Wednesday (WOW) series, brought to you by our Health Promotion Coordinator Joanna! With our recent snow days, January’s topic is on staying safe in winter weather conditions. Swipe through the slides to learn about how to stay prepared for snow storms and emergencies, and we hope you stay warm in this weather!

18/11/2024

Please join us for our next MRC meeting on Tuesday, November 19, at 5:30 PM at the UGA Tate Student Center, Room 144 (45 Baxter Street, Athens, GA 30602). We are honored to host Debbie Watson, Executive Director, and Kara Johnson from Nuçi’s Space.

Nuçi’s Space is dedicated to ending the epidemic of su***de and inspiring a culture free of stigma around mental and brain illnesses. Ms. Watson and Ms. Johnson will share insights into their organization’s mission to support those living with brain illnesses, particularly musicians, and how they strive to break down obstacles to care. They will also provide resources available to our community for su***de prevention and mental health support.

We look forward to seeing you there for this important discussion!

(Remember that all the hours you dedicate to UGA MRC go toward the Presidential Volunteer Service Award (PVSA). You will receive 2 volunteer incentive hours for the 2024 PVSA program when you attend this meeting!)

09/09/2024

Hello everyone!
We’re excited to announce that our next meeting on September 10, 2024, will focus on “Stop the Bleed” training. This important session will cover essential bleeding control techniques and the proper use of a tourniquet. Gaining these skills and certification could make a significant difference in critical situations.
Mark your calendars and join us on September 10th (Tuesday) at The Miller Learning Center Rm 247 for this invaluable training opportunity. We look forward to seeing you there!

05/09/2024

Thank you to all those who attended last nights September MRC meeting! We hosted Bill and Lois Hall (and of-course K9 Calder) to discuss their experience working in search,rescue & recovery. It was a great learning experience and we had an awesome time!

28/08/2024

Hi all! Thank you to those who showed up last night at the engagement fair and all of those we met! As mentioned last night…

We would like to invite you to the first UGA Medical Reserve Corps (UGA MRC) meeting for the 2024-2025 year.

We will be hosting Bill and Lois Hall and their K9, Calder. The Halls worked with Therapy Dogs for over 40 years and Search, Rescue & Recovery K9s for 20 years. They belonged to a volunteer K9 SAR Team and were Reserve Deputies for the Clinton County Sheriff’s Office. They served as Technical Specialists with Clinton County Emergency Management including being CERT & Active Shooter trainers as well as handlers with the Crisis Response Therapy Dog group. They were also active with the Clinton County Police Department’s Citizen Police Academy.

Come meet K9 Calder and the Hall Team at our September meeting!
Tuesday, September 3, 2024
5:30 pm-7:30 pm
UGA Tate Center Room 144

23/08/2023

22/02/2023

We have a special opportunity for our UGA MRC February meeting.  We will be taking a tour of the Athens-Clarke County E-911 Center.  Space is limited so sign up below if you are interested in attending!

Athens-Clarke County (ACC) Central Communications uses an Enhanced Telephone Number System (9-1-1) so citizens can easily access emergency services.  ACC Central Communications receives and dispatches citizens’ requests for emergency services not only to ACC Police Department, but to ACC Fire, Clarke County Sheriff’s Office, Winterville’s Police Department and Fire Department, and to UGA Police Dispatch.

Note the special time of this meeting:  Tuesday, February 28 at 4:00 pm. 
The tour should take about an hour.  The tour will take place at the ACC Police Department (3035 Lexington Road, Athens, Georgia 30605). 

We are unable to offer a Zoom option this month. 

Remember that all of the hours you dedicate to UGA MRC go toward the Presidential Volunteer Service Award. You will receive 2 volunteer incentive hours for the 2023 Volunteer Incentive Program when you attend this meeting!

To attend, you must register using this link:   
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60B0E4DA8AD2EA5FB6-ugamrc1

The link is also available on the Linktree in the bio. We hope to see you there!