Graduate and Professional Clubs and Organizations

Academic Student Organizations

The Portland Campus for the Health Sciences’ Graduate and Professional Student Association offers many opportunities to solidify your bond with others in your department or college through academic and professional student organizations.

Dental Hygiene

  • Student American Dental Hygienist Association (SADHA)

Dental Medicine

  • Dental Medicine Student Association
  • Aesthetic Dentistry Organization
  • American Academy of General Dentists (AAGD)
  • American Association of Dental Research
  • American Association of Women Dentists (AAWD)
  • American Dental Education Association (ADEA)
  • American Student Dental Association (ASDA)
  • Digital Dentistry
  • One World Dental Association (OWDA)
  • Orthodontics Club
  • Pediatric Interested Dental Students (PIDS)
  • Periodontology and Implantology Organization
  • Practice Management Club
  • Society of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
  • Special Care Dentistry Association
  • Student Professionalism and Ethics Association (SPEA)

Interprofessional Student Organizations

  • Alpha Zeta Omega – AZO Lambda Nu Chapter (Pharmacy and Westbrook College of Health Professions Programs students)
  • American Public Health Association — Student Assembly (APHA-SA)
  • Book Exchange Club
  • Chess Club
  • Christian Medical and Dental Association (CMDA)
  • Golf Club
  • Hispanic Student Dental Association (College of Dental Medicine and Dental Hygiene)
  • Infectious Disease Club
  • Interprofessional Student Group
  • Middle Eastern and North Africa Student Association
  • Muslim Student Association
  • National Oncology Dispensing Association (NCODA) (Pharmacy and Interprofessional)
  • Parent Club
  • Partners for World Health — Portland
  • Pickleball Club
  • South Asian Student Association

Marine/Biological Sciences (Biddeford Campus)

  • American Fisheries Society Student Subunit
  • Marine/Biological Sciences Student Association

Nurse Anesthesia

  • Nurse Anesthesia Student Association

Nursing

  • Student Nursing Association (SNA)

Occupational Therapy

  • Coalition of Occupational Therapy Advocates for Diversity (COTAD)
  • University of New England Student Occupational Therapy Association (UNESOTA)

Pharmacy

  • Pharmacy Student Association (PSA)
  • American Pharmacists Association - Academy of Student Pharmacists (APhA-ASP)
  • Industry Pharmacists Organization (IPhO)
  • Kappa Psi (KP, Delta Chi Chapter)
  • Phi Lambda Sigma - Pharmacy Leadership Society (PLS, Delta Zeta Chapter)
  • Student National Pharmaceutical Association (SNPhA)
  • Student Society of Health-System Pharmacists (SSHP)

Physical Therapy

  • Doctor of Physical Therapy – Student Council
  • Physical Therapy Balance Club/Neuro-Balance
  • Physical Therapy Sports Interested Students Club

Physician Assistant

  • Physician Assistant Student Society of the American Academy of Physician Assistants (PASS-AAPA)

Public Health

  • Student Association for Public Health (SAPH)

Graduate and Professional Student Association

The Graduate and Professional Student Association (GAPSA), on the Portland Campus of the University of New England, is a student-run governance organization serving graduate and professional students and student organizations in the Westbrook College of Health Professions and the College of Dental Medicine.

Three Primary Purposes of GAPSA

  1. Promote and foster professional development and collaboration between the various student and academic organizations (as an extension of the Center to Advance Interprofessional Education and Practice).
  2. Advocate and communicate on issues of importance to graduate and professional students.
  3. Provide programming to meet the needs of graduate and professional students.

UNE’s Graduate and Professional Student Association is a member of the National Association of Graduate-Professional Students (NAGPS). 

For more information and helpful resources, visit NAGPS website.

Forms and Applications

GAPSA Scholarship

Submissions for the 2024–2025 GAPSA Student Scholarship Award Application are closed.

Student Organization Registration

Organization Registration Form

Grant Funding Applications
Program Registration Form

Complete this Registration Form for all student organization events/fundraisers/activities beyond regular organization meetings. After submission, an Office of Graduate and Professional Student Affairs professional staff member will respond.

Executive Board

President: Isabella Trouten, Dental Medicine ‘26

Isabella is a student in the Doctor of Physical Therapy program at UNE. She is currently the GAPSA President.

Vice President: Vincente DeBack, Physical Therapy ‘26

Vincente DeBack is a student in the Doctor of Physical Therapy program. He is currently the GAPSA Vice President.

Treasurer: Noah Frost, Dental Medicine ’25

Noah is a third-year dental student in the College of Dental Medicine at UNE. He is currently the 2023–2024 GAPSA Treasurer.

Secretary: Elle Huebl, Dental Medicine ’26

Elle is a second-year dental student in the College of Dental Medicine at UNE. She is currently the 2023–2024 GAPSA Secretary.

Advisors

Contact

For questions and more information about GAPSA, email gapsa@discountsharinghk.com.

Contact

Graduate and Professional Student Affairs

We are located on the Portland Campus for the Health Sciences in Proctor Hall room 02. Our office hours are Monday–Friday, 8 a.m.– 6 p.m.* and we can be reached by phone at (207) 221-4212 or email at pcstudentlife@discountsharinghk.com.

*Hours are subject to change without notice.