The Gamma Beta Epsilon Fraternity 40th Anniversary Dinner and Induction Ball
The Gamma Beta Epsilon Fraternity will be celebrating its 40th foundation anniversary with a Grand Dinner and Induction Ball on September 25, 2010, (Saturday) 6:00 PM at the Manila AB Room, Makati Shangri-La Hotel, Makati City.
See you there, Gamman Brothers!
GBE@40 in 2 Minutes
Gamma Beta Epsilon Fraternity’s Two Minute Video of GBE@40 for the Tour De Med Activity for incoming UST Medical Students.
Welcome UST Medicine Batch 2014!
Journeying Through Medical School: The Symposium
“JOURNEYING THROUGH MEDICAL SCHOOL: The Hidden Costs of Becoming a Doctor.”
A Symposium / Open Forum on the Challenges and Speed Bumps During Medical School and Training: Workload Stress, Relationship and Emotional Problems, Various Addictions
January 29, 2010, Friday, 3:00 PM Room 219
Open to all Medical Students, Clerks, Interns, Residents and Fellows
Sponsored by the Gamma Beta Epsilon Fraternity and the Mu Sigma Epsilon Sorority
The Ionic Bonds of Gamman Brotherhood
Tomorrow, September 20, 2009, our fraternity, the Gamma Beta Epsilon will be celebrating its 39th year of existence. Being a Gamman brod in 21 of those 39 years, I look back with both joy and pride of that day when I made that fateful decision of joining a fraternity, of joining GBE.
Everybody has his reasons in joining a fraternity or not. At first thought, I knew that a fraternity was not for me nor was I for a fraternity.
When I was a medical student two decades back, I looked at fraternties in the wrong way. I saw them from the not-so-selfless view of what I could get and how it would benefit me in my quest to be a doctor. I concentrated on what I would gain in joining such a group, if ever. If I would have to undergo such an uncertain (and what i heard, hard) initiation process, it should be for a good cause. It must be worth it.
But I was wrong. Dead wrong.
It was not until an elder Gamman talked to me and changed my perspective. He told me simply that a fraternity was not for anyone who was joining to gain something, but for someone who was willing to give and share. Something akin to medicine – for then, and until now, I believed that being a doctor is not the business of getting, but of giving – one’s talent, time and if needed, treasure.
Right there and then, I signified my intention and underwent the process. At that time, I was already a third year medical student. It did not mater then that it seemed late in a day for a third year med student to be joining a fraternity. I got some sneers, jeers. Some supported, others shook their heads and saw madness.
Why GBE? Why Not?
Everybody has his reasons in joining a fraternity or not. At first thought, I knew that a fraternity was not for me nor was I for a fraternity.
However, I looked at fraternties in the wrong way. I looked at them from the view on what i could get and how it would benefit me in my quest to be a doctor. I looked at what I would gain in joining such a group, if ever. If I would have to undergo such an uncertain (and what i heard, hard) initiation process, it should be for a good cause. It must be worth it.
It was not until an elder Gamman talked to me and changed my perspective. He told me simply that a fraternity is not for anyone who is looking to gain something, but for someone who is willing to give. Something very similar to medicine – being a doctor is not the business of getting, but of giving – one’s talent, time and if needed, treasure. Read more
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