TTUHSC Happenings
December 2016
Present through Dec. 14
4th Annual Staff Senate Deck the Halls Door and Cubicle Decorating Contest
Judging will take place on December 15 with winners being announced on the announcements page December 16. Contest is open to faculty and staff.
Email entries to staff.senate@ttuhsc.edu.
Dec.
Ovarian Cancer Awareness Bracelets for Sale
All month long, the Texas Tech Physicians Clinical Department Administration will be selling bracelets to support medical expenses and cancer research on behalf of Juanita Minnick, a Texas Tech Physicians administrator who is battling ovarian cancer.
For more information or to purchase a bracelet, email matt.driskill@ttuhsc.edu.
Dec. 2
Orthopaedic Hand Center Open House
2 to 4 p.m.
Medical Office Plaza II, Suite 210
For more information, email abby.mcewen@ttuhsc.edu.
Dec. 2
Student Holiday Extravaganza
11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
F. Marie Hall Synergistic Center
Sponsored by the Office of Student Services, Registrar and Financial Aid and the Student Government Association
For more information, call (806) 743-2300.
Dec. 3
SNMA A Cultural Affair: Scholarship Gala
7 p.m. to 12 a.m.
Overton Hotel, 2322 Mac Davis Lane
This scholarship banquet is a celebration of food, drinks and entertainment with respect to a variety of cultures. The funds raised go directly towards financial need-based scholarships for TTUHSC School of Medicine students.
For more information, visit www.ttuhsc.edu/student-affairs/.
Dec. 6
WOW! Maintain, No Gain Challenge
Weekly holiday survival series and weigh in
Noon to 1 p.m.
Visit www.ttuhsc.edu/wow for room assignments.
For more information, email Allison.kerin@ttuhsc.edu.
Dec. 7
Global Health Lecture Series –The Immigrant Experience: Three Perspectives
Noon
Academic Classroom Building 110
Panelists will include Robert Casanova, M.D., associate professor, medical clerkship director and assistant dean for Clinical Sciences; Ambassador Tibor Nagy, vice provost for International Affairs at Texas Tech University and former U.S. ambassador to Ethiopia; and Jihane Saed, MSN, R.N., School of Nursing undergraduate program instructor.
For more information, call 806-743-2901 or e-mail globalhealth@ttuhsc.edu.
Dec. 7
Project FRONTIER and Public Health Journal Club
Noon
Academic Classroom Building 220
Hemachandra Reddy, Ph.D., will present “Cardiometabolic Risks and Severity of Obesity in Children and Young Adults.”
For more information, email Kathleen.stonum@ttuhsc.edu
Dec. 10
School of Nursing Commencement
1 p.m.
United Supermarkets Arena
For more information, email kayla.talbott@ttuhsc.edu.
Dec. 13
WOW! Maintain, No Gain Challenge
Weekly holiday survival series and weigh in
Noon to 1 p.m.
Visit www.ttuhsc.edu/wow for room assignments.
For more information, email Allison.kerin@ttuhsc.edu.
Dec. 14
Fidelity Representative Planner
9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
TTUHSC 1B132
For more information, email brittony.nagel@ttuhsc.edu
Dec. 20
WOW! Maintain, No Gain Challenge
Weekly holiday survival series and weigh in
Noon to 1 p.m.
Visit www.ttuhsc.edu/wow for room assignments.
For more information, email Allison.kerin@ttuhsc.edu.
Dec. 23
Christmas Holiday
Dec. 26
Christmas Holiday
Dec. 30
New Year’s Holiday
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