Future Health Professionals Got Talent

WHAT: Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) medical students will host TTUHSC’s Got Talent.

WHEN: 7 p.m. Aug. 6

WHERE: Legacy Event Center, 1500 14th St.

EVENT: The talent show is an event to welcome the incoming School of Medicine class. Talent show participants will include students of all TTUHSC schools. Expected performances will include classical piano, belly dancing, ballroom dancing and singers. Judges will be Steven L. Berk, M.D., executive vice president, provost and dean of the School of Medicine, Simon Williams, Ph.D., associate dean for the School of Medicine Office of Academic Affairs, Lauren Cobbs, M.D., assistant dean for the School of Medicine Office of Student Affairs, Jason Chandrapal, Student Government Association (SGA) president, and Lindsay Johnson, associate academic dean for student affairs in the School of Allied Health Sciences.

The event is sponsored by TTUHSC SGA, Medical Student Government and the TTUHSC School of Medicine Office of Student Affairs and the TTUHSC Office of Student Services.

The talent show is open to the public. The cost is two canned food items to be donated to the South Plains Food Bank. Also, a tribute banner will be on hand for those to sign their messages of support for victims and families of the Aurora, Colo., movie theater shooting. Organizers will make available the “Aurora Victim Relief Fund-Giving First” for those who wish to donate to the fund.

For more information, contact Andy Cruz, second-year medical student and event organizer, at andy.cruz@ttuhsc.edu.

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