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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