TTUHSC Happenings

• By Suzanna Cisneros
• November 4, 2016

November

The Check. Change. Control. Program by WOW!

The Check. Change. Control., a four-month program focuses on increasing physical activity, healthier eating and managing high blood pressure through education and tracking blood pressure. Monitoring your blood pressure over a period of time can provide you and your health care provider with a more accurate picture of the situation inside your arteries.

 

To register for the program or for more information, contact Allison Kerin, director of Employee Wellness and Recognition, at (806) 743-2865 or  allison.kerin@ttuhsc.edu.

 

Nov. 4

Your Life, Our Purpose Campaign Announcement

Texas Tech University System Chancellor Robert L. Duncan and TTUHSC President Tedd L. Mitchell, M.D., will announce the public phase of the Your Life, Our Purpose campaign.

3 p.m.

Academic Classroom Building courtyard

 

Nov. 11

TTUHSC Veterans Day

9 a.m.

TTUHSC flag poles

The event will include presentations by Bernhard Mittemeyer, M.D., and MusiCare. Also present will be a Veterans Resource Fair.

For more information, contact Sara Henly from the TTUHSC Veterans Affairs Office at sara.henly@ttuhsc.edu or (806) 743-2300.

 

Nov. 11

WOW! Financial Wellness: Saving and Planning for Christmas

Noon

TBA

For more information, contact Alison Kerin, director of Employee Wellness and Recognition, at (806) 743-2865 or allison.kerin@ttuhsc.edu.

 

Nov. 11

Queue for the Cause

7 p.m.

McKenzie-Merket Alumni Center, 17^th Street and University Avenue

For more information, visit http://www.ttuhsc.edu/student-affairs/organizations/default.aspx.

 

Nov. 15

Giving Thanks from Around the World

(Sponsored by the Office of Global Health and the Office of the President)

Noon

Academic Classroom Building first-floor lobby

Students only

For more information, contact Michelle Ensminger at (806) 743-2901.

 

Nov. 15

Achieving Unity for Team Success

3 – 4 p.m.

Academic Classroom Building 220

For more information, contact Anna Herring at (806) 743-6446 or anna.herring@ttuhsc.edu.

 

Nov. 16

Global Health Lecture Series: Yoga Therapy as a CAM Modality in Theory and Practice (co-sponsored by Division of Integrative Medicine)

Noon

Academic Classroom Building 110

For more information, contact Michelle Ensminger at (806) 743-2901.

 

Nov. 17

Achieving Unity for Team Success

2 – 3 p.m.

Academic Classroom Building 220

For more information contact Anna Herring at (806) 7436446 or email anna.herring@ttuhsc.edu.

 

Nov. 17

Great American Smokeout

Larry Combest Community Health and Wellness and the American Cancer Society will host this event to focus on smoking cessation and health benefits of being smoke-free.

301 40th St.

For more information, contact Michelle Hunter at (806) 743-9566.

 

Nov. 19

Teen Straight Talk

Kids, teens, parents and community members are welcome to have discussions of the many tough issues facing teens today.

9:30 a.m.

TTUHSC Academic Classroom Building

For more information, call Kathleen McPherson at (806) 787-4513.

 

Nov. 24 – 25

Thanksgiving Holiday

 

Nov. 28 – Dec. 2

World AIDS Day Events

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For more information, contact Michelle Ensminger at (806) 743-2901.

 

December

Dec. 1

Story of The Free Clinic

Noon – 1 p.m.

Academic Classroom Building 150

For more information, contact Garrett Meeks, at garrett.meeks@ttuhsc.edu

 

Dec. 3

Student National Medical Association (SNMA) A Cultural Affair Scholarship Gala

7 p.m.

Overton Hotel and Conference Center, 2322 Mac Davis Lane

The event is a cultural celebration of diversity with proceeds benefitting need-based scholarships for TTUHSC School of Medicine minority students.

For more information, visit www.ttuhsc.edu/student-affairs/.