TTUHSC Happenings

October 2016

October Calendar

 

Oct. 3

Writing for the Health Sciences hosted by the TTUHSC Writing Center

Noon – 12:50 p.m.

The workshop will cover the fundamentals of scientific writing for clarity.

For more information, email writing.center@ttuhsc.edu.

 

Oct. 6

Aspire TTUHSC, Professional Development for FEARLESS Faculty

8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Room 2AB500

For more information or to RSVP, email brandi.hargrave@ttuhsc.edu.

 

Oct. 7

Beyond Borders, Beyond Measure, An Exhibit of Photographs Taken by TTUHSC Students Engaged in Services and Study Abroad

6 - 9 p.m.

The Louise Hopkins Underwood Center for the Arts Christine Devitt Icehouse Gallery, 511 Ave. J

All proceeds will benefit TTUHSC student scholarships.

For more information, contact the Office of Global Health at (806) 743-2901 or

e-mail globalhealth@ttuhsc.edu.  

 

Oct. 15

SGA Leadership Summit

Time TBA

Academic Classroom Building Room 100

For more information, email cheyenne.mangold@ttuhsc.edu.

 

Oct. 19

TECHtalks

TypeFocus with Jay Killough

Noon – 1 p.m.

Academic Classroom Building Room 110

For more information, email deidra.satterwhite@ttuhsc.edu.

 

Oct. 21

5th Annual Gender – Specific Medicine & Women’s Health Symposium

10 a.m. – 4 p.m.

Academic Classroom Building Room 100

The symposium, sponsored by the Laura W. Bush Institute for Women’s Health, is open to employees and students.

For more information, visit www.ttuhsc.edu/provost/genderhealth.

 

Oct. 29

SGA Halloween Walk and Wag

8 – 11 a.m.

Texas Tech Urbanovsky Park, 1701 Flint Ave.

Costume contest and walk for humans and their pets with proceeds benefitting student charging stations.

For more information, email cheyenne.mangold@ttuhsc.edu.

 

October 29

The Free Clinic Women’s Health Day

10 a.m. – 2 p.m.

The Free Clinic, located at Lubbock Impact, 2707 34th St.

The Women’s Health Day clinic will provide medical services like well-woman exams, consultations with Texas Tech Physicians, breast exams, pelvic exams, pap smears, mammogram sign ups and referrals, pregnancy tests and prenatal referrals.

To make an appointment or for more information, call (806) 370-0603.

 

Oct. 31

SNMA Doctors for a Day

Noon – 3 p.m.

TTUHSC F. Marie Hall SimLife Center

SNMA will host this event in hope of sparking interest in becoming physicians for 65 5th grade students from Post Elementary.

For more information, email kafayat.b.busari@ttuhsc.edu

 

Nov. 11

ASNA Queue for the Cause

7 p.m.

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

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

 

Dec. 3

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/.

 

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