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Answering an Ad for a New Team

By Suzanna Cisneros
February 22, 2019

Dr. Tom Tenner walked into the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center for the first time April 1, 1978 on what he calls an auspicious day. Thinking back, he stopped to calculate the number of times he has walked into the doors of this university. Subtracting holidays, weekends, sick days and vacations over the past 41 years, he figured — about 9,000 times.

Mentoring Others and Giving It His Best

By Suzanna Cisneros
February 20, 2019

As a 23-year-old college graduate in 1998, Dr. Felix Morales, sat next to astronaut, physician and Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) School of Medicine alumnus Dr. Bernard Harris at an event to kick off a new premedical society. Morales was asked by Dr. Leo Vela from the Office of Diversity to help start this organization in order for the undergraduate campus to be more inclusive of all people who may want to go into the medical field.

Abilene Committee Embraces Values-Based Culture

By Mark Hendricks
February 13, 2019

To weave the new values-based ideals into its own cultural tapestry, TTUHSC’s Abilene campus recently organized the One Team Fun Team, a new committee that advances the university’s culture and supports its values, while making the campus a preferred employer in Abilene.

Rising to a Need for Health Care

By Steven Berk, MD
February 07, 2019

In 1969, the 61st Texas Legislature passed a bill creating the Texas Tech University School of Medicine that was signed by Gov. Preston Smith. The establishment of this institution was not without its challenges and controversies.

TTUHSC Earns Silver Designation as a Military Friendly® School

By Melissa Whitfield
February 07, 2019

VIQTORY, a company founded to help veterans transition into civilian life, named Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) to their 2019-2020 list of Military Friendly® Schools and gave TTUHSC a Silver Military Friendly® designation.

Kicking off Fifty Years

By Suzanna Cisneros
February 07, 2019

Former Gov. Preston Smith had a vision of providing more physicians to the West Texas area. Now 50 years later, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) celebrated the milestone beginning with a 50th Anniversary announcement.

TTU System Honors Top Faculty Members with Chancellor’s Council Awards

By Scott Lacefield, Texas Tech University System
February 07, 2019

Throughout the month of January, Texas Tech University System Chancellor Dr. Tedd L. Mitchell recognized 13 faculty members from the TTU System’s four institutions as recipients of the 2019 Chancellor’s Council Distinguished Teaching and Research Awards. These awards recognize excellence in academics and research, and are the most prestigious honors given to faculty members within the TTU System.

ESPN’s Holly Rowe Speaks at ‘Surviving on the Sidelines’

By Melissa Whitfield
February 07, 2019

Rowe shared her inspirational story about sports reporting, parenting and fighting cancer at “Surviving on the Sidelines” hosted by the Laura W. Bush Institute for Women’s Health at the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center.

Eleven Things You Didn’t Know About TTUHSC

By Amy Skousen & Jordan Pape
February 01, 2019

Since 1969, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) has worked to provide quality education, research and patient care to West Texas. But there is a lot that people don’t know about TTUHSC. Here’s a list of eleven things you may not have known about our university.

Trailblazing Professors

By Melissa Whitfield
January 29, 2019

The pioneering spirit was ubiquitous in 1969. In May of that year, the Texas Legislature and Gov. Preston Smith created Texas Tech University School of Medicine. Dr. John Pelley and Dr. Samuel Prien were among the original members of the team that were entrusted to teach the next generation of health care professionals.