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TTUHSC to Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month

By Suzanna Cisneros
September 08, 2022

TTUHSC this year will observe National Hispanic Heritage Month from Sept. 15 to Oct. 15 with events, webinars and celebrations.

Education

Supporting Future Professionals

By Kate Gollahon
August 08, 2022

TTUHSC’s Smiley Garcia shared his inspiring history and the promising capabilities of an HSI designation.

TTUHSC Recognized as a Hispanic-Serving Institution

By Suzanna Cisneros
February 24, 2022

The Hispanic-Serving Institution designation is granted to eligible institutions of higher education with an enrollment of undergraduate full-time Hispanic students greater than 25%, in addition to other criteria set by the Department of Education that promotes accessibility and affordability to traditionally underrepresented communities.

TTUHSC Medical Students Educate about COVID-19 Vaccination Misconceptions with Outreach to Hispanic Communities

By Suzanna Cisneros
April 19, 2021

To help address this disparity, student members of the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) Latino Medical Student Association (LMSA) answered questions and myths about the COVID-19 vaccine for the Hispanic community.

Trevino Joins TTUHSC to Direct Mental Health Initiative

By Mark Hendricks
August 18, 2020

The Texas Tech Mental Health Initiative, a collaborative effort between the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) and TTU, seeks to bring awareness to mental health issues by connecting local partners, Lubbock-area professionals and community members with the university’s mental health support systems. Nancy Trevino, Ph.D., a TTU alumna who has lived and worked in Lubbock for the last 20 years, has been named director of the initiative.

Empowering Medical Students

By Suzanna Cisneros
August 27, 2019

SNMA is one of the nation’s oldest and largest independent, student-run organizations focused on the needs and concerns of culturally diverse medical students. The TTUHSC School of Medicine SNMA chapter participates in various projects including mentoring undergraduate students, promoting health care fields with elementary students, organizing community health fairs, working with the undergraduate community and helping improve medical school curriculum and admissions.

TTUHSC Hosts National Latino Medical Student Association Conference

By Suzanna Cisneros
March 11, 2019

The Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) Office of the President and School of Medicine will host the 14th Annual Latino Medical Student Association (LMSA) National Conference and 7th Annual Southwest Regional Conference March 22-23.

East meets West at TTUHSC, Japanese pharmacy school

By Mark Hendricks
September 26, 2017

During their first rotation block as fourth-year School of Pharmacy students, Cameron Lowery and Samantha Gazzola traveled from the TTUHSC Dallas campus to Keio University in Tokyo, Japan as exchange students.

Cultural diversity displayed at International Night

By Mark Hendricks
May 03, 2017

Students, faculty, staff and friends gathered recently for the School of Pharmacy’s International Night, an annual celebration of the diverse cultures within the school.