Splash Page Fall 2016 Edition

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IN THIS ISSUE

Commencement 2-4

Physician Assistants 5-11

Clinical Laboratory

Sciences

12-13

Physical Therapy 14-18

Respiratory Care 19-20

Occupational Therapy 21-30

Nutrition & Metabolism 31

Student Ambassadors 32

SGA & Professionalism

Reps

33

Pet Contest 34-36

Info Session 37

Bulletin Board 38

SHP 411 39

Academic & Student

Affairs

40

Helpful Resources 41

Welcome New Students!

The Week of Welcome began at Moody Gardens with the All School Orientation. All

schools participated in orientation at Levin Hall. SHP finished off the day with

orientation and a campus tour, while the individual programs oriented their new

students the remainder of the week. Plazapalooza ended the orientation week with

music, games and great fun. Anxious, excited and with great anticipation, over 300

new School of Health Professions students settled into their classes on August 29.

New OT students are

enjoying some time

together at

Pictured are:

Back Left: Beth Knight

Middle: Gabrielle Junqueira

Back Right: Mary Margaret King

Front Left: Amber Brobst

Front Right: Kaitlin Young

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Commencement August 12, 2016

Grand Marshal

Heather Ashford

PA Studies Faculty

Commencement Speaker

Dr. Dana Wild

DPT Faculty and

Distinguished Alumni

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Meet Our New Alumni

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Physician Assistant Studies

UTMB’s Class of 2018 Physician Assistant Students

Healthy Living On a Budget

Society is ruefully desperate for greater contribution and involvement in its many endeavors. In today’s world, selflessly diverse individuals are some of the most important contributors within their communities. There are profuse ways in which any select individual might have the opportunity to serve their community, but it is when that individual decides to give their time and heart selflessly that they have the chance to significantly impact their community. A program, initiated by UTMB’s class of 2017 Physician Assistant (PA) students, is thriving as the eager incoming class of 2018 students learn the ropes of Healthy Living on a Budget. On Saturday, August 13th, sixteen students volunteered their time and health skills by providing free blood pressure screenings and advice to many community members at New Life Fellowship. The second Saturday of every month at New Life Fellowship is reserved for community members to obtain essential food sources. One community member, Edward Moore, was willing to discuss his thoughts on the presence of UTMB’s PA students and the screening services that are provided at this significant event for the community. Mr. Moore explained that he is fairly new to the Galveston area, and has just recently been able to establish care. He went on to say that the services provided by UTMB’s PA students were “very nice” as he added that he has a long-standing history of high blood pressure. The ability to have his blood pressure checked while he waited in line was convenient and something that he will certainly take advantage of again in the future. In addition, to providing blood pressure screening and advice, the PA students helped setup, organize, and distribute food to the community members.

Mr. Edward Moore getting his blood pressure taken by PA

student, Blaine Eubank.

PA student, Erin Kinsella, handing

out apples.

Mr. Robert Ayala getting his blood pressure taken

by PA student, Megan Eckman.

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PA Students Educate League City Residents on Oral Health and Hypertension

On Saturday, September 17th, PA students attended the League City Health Fair, where they shared

their knowledge on healthy living with both children and adults. The students described the importance of healthy teeth to children, which is a part of the TOOTH program that is a grant awarded initiative focused on improving oral health in the community. In addition, adults were provided blood pressure screenings and advised opportunistic nutritional swaps for a healthy diet; the blood pressure screening that was provided is also an extension of a grant awarded program, called Healthy Living on a Budget, which aims at decreasing hypertension in the community by advising dietary revisions.

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PA Students Attend Lupus Lecture

The Great Masquerader

Class of 2018 PA students enjoyed a special presentation about the “great

masquerader” on September 9, 2016. No, the great masquerader isn’t someone in

the news or a protagonist in a theatre production. It’s none other than the chronic

autoimmune disease Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, commonly referred to as

“lupus.” Dr. Praneetha Musty, a Rheumatology fellow (PGY-5) in the Department

of Internal Medicine at UTMB, presented the lecture, titled “Demystifying Lupus,” to

first year PA students as part of the Teaching Fellows in Lupus Project. The goal

of the project is to educate frontline providers to better recognize lupus and refer to

rheumatologists for diagnosis and treatment.

Dr. Musty began the presentation with a pre-survey to assess student’s knowledge about lupus.

Many students were unfamiliar with the topic, and first year PA student, Jordan Johnson, stated, “I

thought I was familiar with lupus, but once Dr.

Musty began her lecture, I realized how little I

really knew.” Lupus is a systemic autoimmune

disease that can affect patients’ joints, heart,

lungs, skin, kidney and brain; as Dr. Musty

mentioned, “Lupus affects each individual in a

unique way.” Dr. Musty informed us that early

diagnosis is the key for successful treatment of

these patients, which can be tricky since there is

no definitive test for the disease. Dr. Musty

enjoys studying it since “the complexity of lupus

and its heterogeneous presentation often make

the diagnosis and its management challenging.”

We were surprised to learn that 9 out of 10

patients diagnosed with lupus are women. It was

also interesting to learn that the most common

cause of death in people with lupus is

cardiovascular disease such as heart attacks.

After the lecture, first year PA student, Marley

Lites said, “I enjoyed learning about a disease that I wasn’t very familiar with. I now feel like I’m

equipped to recognize patients with lupus.”

To learn more about lupus, contact the American College of Rheumatology

and the Lupus Initiative:

www.thelupusinitiative.org

www.rheumatology.org

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PA Students Take Second Place In Intramural Softball

First and second year PA students took to the softball fields between studying to gain bragging rights over the diamond! Despite the many weather delays, softball allowed these students to bond over more than just their studies.

PAs Trade in Their Stethoscopes and Books for Hammers and Hard Hats to Assist Baton Rouge Flood Victims

Two first year PA students traveled to Baton Rouge during the first weekend of September to assist with the recent flood damage. Pictured are Brenna Gardell and Megan Eckman, respectively, demonstrating the wreckage of Baton Rouge. Both Brenna and Megan are members of Coastal Community Church, located in Galveston, whom organized the trip to Baton Rouge. These students helped with demolition of the affected homes by removing cabinets, ripping up flooring, knocking down walls and discarding everything that was under water within the homes.

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PA Students Travel to Corpus Christi to Attend Fall 2016 TAPA Conference

Twelve PA students from the class of 2018 traveled to Corpus Christi from 9/16 - 9/18 to attend The Texas Academy of Physician Assistants (TAPA) Fall Conference. This opportunity allowed them many opportunities to learn about the newest information regarding medical care and legislative actions, chances to partake in surgical and suturing workshops as well as time to bond with other PAs from all of the state of Texas.

UTMB PA students from the class of 2018 with former UTMB PA faculty and TAPA speaker, Dr. Jennifer Eames. (Left to right: Janelle, Jessica, Nikki, Taylor, China, Dr. Eames, Xi Xi, Katie, Blaine and Megan)

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PAs at Surgery Boot Camp

Second year PA students at surgery boot camp before beginning their second block of clinical rotations.

From left to right: Donovan Williams, Patrick Young, Danielle Williams,

Ashley White, Grant Ward, and Mike West

Other PAS Events

LGBT IPE event Students included Nursing, PA,

CLS, RT, and SOM

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Human Anatomy Lab L-R: Marley Lites, Lillian

Wang, Fiorella Saavedra

Patient Evaluation Lab Top L-R: Christopher Tex, Bailey Wilcox, Jenna Calabro, Hannah Stafford, Brenna Gardell Bottom

L-R: Marley Lites, Megan Eckman, Nancy Ortega, Sawrabhya Kalapurakkal, Lillian Wang

PA c/o 2018 students celebrating completion of summer finals!

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Clinical Laboratory Sciences

CLS Lambda Tau Honor Society

“Frito Pies” Tailgate Fundraiser

Pictured: Tara Marian, Marlissa Jacobs, Ashley Johnson, Cherica Ellington, Amanda Odelusi, Ronda Biondillo

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CLS Students Volunteer at Shrimp Fest

Tori and Gloria

Daud, Raj and Jill

Rachel

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Physical Therapy

PT faculty, Laurie Farroni, Michael Furtado, Adrianna Laprea and Dana Wild were invited to participate in Rice University’s Innovate Design-A-Thon Assistive Devices for Adults and Children with Disabilities. Dr. Farroni was a presenter, Dr. Wild served as a panelist and mentor, Drs. Furtado and Laprea served as mentors to Rice University engineering students, TWU OT students and UTMB PT students: Luis Guajardo, Ashley Mitchell, Laura Kim, Lindsey Wells, Amethyst Guerrero and Luke Wang, in this 3 day event. The students were divided into teams and identified a problem to address which could be helped with some sort of assistive device. The teams then built prototypes of their devices and pitched them to judges, similar to Shark Tank. The devices were incredible and Laura Kim’s team won the award for the best prototype. It was a wonderful inter-professional and collaborative activity between 3 different universities and disciplines.

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The problem is the difficulty putting on an ankle foot orthosis (brace) if you only have one working arm or for children having difficulty with hand control and strength. They built a device to stabilize the brace, which also had ratchet straps that can be applied to each side of the brace and tightened with one hand to open the brace and make it easy to put on the foot. The name of the device is called AFORD. AFORD stands for Ankle Foot Orthosis Retention Device .

The Problem and the Prototype

Laura Kim with the AFORD device. Luke Wang designing his prototype.

Lindsey Wells with her prototype. Amethyst Guerrero designing her prototype.

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DPT students at Rice University’s Design-a-thon. From L to R: Luke Wang (c/o 2018), Lindsey Wells (c/o 2017), Laura Kim (2017), Amethyst Guerrero (2017), Ashley Mitchell (2017), and Luis Guajardo (2017)

Above is the prototype created by Laura Kim (DPT c/o 2017) and her group of Rice engineering students (below) that won “Best Prototype." Their prototype, A.F.O.R.D., is an assistive device that increases ease of putting on and taking off orthotics.

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DPTs and the Adaptive Water Sports Festival

Moody Gardens held their 2016 Adaptive Water Sports Festival in August. The SHP

2019 Doctorate of Physical Therapy students helped the participants water ski in and

out of the Moody Garden harbor. Pictured below is Stewart, the man in sunglasses,

who was a part of the Texas Adaptive Aquatics company that supplied the skies and

boat. DPT Ben Glidden is shown in long-sleeved black shirt helping the participant.

Kelli Gunter (DPT 2017), pictured with Captain David Gaston, volunteering with the adaptive sailing program at Galveston Community Sailing Center. The Galveston Sailing Center is the philanthropy of DPT c/o 2017, and DPT students volunteer with the center on a weekly basis.

Members of DPT 2017 and 2019 volunteering with the adaptive sailing program at Galveston Community Sailing Center

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DPTs and Burgers and Bingo Fundraiser

UTMB DPT c/o 2017 hosted a Bingo and Burgers fundraiser for their classmate who was recently diagnosed with a rare form of ovarian cancer. The benefit was a huge success and has already raised $1,268 to be donated for medical expenses (final amount TBD). Thank you to all who came out to help support the event! Below are some photos from the event featuring members of DPT c/o 2017.

L to R: Jaime Gonzalez, Ashley Mitchell, Daniel Melby, Vinny Thomas, Charlotte Mata

Morgan Alexander (DPT

2017) and Mollye Mlcak (2017) did

a fabulous job hosting!

DPT c/o 2017 members Megan Berg, Luis Guajardo, and Alana Jones enjoying the event!

Becca Burnett (DPT 2017) and Hali Smith (DPT 2017)

DPT c/o 2017

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Respiratory Care

TSRC Event from left to right:

Jessica Garcia, Joseph Guillory, Tiffany Kalu, Lauren Straughter, Danielle Montemayor, Selenia

Lopez, and Shirren Luong

Sputum Bowl contestants representing UTMB: Nhat Le, James Mathew, and

Heavens John

Free tickets to a Ranger's

game in Dallas! From left to

right: Jessica Garcia,

Madiha Merchant, Heavens

John, James Mathew, and

Marielle Tenorio

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James Mathew presenting at the convention his research project on inter-professionalism

TSRC in Dallas

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Occupational Therapy

Student Occupational Therapy Association participates in hygiene kit and toilet paper

drive.

Class of 2017 Occupational Therapy students (From L-R) Jessica Davis,

Sydney McElhany, Andie Stone, Kara Michaelsen, and Courtney Ritter

distribute hygiene kits to the homeless population of the Galveston community

at Saturday Morning Breakfast.

(SOTA) Student Occupational Therapy Association participated in a toilet paper drive to aid the homeless population of

the Galveston community.

Pictured L-R Alyssa Farrow, Andie Stone, Sydney McElhany, and Alison

Kelly.

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Pictured L-R: Ellen Green, Annette Huynh, Dr. April Cowan, and Brady Zunker.

Pictured L-R: Lori Broussard, Ellen Green, Brady Zunker, Annette Huynh, and Shama Gillani.

MOT Class of 2017 Pi Theta Epsilon Induction Ceremony

On May 21, 2016 the Nu Chapter of Pi Theta Epsilon (PTE) honor society celebrated the induction of their

newest members into the organization. This moment highlighted the Occupational Therapy students who are

ranked within the highest 35% of their class with a GPA of at least 3.5 on a scale of 4.0 in the Masters of

Occupational Therapy program.

The twelve newest members of the PTE, for the class of 2017 are: Delaney Fisher, Ellen Green, Jessica

Huff, Annette Huynh, Rebecca Lehman, Haley Ray, Courtney Ritter, Courtney Sienkiel, Alison Simonetty,

Mina Wilson, Elizabeth Wright, and Brady Zunker. Officers are: President: Haley Ray, Vice President:

Alison Simonetty & Elizabeth Wright, Treasurer: Courtney Sienkiel, Secretary: Rebecca Lehman and

Historian: Ellen Green

Allison Simonetty (Vice

President) & Elizabeth

Wright (Vice President)

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All members of Pi Theta Epsilon Haley Ray (president) and

her significant other

Jessica Huff (center) and her parents Courtney Sienkiel (Treasurer), Haley

Ray (President), Jessica Huff

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(SOTA) Student Occupational Therapy Association participates in Tideway on

Galveston Island’s Hawaiian luau.

Front row L-R: Claudia Guardiola, Nikki Rose, Andie Stone, Elizabeth Wright, Alison Kelly

Middle row L-R: Jessica Davis, Haley Ray, Sara Guzman, Rebecca Lehman, Briana Hanna, Caitlyn Downs, Mina Wilson, Elisa Ramirez

Back row L-R: Emily Hamm, Emily Baethge, Brady Zunker, Alexandra Underwood

MOT class of 2017 hosted a surprise bridal shower for faculty, Dr. Patterson

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MOT Class of 2017 Hosts Research In-House Qualitative Poster Presentation

Pictured from L-R:

Jessica Franklin, Kara Michaelsen, Delaney Fisher, Andie Stone, and

Kati Betancourt

Pictured from L-R:

Emily Hamm, Sydney McElhany, Sarah Jones, Sarah Mannon,

and Jessica Davis.

Pictured from L-R:

Jerril Mathews, Ellen Green, Annette Huynh, and Lori Broussard.

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Pictured from L-R:

Rachael Waldo, Lisa Bumgardner, Holley Gordon, Rachael Wilson,

Miranda James, and Baily Bowlen.

Miranda James presenting research findings to Dr. Fingerhut, the chair of

the OT department.

Pictured from L-R:

Mina Wilson, Elisa Ramirez, Carleigh LeDoux, Haley Ray, Sarah Clancy.

Pictured from L-R:

Brady Zunker, Ashley Elsom, Alison Kelly, and Elizabeth

Wright.

Not pictured, Jacquelin Strug

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Members of MOT, class of 2018, quickly pose for a group picture.

Caitlyn Downs, MOT class of 2017

Delaney Fisher, MOT

class of 2017

Student Occupational Therapy Association hosts a mixer for MOT Class

of 2017 and MOT Class of 2018 students at Tin Cup’s Caddy Shack

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Sarasvati Guzman, 2016 John D. and Mary Ann Stobo Award recipient presented by

Dr. Patricia Beach.

(L-R) Elizabeth Wright, Dr. Karen Aranha, and Alison Kelly

Dr. Karen Aranha, Elizabeth Wright, and Alison Kelly, faculty and students in the Occupational Therapy Department, along with Jacob Moran (student from the School of Medicine), received a grant from the President's Cabinet Award to start a new program to educate clients at St. Vincent's about Relaxation Based Stress Reduction.

Sept. 19th - Dr. Diane Collins and Caitlin Johnstone attended the American Occupational Therapy

Association’s Capitol Hill Day in Washington DC. The pair advocated for removing Medicare outpatient rehab caps, recognizing OTs as mental health professionals, and that OTs should be allowed to open cases of clients receiving home health services. Dr. Collins explained that this is an important time in the occupational therapy profession and healthcare policy needs to be modified to give clients the access to the OT services that they need. Caitlin is a member of the Texas Occupational Therapy Emerging Leaders program and Dr. Collins is her mentor. They decided Hill Day was a great project for Caitlin to undertake for the program.

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MOTs Attend TSAHP Conference

(L-R) Alyssa Farrow, Dr. Protas, Ellen Green, and Kristen Dennison

MOT students presented their research titled "Yoga Intervention Using Principles of Neuroplasticity for CNS Impairments" at the Texas Society of Allied Health Profession Conference.

MOT students, Kristen Dennison, Sarah Mannon, Courtney Ritter and Morgan Deaver, providing facilitation to individuals with

neurological impairments through their practice of yoga.

MOT students, Alyssa Farrow and Kristen Dennison,

volunteering at Yoga for Neurological Impairments with Dr.

Karen Aranha.

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MOT Class of 2017 Participates in Kinesio Taping Lab

Gabriella Santos and Emily Hamm

Jessica Franklin, Caitlyn Downs,

Gabriella Santos, and Emily Baethge

Gabriella Santos and Emily Baethge

Left: MOT class of 2017 students (from L-R) Gabriella Santos, Caitlyn Downs, Emily Baethge, and Jessica Franklin pose for

a quick picture on Level II Fieldwork Match Day.

Second-year MOT students doing yoga at the beach to support the

Galveston Resource and Crisis Center!

(L-R) Front Row: Morgan Deaver, Andie Stone,

Courtney Ritter, Jessica Franklin, Emily Baethge,

Lori Broussard.

Back Row: Alyssa Farrow, Alexandra Underwood,

Kristen Dennison, Sydney McElhany, Caitlyn Downs,

Gabriella Santos, and Sarah Jones.

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Nutrition and Metabolism Students Planting their Seeds

with Seeding Galveston

From bottom left to bottom right are: Julia Newsom, Danielle Phalen, Melanie Lammers, Lauren Zeto, Maddy Jourgensen, Jillian Hungate, Dianna Gonzalez, and Martha Mack.

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SHP Student Ambassadors 2016-2017

Jasmine Chaisson, PAS Keegan Collins, PAS

Megan Francisco, DPT Ben Glidden, DPT

Soraya Toghani, RC Whitney Vrba, DPT

Jessica Allen, DPT

Shannon McCollum, MOT Courtney Laughlin, PAS Esteban Martinez-Cabello, DPT

Nicki Diamond, DPT

Gordon Peace, DPT

Katie Kennedy, CLS

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SHP SGA Senators for 2016-2017

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Vote for your favorite furry friend! Send your vote to [email protected]

by Wednesday, October 19, 5pm. One vote per student please. Votes are valid only if received

from UTMB email addresses. The winner receives a gift card, pet treats

and a new pet toy!

1. SCOUT

Caroline Banick, OT

2. HOLLY

Gina Peterson, RC

3. MAGGIE

Taylor Rubin, PAS

4. POLKADOTS & JAKE

Kristen Poynor, N&M

5. SADIE & MILO

Megan Eckman, PAS

7. LUNA & STELLA

Katie Virant, PAS

6. MADDIE

Julie Bayer-Vile, CLS

8. COWBOY

Dianna Gonzalez, N&M

SELFIE

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9. BRIAN

Ashlie Atchison, CLS

11. RILEY

12. Amy Dreier, OT

10. TUCKER

Janelle Faucheux, PAS

12. SAILOR

Kaitlin Wilson, OT

13. BABU

Irfan Khan, PT

14. SCOUT

Brittany Tijerina, PA

15. THOMAS

Katie Jo Hensley, OT

16. JAX

Lillian Wang, PA

17. LANCELOT

Lisa Jeffery, PA

18. KIKO

Muriel Jimenez, OT

19. BAILEY

Nancy Ortega, PA

20. CLOVER

Erica Hsu, OT

21. HAZEL

Tara Brennan and Natalie Hager , DPT

22. GORDIE

Delaney Fisher, OT

23. LEO & LILA

Megan Turner, RC 24. SCOUT

Mark Pedigo, PA

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25. GUNNER

Emily Hamm, OT

26. DIXIE

Amber Underwood, CLS

27. HARLEY

Mary Ellen Beaupre, ASA

PLEASE NOTE

Parents of students who claim to have grand-doggers or grand-kitters are not eligible to vote!

Remember

Voting closes on

Wednesday,

October 19, at 5pm

FUN AND EASY CRAFTS AND DESSERTS FOR HALLOWEEN!

(click on pictures for recipes and directions)

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Academic and Student Affairs held an Info Session on Tuesday,

October 11. The Info Session was designed to inform SHP students

of some of their available resources on campus. The expert panel of

guests included Lela Lockett-ware, ADA Coordinator, Kathy

Rodriguez, JD, Title IX Director and Dr. James Blankenship,

Ombudsman for UTMB. The Info Session was well received by over

50 students from SHP and SON. SHP Student Ambassadors helped

to meet and greet the students.

Nicki Diamond (left) Whitney

Vrba (right) and Megan

Francisco (missing from

picture), Student Ambassadors,

helped to meet and greet

students.

Kathy Rodriguez, JD, Title IX Director Dr. James Blankenship, Ombudsman for UTMB

Lela Lockett-Ware, ADA Coordinator

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Hannah Fifer & Lauren Schulte, OT

show off their “pet plant” Burt.

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QUICK REFERENCE PHONE NUMBERS

SHP/SON STUDY ROOM HOURS

Monday thru Friday

6:00 pm—11:30 pm

Weekends

8:00 am—11:30 pm

Student Study Rooms include

3.1020, 3.1036, 3.206, 3.208, 3.210,

3.212, 4.602, 4.618, 4.636, 4.644

All rooms are available on a first

come-first served basis, however,

rooms can be reserved by

contacting [email protected]

MOODY LIBRARY

HOURS

7am—12am

ADA Services (409)747-4818

Alumni Affairs (409)772-5302

Badge Office (409)772-0657

Bookstore (409)772-1939

Enrollment Services (409)772-1215

Financial Aid (409)772-9794

Help Desk (409)772-5200

Library (409)772-2372

Parking Office (409)772-1581

SHP Academic and Student Affairs (409)772-3030

Student Health & Counseling (409)747-9508

Student Life (409)772-1996

Student Services (409)747-9055

SHP COMMENCEMENT

August 11, 2017

SHP Academic Calendar

OCTOBER 31-Halloween

NOVEMBER 11-Veteran’s Day Holiday-School Closed (No Classes) 14-Classes Resume 21-Last Day to Withdraw from a Course with a “W” - Fall 2016 24-25-Thanksgiving Holiday-School Closed (No Classes) 28-Classes Resume

DECEMBER 1-Online Registration for Spring 2017—Opens at 8:00 am for Returning Students 5-Study Day-No Classes 6-9—Final Examination Period 9-Last Day of Fall 2016 Semester 12-Holiday Recess begins for students to continue through January 4 26-30-Winter Holiday-School Closed

JANUARY 2017 1-New Year’s Holiday-School Closed 4-Registration and Fee Payment Deadlines—Spring 2017 (all students) 5-Classes Begin—Spring 2017

The Learning Resource Center (LRC) is located

in the School of Health Professions on the first

floor, room 1.800. Use this facility to make copies,

print, and scan. It also has multiple study rooms on

a first come-first served basis. The LRC is open

Monday through Friday from 8:00 am until 5:00

pm.

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STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS

Contact Mary Ellen at

[email protected] to reserve the SHP

lobby or SHP classrooms for your event.

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The Office of Academic and Student Affairs (ASA) performs a number of roles for its constituents: students,

staff, faculty, department chairs, and the dean. These include a wide range of student services such as

recruitment, marketing, admissions, academic support, counseling, tutoring, student organization

sponsorship, student advocacy, and representing students on a variety of institutional committees and task

forces. ASA supports the student grading and promotion committees of each department and of the school

by interpreting UT System and institutional policies and procedures and overseeing student academic

appeals and disciplinary proceedings.

Academic & Student Affairs

School of Health Professions

University of Texas Medical Branch

301 University Boulevard

Galveston, TX 77555-1136

Office: SHP / SON 4.224

Phone: (409) 772-9411

Fax: (409) 772-1550

Visit us on

our webpage

ASA

How can we

help you?

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CLINICAL LABORATORY SCIENCES

Student Organization of Clinical Laboratory

Sciences (SOCLS)

Lambda Tau CLS Honor Society

OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY

Pi Theta Epsilon-National Honor Society-

Occupational Therapy

Student Occupational Therapy Association-SOTA

PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT STUDIES

Texas Academy of Physician Assistants-TAPA

American Academy of Physician Assistants

Pi Alpha Honor Society for Physician Assistants

PHYSICAL THERAPY

The American Physical Therapy Association Texas Physical Therapy Association

School of Health ProfessionsSchool of Health ProfessionsSchool of Health Professions Dean's Office

Academic and Student Affairs

NUTRITION AND METABOLISM

REHAB SCIENCES

RESPIRATORY CARE

Respiratory Care Student

Association

Professional Journals

Clinical Laboratory Sciences

Occupational Therapy

Physical Therapy

Physician Assistant Studies

Respiratory Care

Nutrition and Metabolism

Student Government Association

Email:

[email protected]

SHP STUDENT AMBASSADOR SOCIETY

ALPHA ETA

Campus Services Web Links

Enrollment Services

Student Services

Student Health and Counseling

Student Life

HELPFUL RESOURCES

COMPLIANCE TRAINING

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