In This Issue ♦ Volunteer Opportunities

♦ Commencement Information

♦ Galveston Art Walk-SHP Artist

♦ Synergy News

♦ Honor Pledge Awards

♦ SHP’s New SGA Student Senators

♦ Student Scoop

♦ UTMB Alerts

♦ American Red Cross Organization

♦ CLS Fun!

♦ 2011 SHP Scholarship Luncheon

♦ PA Week

♦ SOTA Fun!

♦ DPT Fun!

♦ RC Week

♦ PA’s Fall Activities

♦ Holiday Fun

♦ The Syndrome Call for Volunteers

♦ Electronic Suggestion Box

♦ The Office of Academic and Student

Affairs (ASA)

SHP Department Web Links

Academic and Student Affairs Alumni Affairs Relations Clinical Laboratory Sciences

Dean's Office

Interdisciplinary Studies

Occupational Therapy

Physical Therapy

Physician Assistant Studies

Rehabilitation Sciences

Respiratory Care

SHP Student eSHP Student e--NewsletterNewsletter

Happy Holidays!Happy Holidays!

From home to home, and heart to heart, from one place

to another, the warmth and joy, brings us closer to each

other. The joy of brightening other lives, bearing others'

burdens, easing other's loads and filling empty hearts

and lives with generous gifts becomes for us the magic

of the holidays.

Holiday Volunteer Opportunities with the

Salvation Army of Galveston

1. Adopt a Red Kettle & Ring the Bell

2. Assist with Gift Distribution Center

3. Serve Holiday Dinners in Galveston

4. Conduct Food or Toy Drive

If you are interested in volunteering for any of these events,

please contact:

Jan Porter (Donor Relations)

Galveston Command 2228 Broadway, Galveston, TX 77550

Phone: 409-763-1691 or Cell: 409-559-2315

Preferred Method of Contact is Phone Call

“Find the Mouse with the Santa hat hidden in

this newsletter! Be the first student to tell me

in my office (4.218) where it’s located in the

newsletter and win a gift card from

Academic and Student Affairs!”

Special Holiday EditionSpecial Holiday EditionSpecial Holiday Edition

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SGA Student Government

Association

Click here for the August 16th minutes

If you have any questions or concerns, please

feel free to contact the Student Government

Association at:

Student.Government.Asso@utmb.edu

SHP Student Ambassador Society An organization committed to providing service to UTMB School of Health Professions alumni (Past), current students (Present), and incoming students (Future). We would like to establish an organization of enthusiastic student representatives who can give tours around campus, provide service to the surrounding community of Galveston County, Alumni Affairs and Prospective Student Recruiting efforts.

Pi Theta Epsilon-National Honor

Society-Occupational Therapy

The mission of Pi Theta Epsilon is to support the development of occupational sciences and the practice of authentic occupational therapy by promoting research and other scholarly activities by its members. In this way, the organization serves not only the profession, but helps to insure quality health care services for the general public.

Respiratory Care Student

Association The mission of the Respiratory Care Student Association (RCSA) is to promote awareness of the respiratory therapy profession, participate in educational activities and raise funds to support goals of advancing the education of students. A further mission of UTMB’s RCSA is to provide an environment that is friendly and supportive to its current and prospective students.

Student Organization of Clinical Laboratory Sciences (SOCLS) To formulate academic achievement and clinical excellence in the student body of the CLS program.

Attention December Graduates 2011 December Commencement is in 2 weeks!

When: December 16, 2011

Where: Levin Hall Main Auditorium Time: Ceremony 4:00 pm

Click on this Commencement Website for more information

Galveston/St. Vincent’s Clinic

ArtWalk

For over 20 years the Gal-veston Arts Center has organized and produced ArtWalk, occurring every six to eight weeks on Saturday nights in the heart of Galveston's historic district. Not a street festival, ArtWalk takes place in existing galleries and non-profit spaces and also what are called "other walls," for example, restaurants and retail stores. ArtWalk promotes visual art and artists, extends alternative places to see and learn about art and hopes to bring newcomers, as well as welcome return visitors to the art community on the island. Recently, St. Vincent’s Clinic had their ArtWalk and displayed some beautiful pieces of art by UTMB students who volunteer there.

Art by Boone Allen, PA Studies

Click on Rudolph

Campus Services Web Links

Enrollment Services

Student Services

Student Health and Counseling

Student Life

Alpha Eta Alpha Eta is the national honor society for allied health professionals. The society recognizes those allied health professionals who have excelled in their field. This recognition is extended to students, alumni, and faculty members. The society promotes both scholarship and fellowship among its members. This commitment to collaboration is reflected in the motto of the society: Together We Serve.

American Academy of Physician

Assistants - AAPA – Student Society

Promotes the professional growth, personal

excellence, and recognition of physician

assistants, and to support their efforts to enable

them to improve the quality, accessibility, and

cost-effectiveness of patient-centred health

care.

Texas Academy of Physician

Assistants-TAPA Texas Academy of Physician Assistants is the

premier PA organization in Texas. The mission

of TAPA is to represent and serve PAs statewide

and promotes the PA profession through

education, quality services and advocacy of

optimal healthcare.

Pi Alpha Honor Society for

Physician Assistants Pi Alpha is the national physician assistant honor society organized for the promotion and recognition of significant academic achievement, leadership, research, community & professional service, and related activities, and the encouragement of a high standard of character and conduct among both physician assistant students and graduates.

Physical Therapy Class of 2011

Physical Therapy is a profession that seeks to

return patients to the highest possible degree of

personal independence. The physical therapist

(PT) works with patients with disabilities of the

muscular, skeletal, neurological, circulatory, and

respiratory systems. Physical therapists are

also involved in prevention programs to assist

people of all ages in maintaining health and

physical fitness.

“Amber has taken an active role in the Baptist Student Ministry. She is the

physical therapy student representative and provides all physical therapy

students with information on the Hands and Feet Mission trips. In this

role she has shown to be a leader for other students by encouraging them

to step out of their role as a student to take time and give back to others.

She has participated in many mission trips to Laredo and even a trip to

Peru. On these trips she demonstrates compassion for every patient. She

loves and cares for each person and looks beyond their physical needs to

care for each person as a whole. Amber is a loving, caring, and motivating

student. She works hard to help others and gives back to the community.”

Congratulations to all SHP students

nominated for

September and October!

Bency Abraham (SHP-RC)

Melissa Quintanilla (SHP-RC)

Danielle Stowers (SHP-CLS)

Steven Fierro (SHP-CLS)

EXCELLENCE IN PROFESSIONALISM AWARD FOR SEPTEMBER

AMBER PRAILEY DPT

SYNERGY NEWS

Synergy is designed to provide collaborative educational experiences for students in the School of Nursing, the School of Health Professions, the School of Medicine, and the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences. UTMB will build on the Institute of Medicine's vision for improving the quality of health care delivered by inter-professional teams. Click on Synergy News to learn more. 1. Knowledge Acquisition

2. Observational Learning 3. Participatory Learning 4. Innovational Development 5. Leadership Building

SYNERGY GOALS

Lambda Tau CLS Honor Society To join with the Clinical Laboratory Sciences National Society to develop a spirit of cooperation and unity among students entering any of the fields encompassed by medical technology; to interest other students in these fields, and to be a service organization.

UTMB Alerts!

S t u d e n t S c o o p !

Find the latest announcements and urgent messages! Find forms, UTMB

useful links, the dean’s list, scholarship information, compliance training,

the latest bulletin, past issues of Splash Page, and other student interests.

CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR NEW

SHP STUDENT GOVERNMENT SENATORS!

GURJEET BASRA JAMIE STEWART PA Studies PA Studies

JONATHAN RUZICKA DANE RASMUSSEN DPT MOT

(Alternate)

Don’t miss the boat! Make sure you are on the phone and email list to

receive the most urgent messages and warnings from UTMB. Click on

UTMB Alerts! and sign up.

Student Occupational

Therapy Association-SOTA The Student Occupational Therapy Association (S.O.T.A) advances quality, availability, use and support of occupational therapy through education, promotion, service, and fundraising

Professional Journals Clinical Laboratory Sciences Occupational Therapy Physical Therapy Physician Assistant Studies Respiratory Care

SHP Upcoming Events Calendar

DECEMBER 2011 5-Study Day—No Classes 6-Final Exam Day 7-Final Exam Day 8-Final Exam Day 9-Last Day of Class for Fall 2011 16-Commencement 30-Registration & Fee Payment Deadline (All Students) JANUARY 2012 4-Back to school 16-MLK’s Birthday (School Closed) 17-Classes Resume 19-Last day to Add or Drop a Course 19-Online Registration Closes FEBRUARY 2012 20-President’s Day (School Closed) 21-Classes Resume MARCH 2012 12-16 SPRING BREAK! 19-Classes Resume 26-Last Day to Withdraw from Courses with a “W” APRIL 2012 9-Online Registration Opens 16-Study Day (No Classes) 17-20 FINAL EXAM WEEK 20-Last Day of Class for Spring 2012 30-Classes Begin—Summer 2012

The UTMB American Red Cross Student Organization helps to conduct activities to keep students prepared to respond to disaster and personal emergencies. Activities of the organization include blood drives, CPR training, emergency response training, and educating elementary school students. This student organization is the first SHP student organization with inter-school, inter-professional sponsorship. For more information on joining this organization contact: Shama Shaukatali shshauka@utmb.edu SHP-CLS Class of 2012 American Red Cross Student Organization President

American Red Cross Student Organization

Front Row L to R: Drona Pandeya, Jennifer Rodgers, Sarah

Burnett, Donna Stangeland-Faculty Sponsor, Kajal Patel (front),

Sunitha Abraham, Juan Trujillo. Back Row L to R: Mark Lay,

Shama Shaukatali, Sarah Stover, Callie Giffin, Sehreen Ali,

Navin Parajuli, Charles Chesson

Professional-Looking Clinical Laboratory Sciences Students in the Lab.

Smile! Hold the pose.

Okay—Relax!

Student Organization of Clinical Laboratory Sciences (SOCLS) BAKE SALE and Henna Body Art Fundraiser

Shama Shaukatali and former CLS student

Nishan Takele

On October 25, the School of Health Professions held its annual scholarship luncheon at Levin Hall. Dean Betty Protas presided over an event at which more than $287,000 in scholarships were awarded to existing and incoming students; 190 students in all. Students, donors, staff and faculty members all came together to celebrate this wonderful event. Dr. Callender attended and offered his best wishes to everyone there.

2011 SCHOLARSHIP LUNCHEON

L to R: Frieda Davis-University Federal Credit Union, Andy Kazantsev-CLS, Jill Kaiser-UFCU

Donor and Camellia St. John-CLS

Some of the 190 Scholarship Recipients

Joanne Davis-Donor, Dana McClain-PA Studies, & Harry Davis-Donor

CLS Recipients L to R: Sehreen Ali, Juan Trujillo, Shama Shaukatali,

Hayley Fritsche, Navin Parajuli

Organizing Physician Assistant Week for UTMB was an honor this year. I was super excited about all the

upcoming activities and spreading the word about the PA profession. As such a new profession, PA Week has

played a critical role in educating our community about the importance of physician assistants in the world of health

care.

This year was all about spreading the word. I began by creating a Facebook Page devoted to Texas PA

Week and invited all my friends to join and invite all of their friends. The goal was to unite all the PA Programs and

share our activities with each other and create a resource for future TAPA representatives who will be charged with

organizing PA Week.

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Texas-PA-Week/261643730533929

More publicity came in the form of contacting the Galveston Daily News, the local paper, and writing a

letter to the editor about PA Week to be featured on October 6th. The letter, titled “Thank a PA today,” discussed the

importance of the PA profession and the extension of healthcare to underserved areas due to PA dedication and

compassion for patient well-being. We were also able to contact our school publication, Impact, to broadcast PA

Week on the front page of our website as well as through campus email. The faculty also pooled funds to purchase a

huge banner to hang outside of the School of Health Professions (SHP) building advertising PA Week to other

students throughout campus. The SHP building was also covered with smaller posters announcing PA Week.

On Monday, a group photo was taken in front of Old Red on campus with all the PA students with the PA

Week banner. On October 6th, at noon, the newest PA students distributed PayDay (“PA Day”) candy bars at Jamail

and the SHP lobby to inform others about PA’s. The students also hosted a canned food drive benefiting The Jesse

Tree which is a “faith-based, non-profit organization that connects people with the healthcare, social services and

ministerial resources they need to rebuild their lives and uplift their spirits.” This contribution illustrate’s the

compassionate nature of PA’s as a whole.

Finally, personalized thank-you letters were hand written and distributed to each of the UTMB practicing

PA’s and an email with the group photo was also sent out.

Overall, I think this was a very successful PA Week and I can’t wait to help plan more activities for next

year. I hope we can host a PA health clinic for the community for blood pressure and glucose screening and patient

education. The other goal is to organize a PA Week 5K (PAssionate about our Patients) that will become an annual

activity.

Tamra Dee Warner tdwarner@utmb.edu PA-S University of Texas Medical Branch Texas Academy of Physician Assistants 2010-2011 Representative

CELEBRATING NATIONAL PA WEEK!

Check out the article

in the October issue of

IMPACT

PA WEEK 2011

PA CLASSES CELEBRATE ON CAMPUS!

Dear School of Health Professions,

SKYBar FUNdraiser! Student Occupational Therapy

Association held it’s annual fundraiser at SKYBar in September. They had a great

time with friends and eating sushi!

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L to R: Calli Liamis, Nhi Nguyen, and Laura Ruis

L to R: Stephanie Parlangeli and Nereida Martinez

L to R: Courtney Annis, Rory Autry and Michelle Lindsey

L to R: Carmen Owen, Kate Christy, and Kristen Hoffmann

L to R: Marybeth Sparks-Bauer, Maggie Harrison,

Sarah Kalina, Anna Clark, and Mindy Li

L to R: Jamie Kifer, Danielle Pegues, Colley Scott,

Laura LaRue, Rachel Glasser, and Veronica DiLullo

DOCTORATE OF PHYSICAL THERAPY STUDENTS GETTING INVOLVED

Student Conclave—Annual TPTA Conference

L to R: Danielle Botel, Emily Valdes, Whitney Clancy, Dr. Jennifer

Ellison, Dr. Michael Furtado, Jenna Ruder and Lydia Montes

Ronald McDonald House—Kids Face Painting Fun!

L to R: Marco Hernandez, Kristen Cox and Kevin Villarreal

Intramurals Flag Football

The “Lumbricals” Team!

L to R: Chuck Ihli, Tad Scott, Lauren Priestly, Marco Hernandez,

Matt Nguyen and Thad Thibodeaux

DPT Class of 2014 (maybe)

DPT - Intramural Soccer Team

L to R: Matt Nguyen, Alex Kurian, Reju Matthew

and Jaisie Stevens

DPT Students at TPTA Conference

L to R: Ashley Childress, Dawn New-Weeks,

Ashley Grahmann and Danielle Botel

RESPIRATORY CARE WEEK!

October 24, 2011, a few senior Respiratory Care students decided to go to a local high school and talk about the practice of Respiratory Care. The high school they visited is located in the center of all the refineries in Texas, Sam Rayburn High School in Pasadena. The senior students demonstrated what tools RT's use on a daily basis, therapy devices, a LTV 1200 Ventilator, and healthy lungs vs. damaged lungs. The senior students also shared some of their stories from clinical rotations. They talked about what units they've worked in, what type of tools they've used and where they've completed rotations in the Texas Medical Center. October 26, 2011, two senior students set up an information booth in the cafeteria at John Sealy Hospital to spread the word about Respiratory Care Week. They had several visitors who asked about the program and to get their pulse ox reading!

Melissa Quintanilla with high school students Bency Abraham with students

Priya Patel with students Anika Patel with students

Anika Patel and Melissa Quintanilla at John Sealy Cafeteria promoting Respiratory Care

Physician Assistants Fall Semester Extra-Curricular Activities !

PA Flag

Football Team

“NECROSIS FACTOR”

Class of 2013

won its first match on

October 23rd.

The PA Class of 2013 celebrated Veteran’s Day in style by throwing their first fundraiser party of the year. A BIG thank you to everyone who came and supported the class!

The PA class of 2013 celebrated Thanksgiving with a potluck luncheon.

YUMMY COOKIE RECIPE’S

Super Chunky Cookies

Homemade Samoas (Caramel de-Lites)

Chocolate Caramel Thumbprint Cookies

Quick Holiday Cookie Bars

Chocolate Cheesecake Candy Cane Bars

Oatmeal Cream Cheese Butterscotch Bars

Click here to play holiday games!

Happy Yule!

Happy Kwanzaa!

We thought it might be fun for you to read how other countries around the world celebrate the holidays

with their decorations, traditions and favorite holiday food recipes! Click on the stockings to explore...

The legend of the poinsettia arises from the

16th century, back to a Christmas Eve in

Mexico. The legend tells the story of a little girl

who was too poor and did not have a gift to

present to Christ. Encouraged to give a humble

gift; she gathered some weeds from the side of

the road. As she arrived at church and

approached the altar, a Christmas miracle

occurred; the weeds bloomed into beautiful red

and green flowers. The flowers were then given

the name Flores de Noche Buena, meaning

"flowers of the holy night."

Other associations tie the poinsettia to

Christmas. It is said that Franciscan friars in

Mexico began using poinsettias as part of their

Christmas celebrations during the 17th

century. It is also believed by many that the

star-shaped leaf pattern on the plant symbolizes

the Star of Bethlehem, and the deep red colors

of the leaves represent the blood of Christ.

Click on the car if you love Hanukka!

Contact The Editor

Mary Ellen Beaupre

Office of Academic and Student Affairs

Phone: (409) 772-3030

Fax: (409) 772-1550

mebeaupr@utmb.edu

Top row : Darlene Bordelon, Dr. Henry Cavazos and Sherri Walker

Bottom row: Michelle Conley and Mary Ellen Beaupre

The Office of Academic and Student Affairs

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please RSVP to Ericka Hailey at

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