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UTEP Public Health Students to Conduct Health Screenings
With the support of a $300,000 grant from the City of El Paso, students in the Master of Public Health Program at UTEP are conducting comprehensive health screenings of 900 uninsured families.
Since October, student-researchers under the direction of Rodrigo X. Armijos, M.D., Sc.D., associate professor of public health sciences, have been visiting public housing complexes and recreation centers to conduct evidence-based screenings for obesity, cardiorespiratory disease and environmental exposures in low-income households. The data will be shared with El Paso’s Department of Public Health and other scientific professionals.
The screenings are conducted each week Thursday-Saturday. This week, screenings will take place on Thursday, Dec. 4, at the Munoz Apartments at 10040 Audobon; Friday, Dec. 5, at the Sandoval Apartments at 5353 Ridge St.; and Saturday, Dec. 6, at the Truman Apartments, 7919 Meraz Ave. Times are to be determined.
Campus Spotlights:
UTEP Centennial Time Capsule Showcase
UTEP students will present the items that will be included in a Centennial time capsule during an event beginning at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 3 at the Centennial Museum and Chihuahuan Desert Gardens.
The time capsule was created to commemorate UTEP’s Centennial Celebration. It will include information and items that will preserve and reflect the events and lifestyles of the UTEP student body in 2014.
Teacher Job Fair Set for Dec. 5 at UTEP
Approximately 25 school districts from around the region and the state will recruit teachers, specialists and administrators during UTEP’s annual College of Education Teacher Fair from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday, Dec. 5, in the Don Haskins Center.
Several hundred people are expected to attend this event that is open to current students, recent graduates and members of the community who have teaching credentials.
Event organizers decided to open the fall teacher job fair to outside districts this year because of the high demand for administrators, counselors and bilingual and special education teachers during a similar event last spring.
Information: 915-747-5783 or 915-747-7603
Press Events/Photo Opportunities On Campus:
Monday, Dec. 1
7:30 – 9 p.m.
Fox Fine Arts Recital Hall
El Paso Pro Musica
The Catalyst String Quartet is coming to El Paso and will perform in the Fox Fine Arts Recital Hall. Tickets are still available by calling 915-833-9400 or visiting www.eppm.org.
Tuesday, Dec. 2
4 p.m
El Paso Natural Gas Conference Center, UTEP Campus
“Environmental Health at the U.S.-Mexico Border: Studies in El Paso and Cd. Juarez”
The Research Forums will present a talk titled “Environmental Health at the U.S.-Mexico Border: Studies in El Paso and Cd. Juarez” at 4 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 2 in the El Paso Natural Gas Conference Center. Join the faculty, students, alumni and staff in discussing important and timely research topics to stimulate further investigation in advancing our collective knowledge.
Please RSVP to ur@utep.edu to attend the event.
7 p.m.
Don Haskins Center
UTEP Women’s Basketball vs. Eastern New Mexico
The UTEP Women’s Basketball team will take on Eastern New Mexico. For tickets, please contact the University Ticket Center at 915-747-5234.
Wednesday, Dec. 3
Noon – 1 p.m.
Health Sciences and Nursing Building, room 211
The Healthy Exchange: “Mitigation of Age-Related Changes”
As part of the Healthy Exchanges hosted by The University of Texas at El Paso and the Center for Interdisciplinary Health Research and Evaluation (CIHRE), the Dec. 3 lecture will cover the topic “Mitigation of Age-Related Changes in Audition and Cognition with Hearing Aids.”
The speaker will be Jamie L. Desjardins, Ph.D., assistant professor in UTEP’s Department of Speech-Language Pathology.
The Healthy Exchange is free and open to students, faculty and community members.
For more information, please contact Andrea Rodríguez at 915-747-7294.
Thursday, Dec. 4
Noon-1:30 p.m.
Doubletree Hotel
A Smoke Free Paso del Norte Appreciation Luncheon
Cristina Rabadán-Diehl, Ph.D., director of the Office of the Americas in the Office of Global Affairs at the United States Department of Health and Human Services, will speak about the issues facing tobacco control at the national and international level, as well as the role of the private sector and issues regarding special populations.
A Smoke Free Paso del Norte will also present its first Leadership Award to an organization that has advanced the cause of tobacco control. The award is being presented in honor of a champion of tobacco control policy, Chester Bryant, who died in September.
For more information, contact Nora Hernandez, Program Coordinator/Manager at norag@utep.edu or Annette Torres, Program Coordinator at altorres@utep.edu or at 915-747-5072.
Saturday, Dec. 6
2 p.m.
Don Haskins Center
UTEP Women’s Basketball vs. Houston Baptist
The University of Texas at El Paso’s Women’s Basketball team will take on Houston Baptist. For tickets, please contact the University Ticket Center at 915-747-5234.