FSOP NEWS.FEB 2014

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E XP AN DI N G Y OU R H OR I ZO N S S A N A NT ON I O C ON FE RE N CE On January 11, 2014, a one-day conference was held at UIW to expose 170 middle school girls to math and science professions. This event was a collaboration between UIW, UTSA and St. Mary’s University women faculty, staff and students. There were 15 different topic-specific workshops, several presented by UIW faculty, and there were 40 college student volunteers. The keynote speaker was Kristen Story Held, M.D. Special thanks to the FSOP faculty and staff who played an important role in conference planning and execution: Dr. Tina Lopez, Dr. Nicole Farrell, Dr. Kathleen Lusk, Dr. Cynthia Nguyen, Dr. Blair Sarbacker, Dr. Adeola Coker, Dr. Renee Bellanger, Dr. Elizabeth Yablonski, Ms. Alejandra Zertuche, Ms. Rosalinda Villarreal, and several FSOP students.

Happy faces at registration.

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Kris Held Waiting for the conference to begin.

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What is a capacitor?

Who wants to be a doctor?

Learning about patient assessment.

S CH OL AR S HI P A W A R D S N U R T U R E S U CC E S S The school’s Scholarship and Awards Committee has had a very busy fall rounding into spring, working to secure available scholarship dollars for deserving FSOP students. To date this year, a total of $27,500 in scholarship dollars have been awarded to 12 students. Numerous additional scholarships are still available and will be awarded this spring.


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