3:53 p.m.
Good Morning UTSA Advising Community,
This email is a friendly reminder for the advising community as we approach kicking- off
UTSA summer orientation. As a new approach, the UHPO will be supporting UTSA students at
orientation in three ways.
Every orientation week (with the exception of the week of June 23-25th due to the NAAHP
national conference) incoming orientation students will have three ways to interface with
our office during their 3-day orientation:
* Monday: UHPO will have an information table at the UTSA's Roadrunner
Roundup New Student Orientation Fall 2014 Information Fair in the Galleria, UC North
* Tuesday: We will host an open 45 minute "Breakout Session"
presentation about UHPO and important preliminary information regarding the planning,
tips, and how to become a competitive applicant.
If during any of your interactions with students at orientation you identify a student
considering and/or pursuing a health professions interest, please encourage them to attend
the UHPO Tuesday Breakout session. It is listed in the their orientation agenda/folders
(University Health Professions Office: A UTSA Roadmap to Health Professions.)
* Walk-in Wednesday: Our office will be hosting "Walk-in Wednesdays" in
the UHPO office during each orientation week (with the exception of June 25th). We will
be reminding health profession interested students on Monday and Tuesday of this
opportunity at our table and break-out session.
As agreed upon, we will be reminding ALL orientation students that they MUST attend their
pre-scheduled major orientation advising appointment and are not allowed to be seeing a
UHPO advisor during this appointment time. Orientation students are welcome to see a UHPO
advisor in our office before/after their major advising orientation session. We are
located in the MS Building 3.02.10. If a student is unable to see us on that Wednesday,
they are welcome to visit with us at a later time (if needed) via our other listed summer
walk-in hours.
The UHPO is excited about our upcoming participation in the UTSA New Student Orientation.
Please share this information with students and encourage them to visit the UHPO to meet
with a health professions advisor or set up an appointment. I have attached a flyer with
information refer them to our offices and services this summer orientation.
On a related note and update, the UHPO has been working diligently to redesign and update
all UHPO literature/information sheets on our website and new handouts. We are in the
12th hour of the revision phase and hope to have these officially released early this
summer. For the time being, if you during your advising sessions and/or orientation
appointments you have students asking specific questions regarding pre-requisites for a
health profession, please refer them to come and see us on the orientation Walk-in
Wednesdays and/or to contact us on how we can best assist them.
In addition, we are also finalizing the new "early admission nursing program"
with the UTHCSA School of Nursing. We will share this new information and field any
questions throughout the summer and at orientation.
The contract has not been officially "signed" but all language has been
pre-approved by each institution. We are at the phase of arranging a final meeting for
UTSA/UTHSCSA Dean's for their final review and signature.
Many thanks to the advising community for all of your support and referrals for our health
professions interested students. As always, do not hesitate to contact myself and/or our
office for any additional questions. Take care....
Jessica Priddy, M.Ed.
Assistant Director
University Health Professions Office
University of Texas at San Antonio
One UTSA Circle
MS 3.02.10
210.458.5185
210.458.6637 Fax
www.utsa.edu/healthprofessions<http://www.utsa.edu/healthprofessions>