DRAFT -- WORKING DOCUMENT
As of 12 March 2009
Unconfirmed events in red and underlined.
Uncompleted events in blue and italicized.
Proclamations for April
as Cancer Awareness
Month
Texas State University-San Marcos, President Denise M. Trauth
City of San Marcos, Mayor Susan Narvaiz
Hays County, County Judge Liz Sumter
San Marcos CISD, Superintendent Patricia Shafer, 30 March
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Texas State Health Center TBD , April, Sewell Park and Tubing Places
Pre-Spring Break
Sunscreen Giveaways
Organizer: Ms. Ashlee Dozier, Health Education
Coordinator, Student Health Center
Student Ambassador 5:00 - 7:00 p.m., Thursday, 26 March, LBJ Teaching Theater
Training (pizza)
Cancer Workshop
"Cancer Has Struck
Your Family: What Do
You Do Now"; Lunch
8 April, Wednesday, 9:00 - 5:00 p.m., JCK 1100
Workshop Organizer and Leader: Ms. Rose Trevino,
Work Life Coordinator
for all-day participants
Texas State Cancer
Research Symposium
10 April, Friday, 1:00 - 3:30 p.m., ELA 116; Reception to Follow
Welcome and Introductions by Dr. Bill Covington,
Associate Vice President for Research and Federal
Relations
Organizers: Dr. Lawrence Estaville, Geography
Department; Dr. Gloria Martinez, Sociology Department
Presenters:
Dr. Maureen Keeley, Department of Communication
Studies
Dr. Michelle Lane, Department of Family and Consumer
Sciences
Ms. Brandi Wilburn, Radiation Therapy Program
Dr. Gloria Martinez, Department of Sociology
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Marrow Donor Drive
TBN, Department of Philosophy
Ms. Nancy Tian, Department of Geography
Dr. Lawrence Estaville, Department of Geography
Ms. Jennifer Griffin, Department of Family and
Consumer Sciences (student poster)
13-16 April, Monday-Thursday, 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. each day, tables throughout campus
Organizer: Ms. Yvonne Ybarra, Director, National Marrow
Donor Program, San Antonio, TX
Smoke-free Campus
Stop Smoking Commitments
13-16 April, Monday-Thursday, 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. each day, tables throughout campus
Organizers: Dr. Joanne Smith, Vice President for Student
Student Affairs; Ms. Ashlee Dozier, Health Education
Coordinator, Student Health Center; Ms. Karen Candelas,
Health Initiatives Community Manager, American Cancer
Society
Dr. Jeffery Chell, CEO
National Marrow Donor
Program
15 April, Wednesday, 7:00 - 8:30 p.m., 11 at 6:15 p.m. th
Floor JCK; reception
Welcome and Introductions: Provost Perry Moore,
Remarks: Congressman Lloyd Doggett, State
State Senator Jeff Wentworth;
Rose; State Senator Jane Nelson;
HealthCare;
State Representative Patrick
Mark Clayton, St. David's
Gerald Hill, Seton Family of Hospitals;
Owen, Texas Oncology
Letters of support from
Fran Drescher
Mia Hamm,
Matt
Lance Armstrong
Organizers: Dr. Lawrence Estaville and Ms. Angelika
Wahl, Geography Department; Ms. Deborah Mathews,
Chair of Staff Council; Ms. Yvonne Ybarra, Director,
National Marrow Donor Program, San Antonio, TX
, and
Cancer Survivors Panel
and Remembrance
16 April, Thursday, 7:00 - 8:30 p.m., Alkek Teaching Theater; reception at 6:15p.m.
Welcome: Dr. Robert Gratz, Special Assistant to the
President
Special Guest: Ms. Cathy Supple
Panelists: Earl Moseley, Stephanye Gibson, Whitney
Gaffney, Mel Kyser, Travis Koppe, Cathy Soliz, Shelby
Robin, National Spokesperson for the Sunshine Kids
Foundation
Organizers: Ms. Sheri Wahl, Texas State; Ms. Karen
Candelas, Health Initiatives Community Manager,
American Cancer Society; Ms. Mary Moore Cavanagh ,
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Director of Education and Outreach, Komen for the Cure;
Ms. Tina Schultz, Director, Disability Services
Bobcat Athletes, Coaches, 13-16 April, Main Quad, 11:00 a.m. - Noon and
Cheerleaders, Boko,
Band PR Events
2:00 - 3:00 p.m.
13 April, Monday, 11:00 a.m.-12:00 noon, Soccer
2:00-3:00 p.m., Women's Golf
14 April, Tuesday, 11:00 a.m.-12:00 noon, Volleyball
2:00-3:00 p.m., Men's and Women's
Basketball
15 April, Wednesday, 11:00 a.m.-12:00 noon, Tennis
2:00-3:00 p.m., Men's Golf
16 April, Thursday, 11:00 a.m.-12:00 noon, Football
2:00-3:00 p.m., Women's Basketball
Raffle drawing for first pink bike at 1:50 p.m., Thursday,
16 April on the Quad at the "Fighting Stallions"; second pink bike drawing at 9:45 a.m., Friday, 24 April at the San
Marcos Convention Center.
Raffle drawing for yellow bike at 1:50 p.m., Wednesday,
15 April on the Quad at the "Fighting Stallions."
Musical Entertainment in the Quad
Organizer: Healthcare Leadership Coalition
13-16 April, Main Quad, Welcome and Remarks by Dr. Thomas
Clark, Director of the School of Music
13 April, 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. HornCats directed by
Steve Hager
14 April, 3:00 - 4:00 p.m. Orchestra Del Rio (salsa) directed by Carlos Vega; Jazz Combo coached by
Morris Nelms (tentative)
16 April, 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. Saxophone Quartet coached by Todd Oxford; Steel Drums directed by
G. G. Gonzalez
Organizer: Dr. Thomas Clark, Director, School of Music
Relay for Life 17-18 April, Friday and Saturday, 7:00 p.m. - 7:00 a.m.,
Bobcat Stadium
Organizer: Colleges against Cancer, American Cancer
Society
Student Cancer Health Fair 21 April, Tuesday, 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m., LBJ Ballroom
(Lunch for Presenters,
Raffle Cards and Ice
Welcome: Dr. Joanne Smith, Vice President for Student
Affairs
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Cream for Participants) Health professionals talking with students at tables and highly recognized oncologists about various cancers, particularly, skin, breast, lymphomas, cervical, testicular, uterine, oral, colon, and rectal, radiation treatment, radiological testing, genetic testing, and smoking cessation
Information, Screenings and Registration for Oral, Skin, Lung,
Voice, and Clinical Breast Exams; Marrow Donor Drive
Organizers: Ms. Ashlee Dozier, Health Education Coordinator,
Student Health Center; Dr. Abel Galaviz, San Marcos Surgeon;
Ms. Karen Candelas, Health Initiatives Community Manager,
American Cancer Society; Mr. Ronnie Lozano, Chair of the
Radiation Therapy Program Ms. Belinda Nettleton, LBJ Student
CAM Partners
Sharing Their Work
Symposium
Center; Dr. Gregory Marshall, Chair, Department of Respiratory
Care; Dr. Maria Gonzales, Chair, Department of Communication
Disorders; Ms. Mary Moore Cavanagh, Director of Education and
Outreach Komen for the Cure; Ms. Yvonne Ybarra, Director,
National Marrow Donor Program, San Antonio, TX
21 April, TBA, 4:00 - 6:00 p.m., Reception to Follow
St. David's HealthCare, Seton Family of Hospitals, Texas
Oncology; National Marrow Donor Program; Texas Medical
Association; American Cancer Society; Komen for the Cure
Organizer: Lawrence Estaville
Professionals and
Community Symposiums
24 April, Friday, San Marcos Convention Center; Embassy Suites
and Outreach
Health Professionals 8:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Organizers: Dr. Abel Galaviz, San Marcos Surgeon;
Ms. Stephanie Gonzalez, Program Manager, and Ms. Leslie
Jones, Senior Program Coordinator, Texas Medical
Association
Welcome
Moderator
Dr. Philip Sladek, President, Tri-County Medical Society,
Dr. Abel Galaviz, General Surgeon/Capital Neurosurgery
and Spine
Dr. René Castillo, Texas Oncology
Luncheon for community 12:00 noon - 1:30 p.m. leaders and Practitioners Comments by Mayor Susan Narvaiz, County Judge Liz
Symposium participants Sumter, Texas State President Denise M. Trauth, and San
Marcos CISD Superintendent Patricia Shafer
Organizers: Dr. Abel Galaviz, San Marcos Surgeon; Ms.
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Kimberly Porterfield, Director, Texas State Community
Relations
Community Cancer Health 24 April, Friday, 8:00 - 11:30 a.m., San Marcos Convention Center
Fair (Lunch for Presenters) Welcome: Mayor Susan Narvaiz and County Judge Liz Sumter
Health professionals talking with students at tables and highly recognized oncologists giving formal, scheduled presentations about various cancers, particularly, skin, breast, lymphomas, cervical, testicular, uterine, oral, and colorectal, radiation treatment, radiological testing, genetic testing, and smoking cessation; voice and oral cancer screenings.
Information, Screenings and Registration for Skin, Voice, and Mammography
Organizers: Dr. Abel Galaviz, San Marcos Surgeon;
Ms. Karen Candelas, Health Initiatives Community Manager,
American Cancer Society; Mr. Ronnie Lozano, Chair of the
Radiation Therapy Program Ms. Belinda Nettleton, LBJ Student
Center; Dr. Maria Gonzales, Chair, Department of Communication
Disorders; Ms. Mary Moore Cavanagh, Director of Education and
Cancer Workshop
"Cancer Has Struck
Outreach Komen for the Cure; Ms. Kimberly Porterfield, Director,
Texas State Community Relations, and Member, San Marcos City
Council
Your Family: What Do
You Do Now"
24 April, Friday, 8:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m., San Marcos
Convention Center
Workshop Organizer and Leader: Ms. Rose Trevino,
Work Life Coordinator
Texas State Radiation
Therapy Cancer
Presentation
Marrow Donor Drive
24April, Friday, 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m., San Marcos Convention
Center
Welcome and Introductions by Dr. Barbara Sanders,
Associate Dean , College of Health Professions and Mr.
Ronnie Lozano, Chair of the Radiation Therapy Program
Organizer: Mr. Ronnie Lozano
24 April, Friday, 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m., San Marcos Convention
Center
Organizer: Ms. Yvonne Ybarra, Director, National
Marrow Donor Program, San Antonio, TX
Panel of Cancer
NGO Organizations
Sharing Their Work
28 April (or 21 April), TBA
LiveStrong Foundation, Planet Cancer, Candlelighters,
Camp for All, WINGS , and others
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Organizers: Mr. G. W. Bailey, CEO, Sunshine Kids Foundation and Dr. Michael Abbott, Associate Director, River Systems
Institute
Texas State and San Marcos Throughout April
Libraries' Exhibits and
Displays of Cancer
Books and Materials
Resident Halls Cancer
Awareness Meetings
Community Cancer
Outreach Meetings
Throughout April
Organizer: Ms. Ashlee Dozier, Health Education Coordinator,
Student Health Center
Central Texas Medical 23 April, Health Fair
Center Marrow Donor Organizer: Ms. Yvonne Ybarra, Director, National Marrow
Drive Donor Program, San Antonio, TX
3-22 April in Hays County Communities Cancer Awareness and Prevention Information provided by local physicians and healthcare professionals.
3 April, Friday, 7:00 - 9:00 p.m., Dripping Springs, St. Martin de
Porres Catholic Church
8 April, Wednesday, 7:00 - 9:00 p.m., Wimberley Civic Center
15 April, Wednesday, 7:00 - 9:00 p.m., San Marcos, St. John’s
Catholic Church; focus on cancer that affect women
(breast, gynecological, colorectal)
16 April, Thursday, 7:00 - 9:00 p.m., San Marcos, St. John’s
Catholic Church; focus on cancer that affect men
(colorectal, testicular, prostate)
21 April, Tuesday, 7:00 - 9:00 p.m., Buda, Santa Cruz Catholic
Church
22 April 22, Wednesday, 7:00 - 9:00 p.m., Kyle, St. Anthony’s
Catholic Church
15 April, Wednesday, 12:30 to 1:45 p.m., San Marcos, Thermon
Brown Bag Lunch for Thermon employees and their families; focus on cancer that affect woman (breast, gynecological, colorectal)
16 April, Thursday, 12:30 to 1:45 p.m., San Marcos, Thermon
Brown Bag Lunch for Thermon employees and their families; focus on cancers that affect men (colorectal, prostate, testicular).
Organizers: Dr. Abel Galaviz, San Marcos Surgeon, and
Ms. Karen Candelas, Health Initiatives Community Manager,
American Cancer Society; Ms. Mary Moore Cavanagh, Director of
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Pediatric Oncology
Education in San
Marcos CISD
San Marcos Police and
Firefighters against
Cancer
Education and Outreach, Komen for the Cure; Ms. Angelika Wahl,
Chair-Elect Texas State Staff Council
TBA in April
Organizers: Dr. Abel Galaviz, San Marcos Surgeon; Ms. Kimberly
Porterfield, Director, Texas State Community Relations; Mr.
Gerald Hill, Senior Vice President of Advocacy, Seton Family of
Hospitals; Ms. Iris Campbell, Public Information Officer, San
Marcos CISD; Ms. Rosina Valle, Director, Development and
Community Relations, San Marcos CISD, and Mr. Ricardo Soliz,
Assistant Principal, Doris Miller Junior High School
TBD in April at Police Auditorium and San Marcos Activity
Center
Organizers: Ms. Kimberly Porterfield, Director, Texas State
Community Relations; San Marcos Fire Captain Tom Norris; San
Marcos Mayor Susan Narvaiz; Ms.
Yvonne Ybarra, Director,
National Marrow Donor Program, San Antonio, TX
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