The Shred Day has been canceled due to the weather.
Wi-Fi enhancement will make your life better
UT Health San Antonio is enhancing its Wi-Fi system to better serve faculty, staff and students. Changes are set to occur Nov. 1.
The demand for faster Wi-Fi with less interference is increasingly more important as data usage and application features expand. We’ve listened to your feedback, and as a result, we will be modernizing our Wi-Fi infrastructure and optimizing our configuration standards. What does that mean? Any and all approved wireless devices will connect to the faster and higher performing 5Ghz band. The change should be transparent to almost all users.
The slower 2.4Ghz band is more prone to interference because of the number of devices that use this frequency. Most campus users have experienced the interference which can come from older routers, microwaves, Bluetooth devices, private hotspots, even Via bus Wi-Fi and more.
Reference articles will be available to assist you with any device changes you may encounter. The service desk is also available to assist, 7-7777 Opt 1, should there be any issues connecting to the 5Ghz band.
Possible exceptions are older devices that may need to be upgraded or replaced. If you are concerned, check these lists of compatible mobile devices and computers.
Enhancing the Wi-Fi system will move us toward future capabilities and keep technology current on campus.
Faculty member appointed to Texas Radiation Advisory Board
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has reaapointed Darlene Metter, M.D., professor of radiology and family and community medicine in the Department of Radiology, to the Texas Radiation Advisory Board. The board advises the state on radiation issues and reviews the rules, policies and programs of state agencies that regulate radiation.
Dr. Metter, a diagnostic radiologist whose subspecialty is nuclear medicine, is chair of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s Advisory Committee on the Medical Uses of Isotopes, president of the Texas Radiological Society, past president of the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging Southwestern Chapter, and past president of the Academic Council of the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging.
Additionally, she is a Fellow of the American College of Radiology, a member of the Bexar County Medical Society, and a member of the Radiological Society of North America. She serves as an advisor to the Asian Pacific American Medical Student Association.
Her ideas spark community at UT Health San Antonio
The name Cindi Adcock might ring a bell. That’s likely because the State Employee Charitable Campaign (SECC) recently came to a close. During that time, your inbox may have gotten a little fuller than usual with Cindi’s emails reminding everyone to give back to the community through their contribution, not to mention reminders for food and other fundraising appeals.
Adcock is the Special Events Planner for UT Health San Antonio. She believes her role has really evolved into community engagement due to increased involvement in walks, sponsorships, Fiesta celebrations and marquee slides that the public sees as they drive onto the Long campus, just to name a few.
“I get very passionate when I get a new idea…how can I make a difference?” she said. She said she looks for ways to improve that idea, expand its concept and encourage others to get engaged.
“I am very lucky that Mary DeLay (her supervisor and vice president and chief of staff for President William L. Henrich, M.D., MACP,) has been very gracious in allowing me to be creative.”
In recent years, Adcock has revitalized UT Health San Antonio’s involvement with Fiesta, especially the Cavaliers River Parade.
“We used to do this years ago and it kind of went away for many years, and I thought that it’s very important for the institution to have its face out in the city, especially with our most vibrant and lively event,” she said.
She also initiated the creation and sale of Fiesta medals for the university, along with the help of Creative Media Services.
Her most recent endeavor is an initiative she is co-leading with a colleague to track volunteer hours. “I feel like we can make a difference in our city as (an institution). This type of involvement can create teamwork that allows us to meet and get to know one another in a different environment, which can enhance our culture here at work.”
It is Cindi’s hope to one day see an army of UT Health San Antonio volunteers (in matching T-shirts), doing whatever they can do to give back to the community.
Adcock’s creativity and ideas bring bursts of color and energy to the lives of UT Health San Antonio’s faculty, staff and students. Every initative and event is purposeful in bringing everyone together and helping the greater San Antonio community.
Adcock has a love for travel (and most recently had the opportunity to visit Italy) and gardening. But her greatest joy is spending time with her 2-year old grandson, Michael René.
“Whatever fun things I enjoyed in the past are gone out the window because of him,” she said.
At work, however, she’s all about putting the best face forward for UT Health San Antonio.
Bloodletting and more! A Nixon Library Halloween tour
There will be bloodletting! Not really, but you get the idea.
The P.I. Nixon Medical Historical Library is hosting a Halloween tour, “Disturbing Medical Devices and Practices from the Past,” from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Oct. 31.
The tour will feature historic instruments used for bloodletting, trephination (look it up!) and amputation, images of tooth worms and eye surgery, passages that describe being buried alive and exorcism, plus plenty of spooky stories.
Venture up to the 5th floor of the Briscoe Library on Halloween and discover the goodies inside the P.I. Nixon Medical Historical Library.
Interested in learning more about the history of medicine or health care? Ever wonder what remedies were used long ago to treat ailments? Subscribe to the Treasures of the P.I. Nixon blog and learn the fascinating truths about the history of the health sciences. Be sure to subscribe to the blog to receive updates about events, lectures, rare book viewings, and more! https://libguides.uthscsa.edu/specialcollections/treasures
Feedback on the recent President’s Forum
Thank you to more than 500 of you who provided responses to our survey on the most recent President’s Forum. We appreciate the input and feedback. Congratulations to Angel Garcia, a research technician in the Department of Surgery, and Guadalupe Estrada, a benefits coordinator at the Mays Cancer Center, for winning a UT Health tumbler.
Based on what was shared from those who participated in the survey:
- Staff comprises the majority of President Forum attendees.
- Most of the attendees to this President’s Forum have been with UT Health San Antonio five years or less.
- For those unable to attend, we learned that the primary reason was because it was difficult for you to leave your work area/work station at that time.
- 99% of attendees to this President’s Forum learned more or something new about our organization and the overwhelming majority found it of great interest.
- The option to be able to view it online is important to you.
We also had meaningful suggestions on what additional content you’d like to hear at the next President’s Forum. Thank you again for your feedback as we look to make continual improvements in how we communicate through the organization.