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HPAC News & Events

Upcoming events from HPAC and the pre-health student organizations. Make sure to sign up for E-MAIL UPDATES (below) to receive weekly announcements, off-campus job offers, research opportunities, and special learning events.

On-going HPAC Events & Services

  • HPAC E-Mail Updates: To receive email updates of pre-health events, seminars, programs, and job offers. Send a blank e-mail to sympa@lists.utdallas.edu with the subject line "subscribe prehealth-info".
  • Student Groups: UT Dallas’s Pre-Health Student Organizations concentrate on building profession skills and connections, community service, and foreign aid. See each organization’s website for details and upcoming events.
  • HPAC Resource Room: The HPAC Resource Room is open 8am-5pm weekdays. Tutoring, study areas, discount coffee and sodas, computer access, MCAT prep materials, and more.
  • Drop in Hours: Drop in advising is available 1pm-3pm, Monday-Thursday. A pre-health advisor will take short questions at the HPAC office without appointment.
  • Language Classes: Free language classes are available for pre-health and Collegium V students. Contact Julia Kacergis in GC 1.208 (972-883-4297) for availability and requirements.
  • Supplemental Instruction: Take advantage of supplemental instruction available for many UT Dallas courses.

HPAC January 2012 Events

Date/TimeEvent DescriptionLocation
1/3 HPAC re-opens for appointments and drop-in hours  
1/23 - 5pm Pre-Pharmacy Association meeting SU 2.508
1/25 - 5:30pm HOSA general meeting SU 2.602A
1/25 - 6pm - 8pm HPE PROCESS: General Admissions Orientation HH 2.402
1/26 - 7pm HOSA general meeting SU 2.602A
1/26 - 7pm - 8pm Pre-Optometry Professional Society (POPS) Gemini Room
1/27 - 2pm - 4pm HPE PROCESS: Personal Statement Workshop
Workshop uses this downloadable PREWRITE, which takes about 1 hour to complete
HH 2.402
1/27 – 12 noon HOSA general meeting SU 2.508
1/30 - 6pm Helping Hands SU 1.614

HPAC February 2012 Events

Date/TimeEvent DescriptionLocation
2/6 - 7pm - 8 pm Pre-Optometry Professional Society (POPS) SU 2.508
2/18 - 9am - 11am HPE PROCESS: General Admissions Orientation ECSS 2.410
2/18 - 11am - 1pm HPE: Personal Statement Workshop
Workshop uses this downloadable PRE-WRITE, which takes about 1 hour to complete
ECSS 2.410
2/18 - 2pm - 3:30pm HPE: Interview Skills Workshop ECSS 2.410
2/18 - 3:30pm - 5pm HPE: Application Seminar ECSS 2.410
2/23 - 7pm - 8pm Pre-Optometry Professional Society (POPS) Gemini Room
2/27 - 5pm Pre-Pharmacy Association meeting SU 2.508
2/27 - 6pm Helping Hands SU 1.614
2/29 - 7pm Pre-Pharmacy Association meeting SU 1.614

HPAC March 2012 Events

Date/TimeEvent DescriptionLocation
3/19 - 5pm Pre-Pharmacy Association meeting SU 2.508
3/21 - 7pm Pre-Pharmacy Association meeting SU 1.614
3/23 - 2pm - 3:30pm HPE: Interview Skills Workshop HH 2.402
3/23 - 3:30pm - 5pm HPE: Application Seminar HH 2.402
3/23 - 5pm HPE: DEADLINE to submit revised HPE documents  
3/26 - 6pm Helping Hands SU 1.614
3/26 - 7pm - 8pm Pre-Optometry Professional Society (POPS)
Guest speaker: College of Optometry at Western University of Health Sciences
SU 2.508

HPAC April 2012 Events

Date/Time Event Description Location
4/4 - 6pm - 8pm HPE: Interview Skills Workshop HH 2.402
4/19 - 7pm - 8pm Pre-Optometry Professional Society (POPS) Gemini Room
4/21 - 2pm - 3:30pm HPE: Application Seminar HH 2.402
4/21 - 3:30pm - 5pm HPE: Application Seminar HH 2.402
4/30 - 5pm HPE: DEADLINE to complete interviews  
4/30 - 6pm Helping Hands SU 1.614
4/30 - 7pm - 8pm Pre-Optometry Professional Society (POPS) Gemini Room

HPAC May 2012 Events

Date/Time Event Description Location
5/10 - 1pm - 3pm HPE: Personal Statement Workshop
Workshop uses this downloadable PRE-WRITE, which takes about 1 hour to complete
CN 1.112
5/11 - 12 noon - 1:30pm HPE: Application Seminar SU 2.602
5/11 - 1:30pm - 3pm HPE: Interview Skills Workshop SU 2.602
5/31 - 5pm HPE: Deadline for recommendation letters submitted to HPAC  

HPAC June 2012 Events

Date/Time Event Description Location
6/5 - 10am - 12 noon HPE: Personal Statement Workshop
Workshop uses this downloadable PRE-WRITE, which takes about 1 hour to complete
location TBA
6/12 - 12:30pm - 2pm HPE: Application Seminar location TBA
6/12 - 2pm - 3:30pm HPE: Interview Skills Workshop location TBA

HPAC July 2012 Events

Date/Time Event Description Location
7/20 - 5pm HPE: DEADLINE to submit MCAT, DAT, or OAT scores to HPAC