Gifts for Children to meet Dec. 7
The Gifts for Children organization will meet from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 7, in room 4.484T.
Preparations will continue for the Holiday Reception, which is 3 to 5 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 16, in the Medical
School Auditorium.
The reception is right around the corner and volunteers are needed for the event. Anyone interested in donating
to the program can drop off a new or handmade toy or a cash donation at containers marked "Gifts for Children"
in the Dental School cafeteria, the bookstores, the "Easy Go" area by the cafeteria, the Allied Health/Research
Building deli and Subway. Drop-off boxes also are located in each department and donations can be brought to
the rece>ption.
The Gifts for Children charitable program benefits hospitalized children and youngsters receiving clinical care.
For more information on the organization and volunteer opportunities, call ext. 2276.
Macintosh group meeting set for Dec. 1 in lecture hall
The Health Science Center Macintosh Users Group (Tex-MUG) will meet at noon on Wednesday, Dec. 1,
in lecture hall 3.102B in the Medical School.
A. Jerome York, vice president and chief information officer, will present "Information Technology at the
Health Science Center: What's New/What's Coming?" The discussion will include information on changes that have
taken place in 1999, the implementation of new software programs, Internet connections, TIF grant funding and
uses, the status of the electronic dental program, priorities and challenges in the years to come and a strategic focus
for the future.
Spurs tickets on sale in December
Tickets for the San Antonio Spurs basketball games are on sale from
noon to 1 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday in
the third-floor Medical School foyer. Ticket sales are sponsored by
the Health Science Center Special Events Council.
Tickets will be sold on a first-come, first-serve basis and payments may be made by cash or check only. All sales
are final. For more information, contact Rebecca Bloodworth by e-mail
at <bloodworth@uthscsa.edu>.
Tickets are available for the Washington Wizards game Dec. 11, the Houston Rockets game Dec. 15, the
Boston Celtics game Dec. 17 and the Phoenix Suns game Dec. 21. Prices for tickets range from $32.50 to $21.50
to $14.50 (discount).
Energy conservation measure replaces lighting on campus
As part of a recently approved energy-conservation project, much of
the current lighting at the Health
Science Center will be replaced with more energy-efficient bulbs and
fixtures. The restroom facilities on campus also will
be modified by installing either new water-saving fixtures or new
flush valves to conserve water.
Chris Miller, assistant director of the Facilities Management Department, who is supervising the
campuswide project, estimates the lighting improvements will take four to five months and any building over 10 years old will
be affected. Lighting retrofits and replacements will be done at night, and each department will be notified in
advance when its areas are scheduled for construction activities. Restrooms will be renovated one at a time, with
minimal disruption.
Occupancy sensors, which turn lights on and off auto-matically as they detect movement, will be installed in
areas that are candidates for energy conservation through lighting control. Additional energy conservation
measures include the installation of a fourth boiler and a new chiller in the Central Energy Plant. These and other
measures will be virtually invisible to the Health Science Center community, Miller said.
