The WLHSDM Office of Student Affairs will assist dental students with academic and personal support. We will review and facilitate options best suited to help our students maintain wellness and academic success.
Tutoring
The Woody L. Hunt School of Dental Medicine will provide tutoring services to dental students through a peer mentoring program. The mentoring program will provide structured study time with peers, review of subject material and learning strategies to gain a deeper understanding of supported course content. The peer mentors will be selected from those upper classmen who have demonstrated exceptional interpersonal abilities and academic performance. A recommendation from the academic faculty will be required for peer mentors to participate in the program. Recruitment and hiring is based on need, and qualified applicants will be contacted directly to move forward in the recruitment process. These student employees provide individual and small group tutoring sessions to dental students who desire supplemental support.
All WLHSDM students are eligible to receive assistance through the mentoring program regardless of the subject, level of ability, or need for learning accommodations. The WLHSDM peer mentoring program seeks to promote a welcoming environment where dental students are able to advance their understanding of the principles and practices of dentistry through instruction from their colleagues.
For more questions or information regarding the program, please contact WLHSDM Student Affairs at HuntSDM.sa.ELP@ttuhsc.edu.
Academic Success and Accessibility Office (ASAO)
The Academic Success and Accessibility Office (ASAO) is committed to providing equitable access to learning opportunities for all students with documented disabilities (e.g., mental health, attentional, learning, chronic health, sensory, or physical). Accommodations are not provided retroactively and students are encouraged to register as soon as they begin their academic program. TTUHSC El Paso encourages students to access all resources available for consistent support and accommodations. For more information on the TTUHSC El Paso services offered to students please visit the Academic Success and Accessibility Office website.
For assistance with disabilities please contact: Hilda Alarcon
Associate Director, Office of Student Services and Engagement by phone or email: 915-215-4786
Diversity Mentorship Program
Developed by the TTUHSC El Paso Office of Diversity, Inclusion and Global Health (DIGH), the Diversity Mentorship Program provides the opportunity for dental students and faculty members to develop a mentoring relationship in an informal environment. Mentors assist in helping their mentees adjust to dental school, serving as a resource for information of services available on campus, and providing guidance on research and advanced dental education programs.
Dental students invited to participate as mentees are those who: 1) Self-identify as Hispanic/Latino, African- American/Black, Native American/American Indian; 2) Are socioeconomically disadvantaged as determined by two categories on the medical school application; and/or 3) Are educationally disadvantaged, which is defined as those students who are the first in their family in higher education or graduate school. The program offers an orientation and networking reception early in the fall academic semester, as well as several mixers throughout the year.
For more information, please visit:
https://elpaso.ttuhsc.edu/digh/diversity-and- inclusion/Diversity-Mentorship-Program.aspx
Libraries
The TTUHSC El Paso Libraries are located in three buildings on opposite ends of the campus.
The Delia Montes-Gallo Library is located on the first floor of the Academic Education Center (AEC) building across from Texas Tech Physicians of El Paso (4801 Alberta Avenue). The AEC library has study carrels, a copier, and a computer room with both PCs and Macs. This location provides 24/7 access to students with their TTUHSC El Paso badge.
The Doris F. Eisenberg Library is located on the second floor of the Medical Education Building (MEB). This location has a “quiet room,” a conference room and a study room. There are also three small group study rooms located directly outside of the MEB library. Computer stations are available for use as well (both PC and Mac). In addition, the MEB Library provides students with 24/7 access to study carrels and tables at which students may study and connect to the network via Ethernet cables or Wi-Fi.
The MSBII Library is located on the first floor of the Medical Sciences Building (MSB) II. This location has wifi, individual study spaces with their own AC ad USB power, as well as two study rooms inside the library and another 3 outside the library. The study rooms are available and must be reserved via the library’s webpage. In addition to the study rooms there is a quiet room for mediation/reflection, which is also located in the hallway outside the library. Computers and printers are available to all TTUHSC El Paso students. This location provides 24/7 access to students with their TTUHSC El Paso badge.
The library’s staffed hours are as follows:
AEC library: M-F 7:30 am-5:00 pm
MEB library: M-F 7:30 am- 11:00 pm; Sat 10:00 am-11:00 pm; Sun 1:00 pm- 11:00 pm
MSB II library: Please visit website for current hours of operation.
Please visit the libraries’ website at http://elpaso.ttuhsc.edu/libraries/ for detailed information including up-to-date staffing hours and access to thousands of electronic resources.
Some of the services available to students, faculty and staff include:
- Reference assistance - both in-person (M-F 8:00 am-5:00 pm) and online
- Interlibrary loan
- Library instruction classes (individual or group)
- Delivery of print materials from the libraries’ remote storage location.
Office of Financial Aid
The Office of Financial Aid will assist in funding your dental education and provide information on how to keep dental school debt under control. See https://elpaso.ttuhsc.edu/studentservices/Financial-Aid/default.aspx for more information of the different types of financial aid, entrance counseling, emergency loans or what to do in case of changes in enrollment such as leave of absence, withdrawals or tuition refund requests.
For any questions regarding financing medical school, please contact Director of Financial Aid or Financial Aid Coordinator.
Active/Military Reserve
We appreciate the service and sacrifice of our veterans. The Veterans Affairs Office is here to assist our students with their VA educational benefits, both federal and state. We are here to ensure that all the necessary documents are submitted to the Department of Veterans Affairs and to certify students’ enrollment. Please contact the Associate Director, Araceli Moreno at 915-215- 5602 or visit our website at http://elpaso.ttuhsc.edu/studentservices/veteransAffairs.aspx
Dental Ergonomics
As part of the curriculum, a partnership with the University of Texas of El Paso (UTEP) Department of Physical Therapy may be created in order to have students from the UTEP Physical Therapy department come and teach WLHSDM students regarding ergonomics with specific focus on clinical care.
The purpose of introducing ergonomics into the dental curriculum is to train dental students to maintain health and safety in the workplace while maintaining efficiency in their job performance. The introduction of ergonomics to dental students will come as early as the time in which students spend in simulation in order to receive proper training prior to treating patients in clinic.
For more information regarding the potential partnership, please visit https://www.utep.edu/chs/pt/ or https://www.utep.edu/chs/pt/people/faculty-and-staff.html
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