TAMIU Student Health Services

Hey Dustdevils! Don’t forget about your free opportunity to STI test tomorrow, Tuesday, July 16, 2024, over at the University Village Club House from 6-8 pm. Remember you also have the option to pay for additional STI testing if you wish to do so. Reach out to the Office of Student Health Services for further information or questions at 956-326-2235.

As we commemorate Emancipation Day, we encourage our campus community to reflect on the historical significance of this day. University offices are closed, and classes are suspended this Wednesday, June 19, 2024. Courses resume and offices reopen Thursday, June 20, 2024. Read more at https://news.tamiu.edu/emancipation-day

UPDATE 🚨: Due to Inclement Weather, Pillar will ONLY be testing from 6 to 7 pm tonight at the University Village Club House, instead of 6-8 pm. Please go by 6 to 7 pm if you want to be tested today! 🚨

Our Community Partners from Pillar will hold a Summer STI clinic next week on Tuesday, June 18, 2024 and next month on Tuesday, July 16, 2024, over at the University Village Club House from 6 - 8 pm. Take advantage of this great opportunity, Dustdevils!

Updated Summer Schedule for our office.

Here's our 2024 Summer Schedule! For more information on registration please visit http://go.tamiu.edu/registration ☀️

Senior spotlight. Congratulations to both our Student Workers here at Student Health Services for their upcoming graduation! Emili Arriaga and Rodolfo “Rudy” Morales we are so proud of you! May this milestone be the beginning of a bright and successful future. Believe in your dreams, work hard, and the world is yours to conquer. Best of luck on your journey ahead!

Our Dustdevils are truly talented! Thank you to everyone who came out to paint 🎨

Good luck on your Final Exams!

It's time to unwind and create your own masterpiece you can take home with you. Join us at the STC Rotunda and paint your stress away while enjoying a free agua fresca on Wednesday, May 1, 2024.

Our community partners from PILLAR will be on campus today, Tuesday, April 23, 2024, at RLC, and tomorrow Wednesday, April 24, 2024, at the UV from 6-8pm for an HIV & STI testing opportunity.
All walk-ins are accepted. Free Testing includes HIV and Syphilis, and your $50.00 option includes, HIV, Syphilis, Chlamydia, Gonorrhea, and Hep. C screening and treatment if needed.

Call the Office of Student Health at 956-326-2235 for more information.

Did someone say $40.00 HEB gift card? Yes, please! SHS is partnering up with the LETS Program - City of Laredo Health Department offering FREE STI Testing for our students AND if you get tested tomorrow you will qualify to get a $40.00 HEB gift card! Call the Office of Student Health Services to schedule your appointment or for further information at 956-326-2235.

A reminder, Dustdevils, TAMIU Student Health Services will be hosting a Blood Drive with our friends from South Texas Blood and Tissue Center on Monday, April 8, 2024, from 10 am to 3 pm and on Tuesday, April 9, 2024, from 9 am to 2 pm at the STC parking lot. Students who make a successful donation will qualify to get 20 community service hours and will receive a LUCKY DRAW H-E-B Gift Card! Card values are from $10-$150!
Please click on the links down below to schedule your appointment. If you have any further questions, please feel free to call the Office of Student Health at 956-326-2235. Thank you for helping save lives!
For April 8th:
https://donor.southtexasblood.org/.../drive_schedule/144007
For April 9th:
https://donor.southtexasblood.org/.../drive_schedule/144008

Come join us for Discover TAMIU 2024!

Discover TAMIU 2024, our free, family-friendly day of fun, returns Saturday, April 6! View our list of 170+ activities at https://www.tamiu.edu/discovertamiu/

Our community partners from PILLAR will be on campus this week on Thursday, April 4th at the Office of Student Health (STC 125) for an HIV & STI testing opportunity.

Appointments are preferred, but not required. Walk-ins are accepted. Call us at 956-326-2235 for more information.

The Office of Student Health Services will be closing at 12 noon today, Friday, March 29, 2024. We will resume our regular business hours on Monday.

Narcan training and distribution event coming up on Monday, April 1, 2024, from 11 am to 1 pm at STC Rotunda. Don't miss out on this opportunity to learn how you can help save a life. Learn how to recognize an overdose emergency and how to administer Narcan!

It's still NOT too late to get your flu shot! Come by STC Rotunda on Monday, April 1, 2024, from 11 am - 1 pm and get yours. For questions, please call the Office of Student Health Services at 956-326-2235.

TAMIU Student Health Services will be hosting a Blood Drive with our friends from South Texas Blood and Tissue Center on Monday, April 8, 2024, from 10 am to 3 pm and on Tuesday, April 9, 2024, from 9 am to 2 pm at the STC parking lot. Students who make a successful donation will qualify to get 20 community service hours and will receive a LUCKY DRAW H-E-B Gift Card! Card values are from $10-$150!
Please click on the links down below to schedule your appointment. If you have any further questions, please feel free to call the Office of Student Health at 956-326-2235. Thank you for helping save lives!
For April 8th:
https://donor.southtexasblood.org/donor/schedules/drive_schedule/144007

For April 9th:
https://donor.southtexasblood.org/donor/schedules/drive_schedule/144008

Great news, Dustdevils, we are now open through the lunch hour to better serve you!

The Office of Student Health Services will be closed tomorrow, Friday, March 15,2024, in observance of Spring Break. Our office will reopen on Monday at our regular business hours. Enjoy the rest of your Spring Break, Dustdevils!

The votes are in!! Here are the winners for todays Spring into Wellness Health Fair fan favorites:

🥇1st place, Group 9: Domestic Violence
🥈 2nd place, Group 1: Sun Safety
🥉 3rd place, (tie) Group 5: Blood Pressure and Group 10: STI Awareness

Congratulations and job well done!

Spring Into Wellness Health Fair 2024

Over 100 TAMIU students were able to participate in today’s health fair hosted by Student Health Services and the College of Nursing & Health Sciences, the class of Mr Raul Cortés and Ms Viridiana Vela. Thank you to our wonderful nursing students for sharing their knowledge and providing peer to peer education 👏🏼

It's Spring Break Revolution Week and we are ready to Spring into Wellness with our Health Fair happening tomorrow, Wednesday, March 6, 2024, from 10:00 A.M. - 2:00 P.M. at Student Center Rotunda. Join us and our amazing Nursing Students from The College of Nursing and Health Sciences and learn so much about your health, sun safety, Narcan training, STI Prevention and education and so much more! We will have T-shirts, food, and lots of fun ready for our TAMIU students.

COVID-19 vaccine opportunity for students, faculty, staff, and our Laredo community. Come by and get the latest COVID-19 booster with our community partners, Gateway Community Health Center on Wednesday, March 6, 2024, from 11 A.M. - 1 P.M. at Student Center Rotunda. If you have insurance, please bring your card with you, if no insurance, no problem, Gateway has a solution for that too!

A big congratulations to booth number 14 (Stay Alive! Don’t drink and drive!) Yay! Great reminder for us all to stay safe during our upcoming Spring Break! Awesome job, students!

Spring Break Revolution Week is off to an awesome start! Our TAMIU Nursing students from Ms Amanda Pena’s and Ms Lisa Heard’s Class did an outstanding job! Our TAMIU students had the opportunity to hear presentations on some very important topics ranging from alcohol consumption to burn out to mental health issues and much more.

Our community partners from PILLAR will be on campus today at the Residential Learning Community from 6-8pm for an HIV & STI testing opportunity.

Appointments are preferred, but not required. Walk-ins are accepted. Call the Office of Student Health at 956-326-2235 for more information.

Our community partners from the LETS Program - City of Laredo Health Department will be here at our office doing FREE STI testing from 1:30 - 4:00 PM. Appointments are preferred, but not needed, they will accept walk-ins. Call the Office of Student Health at 956-326-2235 for more information.