The University of Texas Medical School at Houston Donors and Friends

Parents & Friends

News

View the video of the Fall Meeting of the Organization of Parents and Friends held on Oct. 22, which includes reports from Dean Colasurdo and the student class presidents and news about UT Physicians.

First Year Student Parents!!
View the White Coat Ceremony Video

Download a Brochure!

The mission of the Organization of Parents and Friends is to enhance the quality of student life, provide emergency loan funds, award scholarships, and involve parents in the activities and needs of the Medical School.

Please consider a gift to The Organization of Parents and Friends to support our current and future students. Checks are payable to UT Health Science Center Parents Organization and can be sent to the UT Health Science Center, Office of Development, P.O. Box 20036, Houston, TX, 77225. Don't forget that you can double or triple your gift through your employer's corporate matching program. Please contact your benefits office to request a matching gift form.

Bylaws — Organization of Parents and Friends
January 2009 Steering Committee News

Parking voucher order form

Click here to download a Parking Voucher Order Form. Surprise your student with $5 parking validation tickets for the UTPB garage across from the Medical School Building. They come in handy when it is raining or your student is running late. (Two $5 tickets cover parking for 3 hours - all day.)

View our slideshows

Burn Out news

Click here to download information and sign-up form for the next round of Burn-Out Dinners! To volunteer to assist, please e-mail co-chairs Sharon Allen and Cynthia Schulte at ms.parents@uth.tmc.edu.

Burnout dinner photograph

MS 2 Class president Camden Tissue at a December Burn-out Dinner with (from left) classmate Chelsi Thigpen, mom Bridget Tissue, dad Mike Tissue, and fiancee Amy Hollas.

Aprons are available for purchase for $20. Please email ms.parents@uth.tmc.edu to purchase.

Click Here for photos from the spring 2007 edition of Burn-Out dinners

2009-10 Co-Chairs

Scott and Pam Schurdell
ms.parents@uth.tmc.edu

2009-10 Steering Committee

  • Sharon and Tex Allen
  • Patti Ardeel
  • Lee and Bryan Colquitt
  • Glenna and Joel Dunnington, M.D.
  • Janet and Frank Gerold
  • Lynn and Jeff Murray
  • Cynthia Schulte
  • Paula Smallwood
  • Odile and John Tyler

Finance Committee Chairs

  • Bryan Colquitt

Burn-Out Committee Chairs

  • Lynn Murray
  • Paula Smallwood
  • Odile Tyler