Center for Public Service Conferences
2007
Promoting Excellence in the Nonprofit Sector
Panels included a roundtable of regional foundations, a study of 501(c)3 organizations in West Texas, service learning workshop. The featured speaker was Dr. Alana Conner, Senior Editor of the Stanford Social Innovation Review who gave a presentation entitled "Think Like a Saint, Act Like a Scientist."
Download Nonprofit Sector in West Texas Presentation
2006
Administrative Challenges to Economic Growth in West Texas
Six panels covered topics such as rural development, transportation, workforce development, bio and related technologies, and community leadership. Participants included representatives from the Lubbock Economic Development Alliance, Wes-Tex Resource Conservation Development Area, Ports-to-Plains Corridor Coalition, WorkSource Development of the South Plains, South Plains Association of Governments, as well as local and state elected officials and administrators.
Click here to view the Ports-to-Plains PowerPoint presentation
2005
Community Solutions for Challenges of Childhood Obesity
The featured speaker was Dr. Eduardo J. Sanchez, M.D., M.P.H., Commissioner of the Texas Department of State Health Services.
Other speakers included:
- Dr. Patti. J. Patterson, M.D., MPH, Vice President, Office of Rural and Community Health, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center.
- Debra Reed, Ph.D., RD, LD, Professor, Department of Nutrition, Hospitality and Retailing, College of Human Sciences, Texas Tech University.
- Jane Tustin, MSN, RN, NCSN, FNASN, Coordinator, Health Services, Lubbock Independent School District.
Click here for a copy of Dr. Sanchez’ presentation.
Click here to view the Presentation on Childhood Obesity (Windows Media File 78K).
This conference was co-sponsored by the Texas Tech Health Sciences Center Office of Rural and Community Health http://www.ttuhsc.edu/ruralhealth/
2004
The Future of Water in West Texas
The featured speaker was Cornelia Flora, Ph.D. distinguished professor of agriculture and sociology at Iowa State University.
Other speakers included:
- Steve Verett, Executive Vice President, Plains Cotton Growers Inc.
- Gabriel Eckstein, J.D., Associate Professor of Law, Texas Tech School of Law
- Jim Conkwright, General Manager, High Plains Underground Water Conservation District No. 1
- Ken Rainwater, Ph.D., Professor and Director, Water Resources Center, Texas Tech University
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