2008-2009

The STSA is composed of students currently enrolled in the Surgical Technology Program at Vernon College in Wichita Falls.

Students have several goals this year including performing community projects while promoting the program and Vernon College. Fund raising will be done throughout the year to raise money for various community projects and to provide funds for students to attend the Association of Surgical Technologists National Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada in May 2009. This national meeting of Surgical Technologists offers educational sessions, the opportunity to network with fellow students and working Surgical Technologists from across the country, employment opportunities, and demonstrations of the latest technology and products related to the field.

The first activity of the association this year was to acknowledge National Surgical Technologists week September 14-20. The students prepared and provided "goodie bags" for the Surgical Technologists and Nurses at all four clinical sites. The STSA has also conducted a canned food drive for Faith Mission in Wichita Falls and partnered with the Wichita Falls Student Forum and Phi Theta Kappa in a coat drive.

The STSA supports fellow student organizations and will work closely with the Student Forum of Wichita Falls in their endeavors.

2007/08 STSA Officers: Dwight Gibbs, President, Dipali Patel, Vice-President, Coyt Pittman, Treasurer, Janice Zervas, Secretary, and Sarah Zuniga, Historian.

Faculty Advisor for the STSA is Jeff Feix, Surgical Technology Program Coordinator.