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Posted On: October 14th 2026, 06:16 pm

Join the Pre-Physician Associate Society for an informative and inspiring evening celebrating PA Week and exploring Patient Care Experience (PCE) opportunities!

Guest Speakers: Hear from current PA-Cs, including Larry Collins, PA-C (USF Associate Program Director, Associate Professor, Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine) and Nilda Sanchez, PA-C, as they share their career paths and insights into becoming a PA-C!

Student/Member Panel: Q&A session with pre-PA members working as EMTs, MAs, and CNAs to learn how they secured their jobs and gain valuable advice.

Volunteering Insights: Guidance on finding impactful volunteer opportunities to strengthen your application.

📍 Event Details:
    •    🗓 Date: Friday, October 16th
    •    ⏰ Time: 7:30 PM – 9:15 PM
    •    🏢 Location: MSC 30709
    •    🎟 Admission: Free

Hit the link in our bio to register and secure your spot today! See you there!

Paris nights with my violin ✨🗼🎻
Would you like to see more my performances in Paris? Let me know in the comments ❤️

Moving in silence until my name speaks for itself. #EVERYTHING #ELITE #ccsu #godstiming

With love, always. We just don’t put up with bullshit.✨🍒

On Indigenous Peoples Day, the Tohono O’odham Nation is fighting to protect thousands of sacred saguaros from removal for Trump’s expanding border wall.

The Nation says federal contractors were scheduled to begin removing the cactuses October 12th without communicating with the tribe, says Chairman Jose.

For the Tohono O’odham, saguaros are considered people. They also provide food and shelter for desert wildlife.

“Trespassing on our land to remove the sacred saguaros is like having masked men break into your house and take away your children,” said Tohono O’odham Nation Chairman Verlon Jose. “The ha:ṣañ are our family, as much a part of us as any blood relative. To destroy them by the thousands carves a wound in our hearts that will not heal. We call on all people for solidarity as we work to protect our culture and our land from this useless, destructive wall.”

The Nation has asked the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals for an emergency injunction to stop the removal.

Meanwhile, a federal judge has blocked border wall construction in Texas’s Big Bend region following a challenge to DHS’s authority to waive environmental and other laws...a strategy that could offer another legal path for the Nation.

From the 200 year-old cottonwoods destroyed in Lochiel to sacred saguaros now threatened, construction is changing the landscape and turning open wildlife corridors into divided ecosystems.

The Center for Biological Diversity warns that habitat fragmentation is one of the leading causes of the extinction crisis, and describes the border wall as among its most severe examples.

For communities whose ancestral lands span the border, the wall also cuts through a living homeland, cutting off 3,000 tribal members from life saving services.

UPDATE: By Monday evening, the Tohono O’odham Nation said federal border wall contractors had failed to show up to begin removing thousands of sacred saguaros, despite earlier indications that work would begin on Indigenous Peoples Day.

The Nation said a large crowd of tribal members and supporters gathered near the border in a show of solidarity for tribal sovereignty.

Full report at kpfa.org/news

It’s been 2 weeks today since my Mam passed away so suddenly at 49..

That’s roughly 77 texts, 14 hours of calls & 6 visits we’ve missed out on. Maybe a babysitting session for your grandson too.

I keep having “last time” moments..
The last time I was in this shop I was on the phone to you, the last time I was on a plane she was were there with me, the last time we went to train together,, her last cup of tea in my house, the last call, the last hug.. I never knew that those were our last times, Mam.

I keep seeing you walk into the sitting room, keep going to text you or call you. It’s like it’s engrained in my mind or a knee jerk reaction. You don’t just stop being my number 1 confidante, problem solver & best friend overnight. I know you will never be replaced.

I keep getting this weird feeling of anticipation. Waiting for the new norm to really sink in. But Mam, even when they turned off the machine, even when they closed your coffin, it just doesn’t feel real. I don’t want it to be real. I want to stretch that millisecond of disorientation I get in the morning right before I remember, oh that’s true.. she’s really gone for as long as I can.

I look at my son& since becoming a mother myself, there’s so much more I understand about everything you did for us. I mean it even more now when I call you my idol mam, SO driven & determined, you made it all happen against the odds.. there’s much more I wanted to thank you for. So much I still wanted to ask you, so much I thought we’d have years to talk about.

Then I look at the others.. There was so much we all still needed you for.. especially Zara, all the little things & all the big things she should have had her Mam there for. None of us will ever be able to give her the experience you gave to us. You are irreplaceable Mam. The impact you have made on so many lives, despite our grief, we’ve just felt so proud to be your family.

We need your help more than ever right now Mam, please send us all your strength.
We miss you more each day.. we love you forever Mam.
Xx

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