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Portrait of Melissa E Walston-Sanchez

Melissa E Walston-Sanchez

  • Assoc Professor of Instruction at Dept of Health Informatics and Info Mgmt, College of Health Professions

Service Activities

Ongoing

  • Member, 2025 Consortium of Baccalaureate and Graduate Health Informatics and Information Management Educators' Annual Meeting Planning Committee. September 2024 - Present.
  • Member, 2024 Nontenure Line Faculty Appreciation Event Planning Committee. September 13, 2024 - Present.
  • Member, Nontenure Line Faculty Committee. September 2023 - Present.
  • Undergraduate Advisor, BSHIIM. August 2023 - Present.
  • Member, Capital Area Texas Health Information Management Association Planning Committee. January 2023 - Present.
  • Co-Chair, Student Recruiting/Outreach Committee. 2022 - Present.
  • Member, Student Scholarships, Financial Aid, & Awards Committee. 2022 - Present.
  • Member, Medical Terminology Committee. 2022 - Present.
  • Member, BSHIM Admissions Committee. 2022 - Present.
  • Chair, Study Abroad Committee. 2022 - Present.
  • Chair, Interprofessional Education Committee. 2022 - Present.
  • Member, Equipment/Labs/VLab Committee. 2022 - Present.
  • Co-Chair, Professional Practice Experience Committee. 2022 - Present.
  • Member, Budget Committee. August 1, 2015 - Present.
  • Other, Health Information Management Advisory Committee. January 1, 2015 - Present.
  • Other, Health Information Management Department Virtual Lab Coordinator. January 1, 2015 - Present.

2025

  • Member, Interprofessional Education Committee. August 2021 - January 2025.

2023

  • Member, Study Abroad Committee. 2022 - August 2023.
  • Member, Bobcat Days Spring. February 2022 - February 2023.

2020

  • Member, AHIMA CEE VLab Strategic Advisory Committee. December 2017 - February 1, 2020.
  • Coordinate, purchase, and deliver gifts for Annual Toy Drive for Health Information Management Department., CASA of Central Texas. October 1, 2015 - January 1, 2020.
  • Other, Health Information Management Department Community Service Coordinator. January 1, 2015 - January 1, 2020.

2019

  • Liaison, Nontenure Line Faculty Committee. 2018 - 2019.
  • Other, Bobcat Days Fall 2019. November 23, 2019.
  • Board Member, San Marcos High School Band Booster. August 2017 - August 2019.
  • Undergraduate Advisor, Coordinate the New Student Application Process. January 1, 2015 - May 2019.
  • Undergraduate Advisor, Health Information Management Department Advising Liaison for Potential Students. January 1, 2015 - May 2019.
  • Other, Take Meeting Minutes at HIM Department Faculty Meetings. January 1, 2015 - January 2019.
  • Undergraduate Advisor, Health Information Management Department Advisor for Current Students with last names T-W. January 1, 2015 - January 2019.

2018

  • Alternate, General Education Council. August 1, 2015 - August 2018.

2015

  • Organizer, Adopt a Family for Christmas - A. Washington HeadStart - Community Action. October 2012 - January 2015.