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Roseann Bacha-Garza
College of Liberal Arts
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Email: roseann.bachagarza@utrgv.edu
Phone: (956) 665-3231

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Festiba

The Festival of International Books and Arts (FESTIBA) was created in 2006 to promote an interest and appreciation for reading and early literacy, celebrate and appreciate the arts and humanities, and broaden cultural awareness within the South Texas community. With the theme of  Building a Better World, FESTIBA 2021 strives to focus on a bright future by promoting and inspiring education for sustainable development, or the idea that we must teach in a way that empowers students to provide tomorrow’s generations with the same opportunities and quality of life that we enjoy today.

CHAPS has participated every year at FESTIBA with lectures, exhibits, and documentary films. Below is our schedule at this years' FESTIBA 2021 

For more information visit the FESTIBA website.


CHAPS Lecture Series - FESTIBA 2021

 

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FESTIBA 2021 Lecture Series 

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 22

Rio Grande Valley in the Time of Pandemic: Community Responses to COVID-19

This presentation will showcase UTRGV's CHAPS Program’s ongoing research. For the tenth year, the CHAPS Program class "Discovering the Rio Grande Valley" has recorded the history of the Rio Grande Valley’s Farming families but shifted focus this year to conduct extensive research into all aspects of how the coronavirus has affected our immediate population. Topics include Front-line Medical Workers/First Responders/Underlying Medical Conditions, Medical Migration/Immigration, Education, Community Business/Restaurants, Sports/Entertainment/Religion, and Voting/Poll Workers.  This presentation details the findings of this project in anticipation of the publication of the final report later this year.

Student presenters:  Colleen DeGuzman - UTRGV Undergraduate Student of Mass Communication, Nydia Salinas - UTRGV Graduate Student of Fine Arts/Ceramics, Cindy Us - UTRGV Undergraduate Student of Anthropology

Faculty Advisor:  Roseann Bacha-Garza – CHAPS Program Director/Lecturer Anthropology

Location:  Via Zoom

Date:   Monday, February 22, 2021

Time:   5:00pm – 6:00pm

View the recorded lecture here:
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