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Roseann Bacha-Garza
College of Liberal Arts
LAMR 1.103
Email: roseann.bachagarza@utrgv.edu
Phone: (956) 665-3231

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Events, Seminars, and Important Dates

Please join us at our next K-12 Professional Development Workshop for a "Field Lesson" to several sites on our Ancient Landscapes of South Texas Trail. Choose from two sessions: June 9th or June 16th. Register for your preferred date in the events section of our university website.

Ancient Landscapes Flyer

Please join us at our next K-12 Professional Development Workshop this year at the UTRGV's EVABL (Visual Arts Building/Bus 281 Closner) Friday, June 17, 2022.

If you have any questions, please contact Roseann Bacha Garza at (956) 665-3231. 

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On February 4, 2019, the CHAPS Program at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley debuted their Rio Grande Valley Civil War Trail traveling museum exhibit titled “War & Peace on the Rio Grande 1861-1867” at the Visitors Center on UTRGV’s Edinburg campus.  The exhibit was designed, developed, and produced by the CHAPS team and regional museum consultants. This traveling museum exhibit encompasses all aspects, events, people, etc., regarding the Civil War era along the US-Mexico border. The exhibit stood at UTRGV until June 19, 2019, and hosted over 4,600 visitors.  These visitors included regional residents, Winter Texan tourists, and a multitude of K-12 class field trips. The exhibit has since traveled to several venues and is currently booked through December of 2022.  If you are interested in hosting this exhibit, please let us know.  Please note the success in visitor traffic for all venues below:

K-12 Professional Development Workshops Schedule

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Announcement: May 18, 2020

New journal article publication written by CHAPS undergraduate research associate and Professors with UTRGV’s CHAPS Program. 

"Lithic Raw Materials in the Lower Rio Grande Valley, South Texas and Northeast Mexico"  published by Routledge/Taylor & Francis Online Journal.

 

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