UTRGV students embrace living in the moment while studying abroad in Brazil
Linda Torres, a graduate student at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, ziplined over the mountains of Brazil this May. Was it mentioned that Torres is afraid of heights? “I don’t even know how I got in the zipline,” said the Brownsville native majoring in counseling and guidance. “I could see the mountains and the trees. I don’t know how to explain it. It was just life-changing.”
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UTRGV has new executive director for alumni relations
Brownsville native Marisa Campirano’s job at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley is to help the university reconnect with its graduates. There are more of them than one might think.
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Clinic, center give Laguna Vista boost
Laguna Vista officials say the new clinic operated by the UT Health Rio Grande Valley is the beginning of a renaissance.
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UTRGV professor gains national recognition for advocacy with humanitarian award
BROWNSVILLE — Splitting her time between advocacy work and teaching has taught Selma Yznaga, associate professor of counseling at University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, the commonalities between two of her passions, counseling and social justice, as well as the clear distinctions.
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Study: Hispanic Workers’ Wages Less than Whites
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (July 17, 2018)—Dr. Alberto Dávila, dean of the Donald L. Harrison College of Business at Southeast Missouri State University, recently co-published a new study with the Economic Policy Institute (EPI) which examines the Hispanic-white wage gap among full-time workers.
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