In the News - 2016
Productions for Young Audiences
The Performing Arts Complex on the Edinburg campus was filled to capacity for the first Productions for Young Audiences Concert held in early October.
1,000 students from several area elementary schools enjoyed the concert which featured the Wind Ensemble from UTRGV under the direction of Dr. Saul Torres with music from West Side Story by Leonard Bernstein among other compositions. The students were fascinated with the exciting music and variety of instruments utilized in a full wind symphony.
Luis Leal Endowed Chair in the Department of Chicana and Chicano Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara professor Aida Hurtado speaks on a book Hurtado coauthored with Mrinal Sinha titled Beyond Machismo: Intersectional Latino Masculinities during Leading with Authenticity a South Texas Women Leading Government (WLG) Conference Friday at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) Brownsville campus El Gran Salón. Read the full release.
In a time when politics divides the country, students and community leaders were able to come together across religious lines. Read the full release.
EDINBURG, TEXAS – July 31, 2016 – Veronica Gonzales served four terms in the Texas House of Representatives for District 41. Today she is the Vice President for Governmental and Community Relations at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. Gonzales is seen inside the Performing Arts Center at UTRGV. Read the full release.
