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In the News - 2019

SBA’s Lower Rio Grande Valley Announces 2019 Small Business Week Awardees

SBA’s Lower Rio Grande Valley Announces 2019 Small Business Week Awardees

HARLINGEN - Today, Angela Burton, district director for the SBA's Lower Rio Grande Valley District announced the 2019 District Small Business Week awardees for 10 small business categories.

"It is with great honor we congratulate Mr. Joe Perez of MGG Investments, Inc., dba Smoothie King as the Lower Rio Grande Valley District's Small Business Person of the Year," Burton stated

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Full Power: GreenPower USA announces winners of race Staff Report

Full Power: GreenPower USA announces winners of race Staff Report

Students competed in the UTRGV Electric Car Competition on Saturday in Brownsville.

The races were held at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley using electric car kits from GreenPower USA, which organizes similar races throughout the nation.

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UTRGV Electric Car Competition returns in April

UTRGV Electric Car Competition returns in April

The excitement of motorsport to inspire middle and high school students to excel in the STEM fields of science, technology, engineering and math is coming to the UTRGV Brownsville Campus.

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Gov. Abbott invites local entrepreneurs to small business conference in Edinburg

Gov. Abbott invites local entrepreneurs to small business conference in Edinburg

South Texas entrepreneurs looking to start or grow their business can attend a Small Business Conference on Friday, March 29 in Edinburg, according to a news release from Gov. Greg Abbott.

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STEM-Community Engagement grant takes shape at UTRGV

STEM-Community Engagement grant takes shape at UTRGV

RIO GRANDE VALLEY, TEXAS – Congressional representatives and community leaders from ARISE and LUPE joined UTRGV faculty and students March 1, to kick off a $1.48M faculty-community partnership grant.

Funded by the National Science Foundation, the grant – “Building Capacity: Transforming Undergraduate Education in STEM Through Culturally Relevant Pedagogy and Community Engagement” – is intended to help faculty develop inclusive, culturally relevant teaching practices. It also is geared to help faculty implement effective community engagement and experiential learning in STEM.

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Cultural Literacy: Valley author shares 'Cascarones' with Gear Up students at FESTIBA

Cultural Literacy: Valley author shares 'Cascarones' with Gear Up students at FESTIBA

Hundreds of Rio Grande Valley middle school students got to hear from an author speaking their own language Wednesday morning at The Arts Center on the Texas Southmost College campus during an event to kick off FESTIBA 2019 at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley.

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GCR News - Regional science, engineering fair this weekend

Regional science, engineering fair this weekend

This weekend the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley will host the 59th annual Rio Grande Valley Regional Science and Engineering Fair on the UTRGV Brownsville and Texas Southmost College campuses.

Area middle school students advance to MATHCOUNTS state competition

Area middle school students advance to MATHCOUNTS state competition

EDINBURG, TEXAS – Eighty-four middle school students from across the Rio Grande Valley competed in MATHCOUNTS on Saturday, Feb. 9, at the UTRGV Edinburg Campus.

Designed to challenge middle school students, the MATHCOUNTS program offers four levels of competition featuring both a rigorous written competition and a fast-paced oral competition.

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