EDINBURG, TEXAS—AUG. 26, 2016 — The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley hosted The Texas Tribune and three of the Valley’s state legislators Friday for the news organization’s latest conversation series. Read the full release.
EDINBURG, TEXAS – OCT. 27, 2016 – Texas Secretary of State Carlos H. Cascos brought his statewide bilingual voting initiative, Vote Texas, to UTRGV’s Edinburg Campus on Oct. 27, to encourage more Texans, especially young people, to cast their ballots. Read the full release.
EDINBURG, TEXAS – JULY 29, 2016 – Texas First Lady Cecilia Abbott will launch the first RGV Nonprofit Business Summit hosted by The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley on Tuesday, Aug. 9. Read the full release.
U.S. Rep. Rubén Hinojosa, cofounder of HESTEC, was honored on Sunday, Oct. 2, 2016, with the first CiENCiA Award, during the 15th HESTEC Congressional Dinner at the Edinburg Conference Center at Renaissance. Shown from left are Bernabe Joshua Saucedo and Maria Romero, the students who designed and crafted the award, Hinojosa, UTRGV President Guy Bailey, and Veronica Gonzales, UTRGV vice president for Governmental and Community Relations. (UTRGV Photo by Paul Chouy). Read the full release.
EDINBURG, TEXAS – AUG. 9, 2016 – More than 200 people gathered Aug. 9 for the first Rio Grande Valley Nonprofit Business Summit, united in their hopes for building a stronger nonprofit sector for the Rio Grande Valley. Read the full release.
EDINBURG, TEXAS – MARCH 4, 2016 – Fourth- and fifth-graders at Emiliano Zapata Elementary School were in stitches March 4, as award-winning author Jon Scieszka talked about his adventures growing up with five brothers. Read the full release.
BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS – FEB. 25, 2016 – The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley this year celebrated the 79th annual Charro Days event Thursday with its first Charreada and welcomed Mr. Amigo Itatí Cantoral to the Brownsville Campus. Read the full release.