RIO GRANDE VALLEY, TEXAS – DEC. 8, 2017– It really is beginning to look a lot like Christmas, as snow falls on UTRGV campuses and locations from Brownsville to Edinburg and beyond.
Various spots throughout the Rio Grande Valley received anywhere from a dusting of the white stuff to up to two to three inches, according to the National Weather Service (NWS). The last time the Valley experienced snow was Dec. 24, 2004, when the Brownsville area got about an inch and a half and other parts received a bit more snow, said Robert Frye, a meteorologist from the NWS in Brownsville.
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RIO GRANDE VALLEY – NOV. 15, 2017 – Ring in the holiday season with The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley School of Music. Performances will take place at the TSC Arts Center in Brownsville and the UTRGV Performing Arts Complex in Edinburg throughout November and December.
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RIO GRANDE VALLEY, TEXAS – OCT. 25, 2017 – “Veronica Gonzales, vice president for Governmental and Community Relations at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, will be a presenter at the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities’ 31st annual conference at the Hilton San Diego Bayfront in San Diego, CA..
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EDINBURG, TEXAS – SEPT. 22, 2017 – “Maya: Hidden Worlds Revealed,” a special exhibit showcasing the architecture and art of Mayan civilization, is currently being installed at UTRGV and will be launched in conjunction with the opening of HESTEC Week.
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EDINBURG, TEXAS – AUG. 31, 2017 – The Performing Arts Complex on the Edinburg Campus will be filled with the sounds of legendary bassist and two-time Grammy award winner Eddie Gomez and his Jazz Trio, 7 p.m. Monday, Sept. 11.
Gomez will open the 2017-2018 Patron of the Arts season, which promises a great lineup of distinguished guest artists, faculty and student concerts scheduled throughout the year at venues in Edinburg and Brownsville.
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EDINBURG, TEXAS – JULY 25, 2017- The day began early, as a team of UTRGV faculty and staff set about creating a community butterfly garden, part of a project to beautify the atrium in the College of Education and P-16 Integration (CEP) atrium in Edinburg.
The group, which included Dr. Patricia McHatton, dean of the CEP, met with 20 members of Unidos Por RGV on Saturday, July 15, to dig in on the new garden. Unidos Por RGV works collaboratively with UTRGV to advance community engagement, one of UTRGV’s core priorities.
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AUSTIN, TEXAS – JUNE 15, 2017 – Texas Healthcare and Bioscience Institute (THBI) will host the statewide BioTexas initiative in collaboration with The Office of the Governor and The Texas Economic Development Corporation (TxEDC), to bring together a delegation for the 2017 BIO International Convention in San Diego, California from June 19 to June 22.
Veronica Gonzales, vice president for Governmental and Community Relations at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, and Raudel Garza, Manager and Chief Executive Officer of the Development Corporation of Harlingen, Inc., are part of the delegation.
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RIO GRANDE VALLEY – JUNE 1, 2017 – Teams from Harlingen High School, Harlingen Early College High School, Los Fresnos High School, San Isidro High School and Rio Hondo High School represented UTRGV in May at the National SeaPerch Challenge in Atlanta, Georgia.
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MISSION, TEXAS – MAY 26, 2017 – The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley will receive nine federal grants worth almost $14 million over the next five years, to help Valley high school students prepare for and enter college.
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BROWNSVILLE & EDINBURG, TEXAS – MAY 5, 2017 – Five faculty members and two academic departments at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley were recognized May 4 for their exceptional efforts, during the annual Faculty Excellence Awards ceremony.
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EDINBURG, TEXAS – APRIL 24, 2017The UTRGV Guitar Festival, a unique celebration of the guitar and its place in the culture of the Rio Grande Valley, this year marks its ninth anniversary with free public concerts held in the UTRGV Performing Arts Center on the Edinburg Campus.
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The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley presented its annual Earth Fest, which kicked off at the UTRGV Brownsville Campus Wednesday, April 19. Earth Fest will also be held on the Edinburg Campus on Thursday, April 20. Pictured are students from Brownsville’s Incarnate Word Academy that presented their yearly Trashion Show where they created clothes from recycled materials. Two seventh graders from the private Catholic school displayed their costumes based off Star Wars androids R2-D2 and C3-PO. (UTRGV Photo by Veronica Gaona)
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RIO GRANDE VALLEY, TEXAS – APRIL 3, 2017 – Four female Rio Grande Valley mayors shared their experiences as public officials at the “Mujeres in RGV Politics” panel, held March 30 at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley.
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RIO GRANDE VALLEY, TX (March 27, 2017) – The Hispanic Heritage Foundation (HHF) and the U.S. Army will host the Latinos On Fast Track (LOFT) Coder Summit at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Thursday, March 30, 9:00 a.m.- 3:00 p.m. Hundreds of Latino programmers – students majoring in computer science and professionals – are registered to attend the Summit, which will feature back-to-back workshops on coding-languages, career paths, tech interview process role play;
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HARLINGEN, TEXAS – FEB. 9, 2017 – The South Texas Environmental Education and Research (STEER) Program at The UTRGV School of Medicine has been selected to receive the university’s 2017 Community Engaged Scholarship Champions Award.
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RIO GRANDE VALLEY, TEXAS – MARCH 10, 2017 – Four Latina poets and writers donated material to the Special Collections and Archives Department of The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley during FESTIBA, the Festival of International Books and Arts.
Writers Sheila Maldonado, Wendy Ortiz, María Palitachi and Estrella del Valle each presented her donations to Sean Visintainer, head of Special Collections and University Archives, in the Reading Room of the Brownsville Campus University Library, on Thursday, March 3.
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RIO GRANDE VALLEY, TEXAS – FEB. 17, 2017 – The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley will welcome U.S. Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera on Thursday, March 2, to the Edinburg Campus.
Herrera will present a keynote address and poetry reading on the theme of “Literature and Social Justice” from noon to 1:30 p.m. in the Performing Arts Center.
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EDINBURG, TEXAS – MARCH 6, 2017 – A panel of physicians, educators and artists shared their experiences and opinions on the connection between arts and sciences and the subsequent benefits, at a special panel during UTRGV’s Festival of International Books and Arts (FESTIBA).
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EDINBURG, TEXAS—MARCH 2, 2017—U.S. Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera and Texas-based author and publisher Bryce Milligan stressed the importance literature has in promoting social justice and encouraged students to use their literary voices to uplift their communities and speak out against injustice.
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EDINBURG, TEXAS – MARCH 1, 2017 – As the twice-seated U.S. poet laureate, Juan Felipe Herrera admits he often walks a fine diplomatic line between not naming names and bridging political and cultural gaps, especially in today’s unique climate.
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BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS – FEB. 24, 2017 – Solidarity, mutual respect and a call for peace were the overriding themes of Charreada 2017, hosted by The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley and Texas Southmost College on Thursday, Feb. 23.
Both campus communities joined the 80th annual Charro Days festivities to welcome Mr. Amigo Fernando Landeros Verdugo for the Charreada event, held in partnership with the Mr. Amigo Association, Charro Days and Sombrero Festival..
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RIO GRANDE VALLEY, TEXAS – JAN 31, 2017 – The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley is a recipient of a $16,000 grant to host the NEA Big Read in the Rio Grande Valley.
UTRGV is one of 77 nonprofit organizations to receive a grant to host an NEA Big Read project between September 2016 and June 2017. The NEA Big Read in the Rio Grande Valley will focus on the novel In the Time of the Butterflies by Julia Alvarez..
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