December 2019 | The Newsroom

UTRGV celebrates 2019 with another year of successes

Monday, December 30, 2019
This year was jam-packed with activities and significant changes for the UTRGV community, to include defining accomplishments like:

Rio Grande Valley culture inspires legacy alum’s first novel

Friday, December 27, 2019
Experts say to write about what you know. So Rubén Degollado has done just that. Degollado, an alumnus of UTRGV legacy institution UT Pan American, released his first book, Throw, a novel, in February 2019. It’s the Rio Grande ...

UTRGV Department of Human Genetics part of international collaboration on genetics during organ development

Thursday, December 26, 2019
Dr. John VandeBerg, a professor of Human Genetics at UTRGV, is part of an international research collaboration that has produced the first detailed roadmap of how our DNA sends its information to the embryo’s cells to control the ...

UTRGV alum grills up successful food truck

Monday, December 23, 2019
“Qweenie hot dogs are savage - not average.” The catchphrase covers the top of a bright pink-and-black colored food truck, covered with crowns and alien-like characters journeying to “the unknown” with Qweenie. And the ...

UTRGV Learning Center places in national Innovation in Technology contest

Friday, December 20, 2019
The UTRGV Learning Center received second place at the 2019 National College Learning Center Association’s Innovative Use of Technology Award competition.

Graduate overcomes own struggles to be first UTRGV graduate to earn a BS in Addiction Studies

Thursday, December 19, 2019
Four years ago, Quincie Gomez did not recognize the girl standing in front of the mirror as she struggled with a substance use disorder.

UTRGV alum says NFL internship with Tennessee Titans led him to career as Palmview HS athletic trainer

Wednesday, December 18, 2019
For UTRGV alumnus Edwin Gomez – now an athletic trainer for his alma mater, Palmview High School – a coveted college internship with the NFL’s Tennessee Titans turned into the catalyst for a dream career.

Star of Bethlehem leads to astronomical questions

Wednesday, December 18, 2019
There are countless stars in the sky, but one, particularly, is tied to Christmas – the Star of Bethlehem. According to the Gospel of Matthew, a star led the magi to Jesus.

UTRGV School of Medicine’s Professor Krouse conferred as fellow, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland

Monday, December 16, 2019
Dr. Helene Krouse, professor and associate dean for Interprofessional Education at the UTRGV School of Medicine, was conferred as a Fellow Ad Eundem in the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Dec. 9, 2019 in ...

Community Sustainability Ambassadors Program concludes with competition

Monday, December 16, 2019
UTRGV’s Office for Sustainability (OFS) is working on an educational community experience program designed to help shape leaders in sustainable development and based on the philosophy that societal growth should consider environmental, ...

Well done, Vaqueros!

Saturday, December 14, 2019
Graduation day finally arrived for more than 2,000 graduates who were the center of attention at UTRGV’s fall commencement ceremonies on Saturday, Dec. 14.

UTRGV Athletics graduates 13 after fall semester

Saturday, December 14, 2019
Thirteen student-athletes graduated Dec. 13 and 14 in UTRGV’s Fall Commencement ceremonies, held at the Harlingen Convention Center and Bert Ogden Arena, the Department of Intercollegiate Athletics said.

Class of 2019, you did it!

Friday, December 13, 2019
Proud families and friends helped celebrate a major milestone for more than 580 graduates who walked on the first day, Dec. 13, of UTRGV’s fall commencement ceremonies at the Harlingen Convention Center.

Graduating UTRGV student reflects on his journey to get an education from across the border

Thursday, December 12, 2019
It was more than a year ago when Brandon Ramirez, a UTRGV manufacturing engineering student, shared his personal and relatable story about getting an education in the United States while living in Mexico.

UTRGV bell ringer says her younger sisters provided motivation to set a strong academic example

Thursday, December 12, 2019
Viviana Garza, a mass communications major from San Benito, is graduating Dec. 13 after only two years at UTRGV.

UTRGV professor highlights release of new book on the Amistad with scholarly week in Sierra Leone

Wednesday, December 11, 2019
Dr. Matthew Christensen, a professor of English in UTRGV’s Department of Literatures and Cultural Studies, spent the final week of November in Freetown, Sierra Leone, where he delivered the keynote address at Amistad Week.

Family pursues UTRGV degrees together, overcomes obstacles

Tuesday, December 10, 2019
The hardest thing for Gabriel Carrizales, then a sailor in the U.S. Navy, wasn’t the time he spent overseas. It was a Red Cross message he received in 2009 while he was thousands of miles from home, deployed in the mountains of Afghanistan.