
(UTRGV Archival Photo by David Pike)
News Release | Success
(UTRGV Archival Photo by David Pike)
Monday, May 11, 2020
Announcements, Around Campus
By News and Internal Communications
RIO GRANDE VALLEY, TEXAS – UTRGV has announced an innovative Fall/Spring Relief Package, which through a combination of CARES Act funds and university funds, will provide eligible students with up to $1,500 in financial assistance during the 2020-21 academic year.
Recognizing the impacts of the coronavirus pandemic on campus operations, starting this fall:
And, starting next spring:
“The Fall/Spring Relief Package is truly unprecedented. First off, I am thrilled that we will be able to award so many of our students a CARES cash grant because they need financial assistance during these difficult times,” said UTRGV President Guy Bailey. “Secondly, we have made the decision to use university funds to match those cash grant payments in tuition balance relief for eligible students. It is extremely important to us that our students continue their educational progress during this health crisis, and we feel this Fall/Spring Relief Package will help them do so.”
More information on the Fall/Spring Relief Package, including FAQs, is available here.
UTRGV also has several student relief efforts available now and through the summer semester:
ABOUT UTRGV
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) was created by the Texas Legislature in 2013 as the first major public university of the 21st century in Texas. This transformative initiative provided the opportunity to expand educational opportunities in the Rio Grande Valley, including a new School of Medicine, and made it possible for residents of the region to benefit from the Permanent University Fund – a public endowment contributing support to the University of Texas System and other institutions.
UTRGV has campuses and off-campus research and teaching sites throughout the Rio Grande Valley including in Boca Chica Beach, Brownsville (formerly The University of Texas at Brownsville campus), Edinburg (formerly The University of Texas-Pan American campus), Harlingen, McAllen, Port Isabel, Rio Grande City, and South Padre Island. UTRGV, a comprehensive academic institution, enrolled its first class in the fall of 2015, and the School of Medicine welcomed its first class in the summer of 2016.