News and Events
02/09/2022 - TRESS is recruiting for USDA-NRCS Summer Internships!
11/29/2021 - TRESS Alumna, Fallon Garza, reports her experience working at USDA/NRCS. Garza was sponsored by TRESS to intern at the NRCS' Edinburg TX office in 2019. Now she is a full time staff at USDA/NRCS: Check out Garza's testimonial.
11/01/2021 - Congratulations to TRESS Undergraduate Researcher, Samantha Colunga, for winning the best oral presentation award at the UTRGV College of Science Annual Research Conference. Her presentation title was: "Carbon Sequestration in Sandy Soils of Arid and Semi-Arid Climates"
09/01/2021 - Congratulations to Isaiah Jaramillo (TRESS Alum) for starting a position as a Soil Conservationist for the USDA NRCS in Fredericksburg, TX. Isaiah was also recently featured in the UTRGV's Profile in Excellence, Check it out here.
08/01/2021 - Congratulations to TRESS Undergraduate Researcher, Angel Salinas, for receiving the National Organization of Professional Hispanic NRCS Employees (NOPHNRCSE) Scholarship. We are very proud of you!
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TRESS is supported by Hispanic Serving Institutions Education Grants Program grant no. 2018-38422-28568 from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the view of the USDA.
