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August 2023
UTeach Interns Lluvia Garcia, Yailen Gomez, Mario Almanza, Bryan Vidal, Isabel Amaro, and Kimberly Carlos mentored high school students at the 2023 JSTEM summer institute.
June 2023
Noyce Grant recipients Ana Mena, Keila Cervantes, and Ricardo Ortega attended the 2023 Annual Noyce Conference in Washington, D.C.
Dr. Angela Chapman and Dr. Chris Smith presented at the 2023 Annual Noyce Conference in Washington D.C.
UTeach student Lluvia Garcia won first place at the Annual UTeach Conference Student Poster Competition for her poster titled Eukaryotes Vs. Prokaryotes: A Lesson on DNA Replication
UTeach students Mario Almanza and Yailen Gomez won third place at the Annual UTeach Conference Student Competition for their poster titled Through the Eyes of High School Students: UTeach Interns as Role Models in the Summer JSTEM Program.
June 2023
UTeach students Lluvia Garcia, Isabel Amaro, Yailen Gomez, and Mario Almanza presented at the Annual UTeach Conference poster competition.
UTeach alumnus Ashley Saenz was selected to serve as a panelist for the UTeach Alumni Closing Panel.
UTeach Master Teachers Elizabeth Goldberg, Tim Sears, and Stacy Solis and UTeach professor Patricia Ramirez-Biondolillo presented at the Annual UTeach Conference.
UTeach Master Teacher Elizabeth Goldberg received the USEA Special Award for Outstanding Contributions to STEM.
May 2023
Master Teachers Omar Elizondo and Elizabeth Goldberg presented at the 2023 Region One Technology Conference at South Padre Island on May 17th on Genially as an interactive tool.
Master Teacher Tim Sears led students to the National Science Fair in Dallas, Texas.
April 2023
UTeach Co-Director Angela Chapman was selected as the inaugural speaker for the CEP Faculty Spotlight Series in Research.
UTeach student Melissa Monsivais Ayala is the recipient of the prestigious DREAM National Scholarship for High School and College Students.
UTeach alumni Emilio Hinojosa, Tammy Escalante, Karla Lopez, Sam Ramirez, and Andrea Lerma served as panelists for UTeach Career Day.
UTeach Master Teacher Elizabeth Goldberg received an AAAS NSF Noyce travel grant to participate in the 2023 Noyce Summit in Washington, DC.
UTeach Master Teacher Omar Elizondo volunteered at the National Science Bowl in Washington, D.C.
March 2023
UTeach physics student Ana Mena was featured in the UTRGV Profiles in Excellence and Brownsville Herald.
UTeach Master Teachers Stacy Solis and Ana Gonzalez presented at the UTeach Recruitment Summit.
UTeach Master Teacher Tim Sears hosted the Rio Grande Valley Science and Engineering Fair as fair director.
February 2023
UTeach Chemistry student Jenna Scoggin and co-director Dr. Chris Smith will present their research at the 6th Annual STEM Education Conference in South Padre Island.
Science Master Teacher and Regional Science Bowl Coordinator Omar Elizondo helped UTRGV to host the Regional Science Bowl.
UTeach student Nallely Garza is now part of the Profiles of Excellence!
UTeach mathematics student, Michael Vazquez, was featured in the UTRGV Profiles in Excellence and the Monitor.
UTeach chemistry student, Jenna Scoggin, was featured in the UTRGV Profiles in Excellence and the Monitor.
Edinburg CISD Superintended, Dr. Salinas, and the UTeach program honored four Step 1 Mentor Teachers who have been serving as mentors since 2015 at the ECISD Step 1 Mentor Teacher Meeting. Annette Monty, De La Vina Elementary School; Yvonne Arciba, Jefferson Elementary School; Alba Garcia and Irma Bridges, Lee Elementary School.
UTeach Mentor Teacher Elizabeth Goldberg presented her research on teacher education at the Southwest Educational Research Association (SERA) Conference and won the Outstanding Graduate Student Research Paper and the Deans' Award.
UTeach student, Ricardo Ortega, presented on Rich Culturally Relevant Mathematics Tasks for Preservice Elementary Teachers at the STEM Educator Conference in South Padre Island.
January 2023
Master Teacher, Elizabeth Goldberg, co-authored a chapter in a new book describing how her UTeach program redesigned their Step 1 class for virtual teaching experiences during the pandemic: "Adapting Learning Materials for the Digital Age: Teacher Education During Emergency Remote Learning," in Handbook of Research on Advancing Teaching and Teacher Education.
December 2022
UTeach graduates Wendy Martinez Guerra and Jacqueline Garza share their inspiring graduation stories with the UTRGV newsroom and Valley 4 News.
November 2022
UTeach Master Teachers Anna Gonzalez, Liliana Trevino, Gustavo Valencia, and Patricia Mendiola presented at the 2022 RGVCTM STEAM Fest.
October 2022
UTRGV celebrated UTeach’s10-anniversary of building future professional teachers for the Rio Grande Valley and beyond with an honorary banquet. The event was held on Oct. 6, 2022, at the UTRGV Edinburg Campus ballroom. See photos of the event here.
UTeach Co-Director Dr. Chris Smith and Master Teachers Tim Sears, Omar Elizondo, Gus Valencia, Dr. Pamela Groves, and Lily Trevino presented plaques to partnering schools at the Edinburg CISD and Brownsville ISD board meetings as part of the tenth-anniversary celebration.
UTeach Co-Director Chris Smith and Master Teachers Stacy Solis and Anna Gonzales presented plaques to partnering schools at the McAllen ISD board meeting as part of their anniversary celebration.
August 2022
UTeach RGV Alumni awards winners own TI-Inspire kit. Teachers will use the TI-Inspire in their classrooms and attend training over the next year.
July 2022
Master Teachers Gus Valencia, Lily Trevino, and Pamela Groves hosted the 7th Annual UTeach Professional Development Summer Workshop for alumni.
A 2002 TFA corp member, Tim Sears, is preparing future classroom teachers!
June 2022
Master Teachers Elizabeth Goldberg, Omar Elizondo, Gus Valencia, Stacy Solis, and Tim Sears presented Share Your Story: Innovative Ways to Market Your UTeach Program at the UTeach Annual Conference. Master Teacher Elizabeth Gexplainedlso presented on the STEM Teacher Online Induction Course and USEA Induction and PD working groups.
May 2022
Master Teachers Omar Elizondo, Elizabeth Goldberg, and Tim Sears presented on student autonomy and menu choice boards at the Region One ESC Technology Conference.
Master Teacher Elizabeth Goldberg presented research on mathematical representations at the American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Conference.
UTeach Program Director Susan Hancock was honored for 40 years of service to UTRGV. Academic Advisor Monica Yates was honored for 15 years of service to UTRGV.
UTeach Apprentice Teachers Brisseida Villarreal and Naian Hernandez were recognized as having two of the highest Spring 2022 GPAs among Clinical Teachers.
UTeach Apprentice Teacher Lidya Leija was featured on KVEO news on her graduation journey.
August 2021
UTRGV UTeach hosted the alumni Kickoff party to start the new school year at the University Drafthouse in McAllen so many alumni could reconnect, network, and receive their classroom starter kits.
The UTRGV College of Sciences, University College, and UTeach program hosted an open Q&A for new students and entering first-year students. Incoming students learned what it's like to be a COS and UTeach student at UTRGV from current UTeach biology, chemistry, physics, and mathematics majors. Thank you to UTeach students Daniela Martinez and Jennifer Scoggin.
UTeach physics major Yartiza Villarreal was featured in the Progress Times for working on a Big Bang Theory research project in Houston.
UTeach Co-Director Angela Chapman received the 2021 UTRGV Faculty Excellence Award for Community-Engaged Scholarship.
Master Teacher Tim Sears was honored as a UTRGV Unsung Hero. UTRGV Newsroom and Texas Border Business.
Master Teacher Patricia Mendiola and UTeach alumni Itzamar Marquez and Cristobal Ortiz lead a week-long Math Camp for UTeach students and alumni.
Master Teachers Gus Valencia, Pamela Groves, and Lily Trevino host the 6th Annual UTeach Summer Professional Development. Alumni from UTRGV, as well as the whole UTeach Nation, could attend virtually through Zoom.
Nallely Garza, Melissa Lugo, Geovanelly Torres, and Keila Cervantes serve as UTeach ambassadors and answer questions during the Q&A.
Master Teachers Elizabeth Goldberg, Omar R. Elizondo, Dr. Pamela Groves, and Liliana Trevino were promoted to Associate Professors of Practice! Congrats!
Master Teacher, Elizabeth Goldberg, presents at the 2021 UTeach Annual Conference and Equity and Racial Justice Summit.
The Brownsville Herald featured a story on UTeach graduates Samantha Delgado and Hector Charles.
March 2021
January 2021
Student Recruitment in the Time of COVID.
November 2020
The UTeach program shared with alumni the new UTeach face masks. Represent UTEACH!
October 2020
UTRGV UTeach Step 1 online course curriculum adopted by the UTeach Institute for National replication.
Juan (J.B.) Lazo presented his research, An Unlikely Scholar, at the Engaged Scholar Virtual Showcase.
September 2020
UTeach in the RGV Rider!
UTeach student Dionicio Rios was featured in the UTRGV Profiles in Excellence.
August 2020
UTRGV UTeach hosts the first-ever Virtual Kickoff Alumni Event, featuring a Quarantine happy hour and trivia.
June 2020
UTeach Academic Advisor, Monica Yates, earns the prestigious 2020 Outstanding Staff Award from the UTeach STEM Education Association (USEA).
UTeach Master Teachers Patricia Mendiola and Lily Trevino host the TI-Navigator Grant Training for current students and alumni. Winners of the 2019-2020 Sid Richardson TI Grant presented some lessons they taught using the technology during the 4-day workshop.
UTeach Co-Director, Dr. Angela Chapman, named 2020-2021 Chair-Elect of the UTRGV Women’s Faculty Network.
July 2020
UTeach Master Teacher Elizabeth Goldberg presents at the UTeach Conference.
UTeach STEM Educators: 2020-21 School Year Strategies and Equitable Learning Lessons
UTeach Master Teachers Gus Valencia, Pamela Groves, and Lily Trevino hosted and presented at the 5th Annual UTRGV Summer Professional Development for current UTeach students and alumni.
UTeach Master Teacher Dr. Pamela Groves reads one of her favorite stories, The Monster at the End of this Book, as part of the UTRGV Story Time with the Vaqueros initiative.
UTRGV UTeach partnered with the College of Sciences and University College to hold a Live Virtual College of Sciences Q&A for incoming first-year students. The event was a huge success and helped new students answer their questions to start the semester off right.
Congratulations to the Summer 2020 Sid Richardson Grant recipients and UTeach Alumni: Andrea Lerma, Cristina Diaz, Jonathan Bolivar, Salvador Pina, Yadira Hinojosa, Yahaira Valadez, and Sonia Martinez.
October 2019
Dressed as clowns, the UTeach RGV Student Organization earned Best Rookie Organization honors despite only two weeks of practice leading up to the event.
This year, with more than a month of practice time, the seven-person dance squad of biology majors Valeria Alanis, Thamara Hernandez, and Jacob Wolf, math majors Brendalee Hernandez, Jasmine Loredo, and Crystal Vega, and chemistry major Dani Martinez look to take the university by storm at UTRGV Madness on Friday at 9 p.m. at the UTRGV Fieldhouse.
May 2019
UTeach students Daniela Martinez and Thamara Hernandez presented a poster at the 13th Annual UTeach Conference titled UTeach Student Organization: A Way to Connect, Develop, Inspire, and Serve.
UTeach Master Teacher Pamela Groves presented a poster at the 13th Annual UTeach conference titled: A Case Study of Hispanic STEM Teacher Preparation.
UTeach Master Teachers Pamela Groves and Liliana Trevino presented a talk at the 13th Annual UTeach Conference titled: All Hands on Deck: Recruitment Brainstorming Session.
UTeach Master Teacher Pamela Groves earns her Ed.D in Curriculum and Instruction to become Dr. Pamela Groves.
Tim Sears and Elizabeth Goldberg nominated ECISD for the 2019 UTRGV Distinguished Engagement Partner.
UTeach mathematics students awarded by the School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences.
July 2018
Tim Sears received the 2017-2018 UTRGV College of Sciences Faculty Excellence Award in Service. The award is one of five different faculty excellence awards given annually to recognize the exceptional efforts of faculty members from the College.
And Tim Sears was iD.C.shington D.C. in July with the National USDA E. Kika De La Garza Fellowship program (one of 19 from around the country).
June 2018
The National Science Foundation’s Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program has awarded UTRGV a grant to recruit science and mathematics undergraduates and prepare them to become secondary school teachers in their respective majors.
UTeach Mathematics students Keyla Garza and Yesenia Trevino earn the Texas Council of Teachers of Mathematics Scholarship worth $1,000 each. Only 6 were awarded in the state!
UTeach students Anthony Bailey, Robert Luna, and Carlos Llamas assist UTeach graduate Ariana Garza in the JSTEM PBL summer program.
UTeach student, Gabriela Rodriguez, works with the Girlstart Summer Camp in Valley and North Texas.
UTeach RGV students Diana Torres, Jessica Juarez, Yosalin Rivera, and Alexandra Castillo visit NASA in Houston, Texas, as part of the Minority University Research and Education Project (MUREP) Educator Institute.
Master Teacher, Elizabeth Goldberg, attends UTeach at AACTE Day on the Hill in Washington, DC!
2016
UTeach student Rafael Chico featured in UTRGV Profiles in Excellence.