Believers embrace healing power of faith

The University of Texas-Brownsville professor said that according to Christian belief, the Holy Spirit gives certain individuals gifts, including the gift of healing. The belief is that the healer — whether a pastor or a shaman — acts as a conduit for ...

 

Long road ahead

Also, UT-Brownsville and UT-Pan American in Edinburg last year were named among six schools that would implement a Transformation In Medical Education, which aims to streamline medical training so that students can finish their studies 12 sooner than …

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UT Brownsville students feel safe despite dormitory rape

Word about a rape at the Casa Bella Residential Living dormitory at the University of Texas at Brownsville, spread quickly across campus. UTB Police arrested student Abel Gutierrez on Tuesday and charged him for aggravated sexual assault.

South Texas, Austin to get UT med schools

“While it will be a steep climb, it is well worth the struggle,” said Juliet Garcia, president of the University of Texas-Brownsville. Lynn Brezosky contributed to this report from Brownsville.

Trapper pair signs with four-year schools The pair recently signed letters of intent. Medeiros will head south to continue play for the Scorpions of the University of Texas at Brownsville. The NAIA-affiliated school compiled a 13-6-2 record this past autumn, finishing as the conference runner-up 

 

Cleveland doctor ordered to undergo psychiatric evaluation The board found that 14 patients Mr. Roca assisted at the University of Texas at Brownsville student health care clinic complained that Mr. Roca examined, diagnosed, treated or advised treatment. Mr. Roca denied the allegations.

 

Earthly Data: UTB Students

 

Raul Anaya Named Los Angeles Market President for Bank of America Additionally, he leads Bank of America's Latino Leadership team for Greater Los Angeles. Mr. Anaya graduated from the University of Texas at Brownsville with a BBA in finance. He is a board member of the Greater Los …

Final chancellor candidate turns tables Prior to his current station in Houston, Stockton was dean and chairman for education in the School of Education at the University of Texas at Brownsville. Newly elected Student Body President Erik Zimmerman

IDEA Public Schools Awarded $11.5 Million Dollars to Increase College Readiness IDEA Public Schools is the first charter program to receive this award and will work in partnership with the University of Texas at Brownsville and Sylvan Learning Center. IDEA applied for the GEAR UP grant in July of last year in an effort to ...

Report Addresses College Graduation Rates for Latinos Dual-enrollment programs like the one offered by the University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College, for example, may provide solutions for increasing Latino enrollment, retention and graduation rates. The program allows South Texas high ...

 

Finalist for EPCC president will attend public forums today Before coming to South Texas Clee, Serrata was an administrative analyst for records and registration at the University of Texas at Brownsville/ Texas Southmost College from 1994 to 1996. Serrata had also received …

University of Texas at Brownsville in need of new mascot The recent split between the University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College left UTB without a mascot. TSC is keeping the Scorpion mascot leaving UTB searching for a new one. After going through dozens of suggestions, UTB has …

Henscey having standout season for UT-Brownsville If that would be enough to put a smile on Barbers Hill graduate Colby Henscey’s face, the University of Texas at Brownsville player must be smiling really broadly these days. In the last 12 games, Henscey has only been held hitless twice.

Poet’s Society: Alan Oak Every time Alan Oak attends the Writer’s Forum, he feels “juiced up” for the month. “I always look forward to going to the forum and hearing what the other writers have to read,” said Oak, 40, an English lecturer

Student jailed after exposing himself to UTB police officer A college student is behind bars after he allegedly exposed himself to a University ofTexas at Brownsville (UTB) police officer. UTB police arrested 20-year-old Valentine Chinchilla on an indecent exposure and marijuana charges early Tuesday afternoon.

Lessons from a divorce Earlier this month, the UT System launched a Web page for Texans to track the split between UT-Brownsville and Texas Southmost College, both located in the Lower Rio Grande Valley. The page offers a healthy dose of transparency in what has been ...

Four SIUE Chancellor Candidates to Visit Campus Prior to his current post, he was dean and chair for education, in the School of Education at the University of Texas at Brownsville. He holds a Ph.D. in philosophy in health education from the University of Tennessee in Knoxville. Search advisory ...

Who Are College Presidents? Still Aging White Men Juliet V. García, president of the University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College, said that she and other Hispanic presidents have worked to groom a new generation of minority leaders, and that it is disheartening to see the numbers …

MCC implements changes amid NJCAA violations, AD switch New violations and sanctions have meant a new reality for the Marshalltown Community College athletic department. A change at the top also means it may also be the perfect time to institute the culture change it …

The Panel Congress Really Needs to Hear From Yesterday, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi announced that the House Democratic Steering and Policy Committee will be hosting a hearing this Thursday on “Women’s Health” According to the announcement: “The sole witness at the hearing

School daze he was dean at the University of Texas at Brownsville School of Education and department chairman of Health and Applied Human Sciences at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington’s College of Eduation. He received his bachelor’s and master’s 

 

Born to Fly: Jacob Lopez Jacob Lopez took a big leap last summer — he jumped out of an airplane. In fact, he did it five times, including once in the dark and twice laden with heavy equipment, all part of a day’s work for a ROTC cadet in Army airborne training

 

Baby Love: Rosemary Perkins Giving tiny babies tender loving care is Rosemary Perkins’ career.Born and raised in Brownsville, Perkins graduated from Pace High School, where she was in the occupational health program, National Honor Society and the dance team

Program helps UTEP students finish 3 degrees online Next semester, more classes and an additional degree will be offered through the University of Texas at Brownsville. Several hundred people have applied for the program through UTEP, said Beth Brunk-Chavez, chairwoman of the Academic Affairs 

Arizona bill would fund militia Michael Lytle, a border expert at the University of Texas at Brownsville, said Arizona would be the first to test stationing a state guard at the border. "If it's to man observation posts, that's one thing, but if they're going to arrest people

Texans on Wrong Side of Border Fence Grow Anxious  Max Pons is already anticipating the anxiety he'll feel when the heavy steel gate shuts behind him, leaving his home isolated on a strip of land between America's border fence and the violence raging across the Rio Grande 

Image can make or break a political campaign University of Texas at Brownsville Professor John Cook said portraying the right image can make or break a candidate's run for office. "They want to be known as trustworthy, they want to be associated with people that are also trustworthy, because 

 

Bryant finds higher calling as youth camp organizer Garza, a professor in UT-Brownsville's Department of Health and Human Performance, teaches basketball to youngsters. Meanwhile, Bryant, who ballooned to 209 pounds on his 5-8 frame after leaving McMurry, got certified as a personal trainer

Tackling rising textbook costs At system schools such as UT-Brownsville and UT-Pan American, textbook costs can comprise more than one-fourth of the total cost of education. At the root of the rising costs is an uncertainty of revenues for textbook companies.

Growing violence discourages people from crossing border McKenzie, an English adjunct professor at UT-Brownsville, said UT-Brownsville’s mere minute proximity to the border city of Matamoros, Mexico has caused her fear on many occasions. She said she once smelled …

Job Creation: A Crash Course from Brownsville, Texas Those incentives could include, for example, help organizing and funding an employee training program, according to Irv Downing, vice president of economic development and community services at the University of Texas, Brownsville.

Brothers to hold benefit concerts Feb. 1 Currently he is pursing a master’s degree in music education at the University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southwest College. “The beauty of all of this is because of their great faith and generosity, these two great entertainers are ...

 

Valuable Experience: Gabriela Contreras Contreras studies physics, researches obesity, diabetes

Gabriela Contreras learned quickly there is more to research than reading. Contreras, 20, is a San Benito sophomore working on a bachelor’s degree in physics — specializing in biophysics — at the University of Texas at

Delaware soccer star on the brinkA native of Ghana, Frimpong spent a year at the University of Texas at Brownsville before landing at Delaware after being spotted by Blue Hens head coach Ian Hennessy. Through Delaware, which is not lauded as a

Father, daughter, granddaughter choose to follow same career path Ortega graduated with an associates in nursing from The University of Texas at Brownsville, where she is continuing for her bachelors degree. Eventually, she would like to receive her doctorate degree. 

Fitz on 4 - Best Moments of 2011 UT Brownsville Volleyball = Best in the Nation – This one loses points for the fact that the Lady Scorpions had their biggest wins in other states this season.  Impressive road trips in California had the team believing in its national title aspirations ...

 

Champ fights for Valley children: Eric “Drummer Boy” Molina Many Valley sports fans already know who Eric “Drummer Boy” Molina is. The Lyford native, who graduated from Lyford High School in 2000 and now lives in Weslaco, burst onto the boxing scene in 2007. He quickly rose through the boxing

 

The Next Step: Regina Lumbrera

Twenty years after Regina Lumbrera graduated from Santa Rosa High School, she walked across the stage to receive her bachelor of arts in

sociology at The University of Texas at Brownsville.Lumbrera was part of the university’s largest

 

MCC names Huntley its new Director of Athletics Huntley has been the athletic director at Concordia University, a private four-year school in Austin, Texas, since 2008, and was the director of intercollegiate athletics at the University of Texas at Brownsville from 2005-08. Brownsville successfully

Big cut set for border troops "That is definitely a part of this." Michael Lytle, a border expert at the University ofTexas at Brownsville, said replacing National Guard troops with aircraft is a "good tradeoff" because spotters looking for illegal border activity can cover

The Texans who live on the ‘Mexican side’ of the border fence: ‘Technically, we’re in the United States’It offered only to pay for the strips of land that were seized for the fence's path. Eloisa Tamez, a nursing professor at the University of Texas at Brownsville and an outspoken opponent of the fence, refused to sell 

 

Bright, Shining Star: Christina Ramos

Christina Ramos wanted to make sure she shined at the University of Texas at Brownsville’s recent commencement exercises. Ramos, 38, of Harlingen bought red shoes featuring red rhinestones to join her classmates in unity earning

Drug war sends troubled kids to Texas schools The emotional difficulties affect them "in many areas of academic performance," said Alma Leal, professor of counseling at the University of Texas at Brownsville and coordinator for counseling and guidance

International college students a growing market Here, Robert Oceguera lines up chairs in preparation for the University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College winter commencement, which were set this weekend in Brownsville, Texas. 

 

Helping Hand: Rita Villarreal Nurse educates others about changes in health care

Giving free flu shots to low-income people recently at Loaves and Fishes was just another day at the office for Rita Villarreal, even though it wasn’t part of her regular job in the Nursing Education Department at Valley Baptist Medical

National Champion Texas at Brownsville is No. 1 in Tachikara-NAIA Volleyball Coaches' Top 25 Postseason Poll KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Texas at Brownsville celebrated its first-ever National Championship in Sioux City, Iowa, on Dec. 3 and was rewarded with the No. 1 ranking in the postseason Tachikara-NAIA Volleyball Coaches'

Books for the Border bound for Brownsville Christmas will come a little early this year with gifts for 170 families living in the lower Rio Grande Valley. And their handmade, individually selected gifts never will go out of style and will continue to have an impact for years to come 

GALLAGHER: Brownsville pro reflects on battle beyond the border SIOUX CITY -- Staffers at Tyson Events Center began setting up for Friday's Lady Antebellum concert as Ronnie Zamora packed up his laptop Saturday night, not long after the University of Texas-Brownsville won the

Securing US border impossible despite promises "You can't look at it as `the whole border,'" he said. Lytle, an associate professor at the University of Texas at Brownsville, said a deployment of 15,000 National Guard troops could make an impact _ but it would be a hard sell for a Defense

 

Wild mustangs help patrols seize suspects, drugs an assistant professor of government at the University of Texas-Brownsville. The horses arrived on the border just as internal fighting within the Gulf Cartel had led to increased violence, she says. "It's important that America shows its strength when ...

Texas at Brownsville Captures School's First NAIA Volleyball National Title For the first time in five seasons, someone other than Fresno Pacific (Calif.) raised a national title banner as Texas at Brownsville seized the 2011 NAIA Volleyball National Championship presented

 

Striving higher: Leonel Garza

Mercedes prefers giving to others than receiving during the holiday season.And on Friday, Garza, 19, helped give the gift of music with his violin.Garza, a member of The University of Texas at Brownsville’s Symphony Orchestra, is part

Lee's Ferreira 'fired up' to face former team in semifinal "I'm going to come out tomorrow more fired up than today," Lee's outside hitter said. That's not a good sign for Texas-Brownsville. Ferreira pounded 13 kills and scooped 12 digs to lead third-ranked Lee (Tenn.) to a 26-24

Mystery Surrounds Message Allegedly From Zetas Leader The Zetas is giving a sign to the whole nation to the federal forces,” says Guadalupe Correa-Cabrera, a professor in the government department at the University of Texas at Brownsville with a specialty in Mexico

 

UT-Brownsville tops defending champs, advances SIOUX CITY -- Vanja Joksic lined up her UT-Brownsville teammates, clasped her hands together and pretended to shoot them as they fell down laughing -- a celebration usually reserved for touchdown dances in the NFL.

 

MAP: Edinburg city manager to take leave for congressional bid A Port Isabel native who attended the University of Texas-Brownsville, Garza still owns property and pays taxes within the district. A federal court redrew Congressional District 27 to encompass all of Cameron County

 

Electronic Coalition May Save Some Texas Programs However the board opted to shut down six of the physics programs. The seventh, at University of Texas Brownsville, opted to combine its physics major with the school’s engineering physics degree. The move to shut down programs has been controversial.

 

UT-Brownsville's Lowery wins 100th match SIOUX CITY -- Todd Lowery wins more frequently than any other active NAIA coach. By the time this tournament's over, he might be remembered more for his wacky socks. Lowery won his 100th match

2011 NAIA Volleyball National Championship Preview No. 2 Texas at Brownsville, who was placed in Pool B, makes its fourth appearance at the National Championship in program history. The Scorpions were ranked No. 1 for eight-straight weeks during the regular-season …

 

Brownsville Protects Chess Legacy at Its Schools Chess has also become part of the core identity of the University of Texas at Brownsville, which is in the process of establishing itself as a stand-alone four-year institution. “When you hear U.T.-Brownsville in the future

 

Going full circle: U.S. Army Cpl. Ruben Reyes

U.S. Army Cpl. returns to UTB 10 years later to earn degree

U.S. Army Cpl. Ruben Reyes of Harlingen has come full circle, returning to the University of Texas at Brownsville where he started as a freshman 10 years ago. “It’s funny,” Reyes said. “I took a long route from Iowa back to

UTB Professor Says Mexico Failing in War Against Cartels MEXICO CITY - An expert on Mexico claims the government is failing in its war against the cartels. Guadalupe Correa Cabrera, a UT Brownsville professor who is in Mexico City right now, says Mexican citizens believe

Mexican Government Says La Familia Cartel Is Finished Three top leaders taken out in less than a year. “Right now, it's not really clear who is the leader; there are many leaders,” says Guadalupe Correa Cabrera, a cartel expert from UT Brownsville

UTA Tuition has gone up from $4,272 in fall 2009 to $4,646 for this semester With demand for college education and resources increasing, tuition has gone up at all nine University of Texas System institutions since fall 2010. For fall 2011, UT-Dallas has the highest estimated cost at $5,362, and UT-Pan American has the lowest cost

Veteran's Day, A Time For Reflection Peter Gawenda resides in Brownsville, Texas where he is Dean of the College of Applied Technology and General Studies for The University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College

After surprise season, Frimpong eyes pros He landed at the University of Texas at Brownsville, an NAIA program for which he had a team-high 29 points (eight goals and 13 assists) his second year, 2009. He was too good, in fact, for that level, his coach, 

Grant to help at-risk students advance The universities, which include Texas A&M University, University of Houston, University of Texas at Brownsville and the University of Texas at El Paso, will begin awarding the money in the fall of 2012. Texas began establishing early-college high schools

After 20 Years in Partnership, an Educational Combo Is Getting a Messy Divorce This weekend, along the border’s southern tip, homecoming at the University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College will be bittersweet for many. It will be one of the last, at least for

UTB student arrested for underage girlfriend's rape A University of Texas at Brownsville student is behind bars after he allegedly broke into his underage girlfriend’s house and raped her. Brownsville police arrested 19-year-old

College Student Accused of Sexually Assaulting 16-year-old Investigators say a 16-year-old girl reported Salazar went into her home near Military Highway in Brownsville. She says he sexually assaulted her while she slept. Police found Salazar a short time later at UT Brownsville

Statesman analysis shows that statistics don't back up claims of rampant drug cartel-related crime along border "It's very tricky the way the information has been managed," said Guadalupe Correa-Cabrera, a government professor at the University ofTexas at Brownsville. Correa-Cabrera, who co-wrote a paper criticizing the media's

The Rise Of Femicide And Women In Drug Trafficking – Analysis As Guadalupe Correa-Cabrera, an assistant professor of government at the University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College, observed, “globalization, technology and modernization have facilitated

 

Balancing act: Marisol Pelaez

Pelaez values time as wife, mother, student, nurse. Marisol Pelaez got her first taste of the health care industry by attending a health occupations class at Harlingen High School. Now she’s married, a mother of three children and is nurse manager of the Independent Rehabilitation Unit

Still no solution for illegal immigrants' long-term care costs"It's a tragic, intractable problem," said Antonio Zavaleta, a professor of anthropology at the University of Texas Brownsville who specializes in health care and immigrant populations. "There's no clear solution." Provide the long-term care and those ...

Enrollment continues to climb at Texas colleges, universities Meanwhile, the University of Houston, Texas State University, UT-Brownsville and UT-Dallas each saw increases of more than 1,000 students. Coordinating board officials also say their data show an increase of nearly

When it comes to the border fence, Perry is rooted in reality “They seem to be completely out of touch with the reality of the Texas-Mexico border,” said Anthony Zavaleta, an anthropology and sociology professor at the University of Texas Brownsville. Zavaleta said it's easy for candidates to stand up at campaign

 

Police Say to Use Caution When Using Online Dating Site Online dating danger led to a man charged with rape. Word spread quickly around UT Brownsville about an alleged rape that started with an online conversation. Authorities say Juan Gomez of New 

Community Collaboration Results in Grant Funding for Two Nonprofit Housing Organizations CDCB is working with architecture students from The University of Texas at Brownsville to assist with the design of the new homes.  "We have had a long standing relationship with FHLB Dallas and its Affordable Housing Program, and we greatly ...

Suspect Arrested in Sexual Assault at UTB Police have arrested the suspect in a sexual assault that reportedly occurred at the University of Texas at Brownsville. A UTB student was sexually assaulted in the parking lot across the university's

 

A More Perfect Union: A Dialogue on American Values I was joined by John DeGioia, president of Georgetown University, Calvin Butts, president of SUNY College at Old Westbury, Juliet Garcia, president of the University of Texas at Brownsville, Michael Gerson, Washington

Does Texas Higher Education Have a Morale Problem? Those getting close to retirement are virtually counting down the days. In May, Renee Rubin retired from her tenured faculty position at the University of Texas at Brownsville at the relatively young age of 56. While her decision was for personal reasons

George Hill working out in Brownsville during lockout Hill has settled in Brownsville, where he’s working at the University ofTexas-Brownsville during the work stoppage.  ”I will stay here in Brownsville and at UTB and work on my game until the lockout is over,” 

Valley Faithful Gather To Pray For Peace Amiento was just one of many people who assembled on the University of Texas at Brownsville Saturday. They said groups like this one in Brownsville were a part of several prayer groups gathered across North America

Bryn Mawr Students Join President Jane McAuliffe at Constitution Center For Inaugural “A More Perfect Union” Event Ten Bryn Mawr students joined President Jane McAuliffe at the National Constitution Center on Oct. 11 for the inaugural event in a series of discussions featuring elected officials, journalists, business leaders, and others

Valley woman makes it onto Special K cereal box Cindy is a graduate of Los Fresnos High School and received her bachelor degree from UT-Brownsville. Before heading to Hollywood, Cindy was a band director at a valley middle school.

Student Worries About UTB Security After Attack Security at a Valley university is under the microscope. A University of Texas at Brownsville student says she fears for her safety. Vanessa Unwin says she doesn't feel safe walking the campus of

Texas University Breaking Ties With Community College Ask Texas Southmost College trustee Adela Garza about her school losing its longtime, wealthier university partner—University of Texas at Brownsville—and she is relieved, even proud. Praising the pending split, Garza expects tuition will fall

Scholarship That Contributes to the Public Good Enriches Universities, Too, Speakers Say message was delivered on Thursday by a succession of speakers at a two-day educational summit held at the University of Texas at Brownsville that was Webcast for the public. The conference, hosted by the

Forum envisions how education can transform Valley “Life's not that complicated,” Cigarroa said in opening the Vista Summit at the University of Texas-Brownsville. “You want your children to have a better life; we as educators want regions to have better lives.” The summit is a two-day gathering of ...

UT leaders look to each other for Valley's future  Collaboration must be the keystone to rapidly transform the Rio Grande Valley’s education and economic future, University of Texas System leaders declared at UT-Brownsville to their peers

Using a Hands-on approach: Ramiro Espinoza

UTB student hopes to share passion of technology, deaf culture. Ramiro Espinoza of Harlingen has been captivated by computer systems for most of his life.“Since I was in middle school I have been curious about technology,” said Espinoza through the use of a deaf interpreter. “I would open things

Students in UTSA Stokes minority participation program attend state conference The LSAMP fellows were comprised of five UTSA students, three San Antonio College students, one UT Brownsville student and one student from UT El Paso. The 10 students participated in research with UTSA faculty

Traficantes matam quem joga contra eles no Twitter mexicano Se um site ou outro está sendo usado por um ou outro grupo, isso pode ser um risco", diz Guadalupe Correa, professora da universidade Texas-Brownsville, que estudou as redes sociais em Tamaulipas.

Physics Programs Face the Axe at Seven Texas Universities “In this time of budget cuts, states, in particular Texas, have been very adamant about cutting their budget,” said Mario Diaz, director of the Center for Gravitational Wave Astronomy at the University of Texas at Brownsville. In February, the THECB ...

College America Report Examines Low Higher Ed Graduation Rates Hyman spoke on a panel discussion titled, “A Matter of Degrees: Measuring the Value of Higher Ed,” with University of Texas at Brownsville President Juliet V. García. More and more students need to work to pay for their hefty college tuitions ...

Texas holds firm on physics closures For example, Mario Díaz, a physicist at the University of Texas at Brownsville — which enrols mostly Hispanic students — says his department was able to raise more than US$5 million for research on gravitational

Gateway President Ed Hughes to participate in NBC News panel  Fellow panelists at the Tuesday session include Chancellor Hyman; Bill Haslam, governor of Tennessee; Drew Faust, president of Harvard University; Juliet Garcia of the University of Texas – Brownsville; Franco Harris

South Texas higher ed must focus on students Twenty years after forging a unique and successful education partnership, Texas Southmost College and the University of Texas at Brownsville are going their separate ways. The two schools have started the transition to become free-standing institutions 

Job Spotlight: Robert “Bret” Lefler, art education at CSU He was the chair of a combined art and music department at the joint University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College. Because UTB was trying to separate from TSC, his future position was uncertain.

 

Aiming higher: Lori Feucht

Clinical nurse manager continues education, works her way up. Working and studying continues to take up most of Lori Feucht’s time, but she’s OK with that. Feucht, a native of Corpus Christi, came to Harlingen with her family 26 years ago, and has worked her way up through nursing positions

A Piece of Ground Zero in the Rio Grande Valley Events to honor 9/11 victims continued at the University of Texas at Brownsville. President Dr. Juliet Garcia compares the effects of the 9/11 attacks to those of the attack on Pearl Harbor and the assassination of President John F. Kennedy - meaning life ...

 

LIFETIME VOLUNTEER: Steve Wilder

Wilder serves as coordinator, counselor for the Office of Disability Services at UTB-TSC

Barta Named Marauders Baseball Coach In his fourth season Northland qualified for the national playoffs. In 2006, Barta's final season at Northland prior to taking the UT-Brownsville job, the baseball team posted the first winning season of any Lumberjacks athletic programs in ...

U.S.: Online Ads Meet Requirement for Hiring Foreign Profs But last month, an appeals board of the department ruled-- in a challenge by the University of Texas at Brownsville -- that there was no legitimate reason to demand a print ad instead of an online ad. And now the Labor Department has adjusted ...

Crab Larvae Attacking Swimmers at SPI Those tiny crabs are latching on to hair, skin and clothing of swimmers. A professor at UT Brownsville checked out the water yesterday. He says the sea creatures aren't poisonous or toxic. However, folks tells us they …

Are We Ready for the Influx of Latino Students? Institutions such as National Hispanic University, the University of Texas at Brownsville, and El Paso Community College have proven records in retaining and graduating Latino students, especially those from low-income, first-generation families.

Alamo Colleges official to lead Brownsville school Lily Tercero, chief budget officer at the Alamo Colleges, has been named president ofTexas Southmost College in Brownsville to guide the school through a separation with the University of Texas at Brownsville. Juliet Garcia, president of UTB, led the ...

Missing student returns home safe and sound A Matamoros teen who went missing while on her way to register for classes at University of Texas at Brownsville is back home safe and sound. The family of 19-year-old Monica Gudiño-Belden reports that the she made it back home late Tuesday night.

Board of Regents to build medical school in Lower Rio Grande Valley “We need to ensure that there are enough post-medical school spots,” he said. UT-Brownsville President Juliet García said part of the $30 million fund will also go toward moving the institution to a four-year college from a community

Rhodes State administrator is presidential candidate in Texas The vice president for academic affairs at Rhodes State College will be in Brownsville, Texas, today for a public forum as a presidential candidate at Texas Southmost College. Roberto Gutierrez, who has been at Rhodes State for two years, has worked in 

UTB opens Casa Bella doors

BROWNSVILLE — Signs were clear Saturday that the partnership between the University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College is ...

 

Little Genius Club Inc In 1997, I decided to immigrate to the U.S., and started a pre-business degree in the University of Texas at Brownsville & Texas SouthmostCollege with the aid of a grant. This stage in my life was very difficult since my …

Mexico’s Drug War, Feminized More women are working in every aspect of the economy, “including drug trafficking,” said Guadalupe Correa-Cabrera, an assistant professor of government at the University of Texas, Brownsville. Yet, because Mexico’s justice system is so opaque ...

Visually-impaired UTB student alleges discrimination Juan Pacheco is a communication student at the University Of Texas At Brownsville and has a condition that makes him visually impaired. He must have a computer device at hand to 

 

Down to Business: Rene Cardona

The Collegian’s new editor hopes to adapt to changing industry.  Rene Cardona has had a busy summer of research. Cardona, 21, of San Benito, has spent time studying online and print editions of newspapers to get ideas for this fall’s revamping of the University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost

Boxing News: Undercard Set for Joseph Agbeko – Abner Mares He’s a hard worker inside the gym and in life as evidenced by the fact he earned a bachelor’s degree in interdisciplinary studies from University of Texas at Brownsville and has volunteered to work with special needs 

In Muevete USA, student nurses combat childhood obesity Recipes and jump rope NAHN member Eloisa Tamez, of the School of Nursing at The University of Texas at Brownsville, mentored a nursing student who addressed nutrition while another addressed physical activity.

Diaz-Granados, Schurman to wed Celeste is a 2005 graduate of St. Joseph Academy High School in Brownsville.  She graduated from the University of Texas at Brownsville with a Bachelor of Business degree in Accounting in May 2011. The wedding …

Texas launches adult degree completion program 'Grad TX' Hilda Flores, a graduate of UT Brownsville with a BAAS in Applied Business Technology, applauds her program in her story, “I didn’t have to start way from the beginning. I was able to build on what I already had [the associate’s degree] so that I was ...

 

Fired up: Tom Coyle

Professor looks for a good challenge.

Harlingen resident Tom Coyle received his bachelor’s degree in metallurgical engineering from the “other UT,” the University of Tennessee. But as the saying goes, “He wasn’t born here, but he got to Texas as fast as he

 

Holt a finalist for Texas Southmost College president Former Blinn College president Daniel Holt is a finalist for the same position at Texas Southmost College in Brownsville. Holt, who also served as Blinn’s chief executive officer before resigning in March, was among six finalists chosen from a ...

 

UTB students to work with MIT researchers

 

HANDS ON INTERN: Oscar Garcia

Student gets environmental experience... is riding his bike to school, organizing beach cleanups or replacing incandescent light bulbs with compact fluorescent bulbs, Oscar Garcia knows he is making a difference every day. The senior majoring in environmental sciences

Mexico's Santa Muerte spreads across border region "It's spreading like wildfire, absolute wildfire," said Antonio "Tony" Zavaleta, an anthropology professor at the University of Texas at Brownsville who has studied border folklore for more than 35 years. Zavaleta has seen the Santa Muerte grow in ...

 

Doug Stoves

Harlingen man finds homes for animals. Doug Stoves builds his life around service. Whether it’s to students in higher education, the community or animals, his passion is compassion. Now a resident of Harlingen, Stoves and his wife Eileen Mahoney

Valley perspective on federal budget crisis It's become a daily occurrence for Dr. Mark Kroll at the University of Texas at Brownsville. The UTB business professor's eyes are glued to the news, closely monitoring the debt ceiling ..

Former Del Rio High School athlete signs with UT-Brownsville A former Del Rio High School student-athlete will get the chance to play baseball for the University of Texas at Brownsville. Justin Chavira, son of Mark and Norma Chavira of Odem, Texas, signed a letter of intent to play for UT Brownsville in May after a ...

Ruling: Online Ads Sufficient in Hiring Non-U.S. Residents as Academics An appeals board of the U.S. Department of Labor this week issued a ruling backing the right of the University of Texas at Brownsville to use online advertising to show that it had attempted to recruit an American for a position for which it wanted ...

Texans shouldn't ignore border issues UT-Brownsville government professor Guadalupe Correa-Cabrera believes that more than 40,000 civilians have been killed in the north of Mexico since 2006. The number of people who have fled from their homes or voluntarily evacuated is still unknown.

Should CPS take custody of obese children? But Dr. Joseph McCormick with the UTHSC School of Public Health at the University of Texas at Brownsville believes it could save a child's life. He said the new proposal is only for kids that are extremely obese, and only after counseling and assistants fails.

Bombs away Miller, a University of Texas at Brownsville senior from Stevensville, Mich., came on in the sixth inning and added a three-run bomb over the scoreboard in the seventh. “That felt great. It’s sort of been a monkey on my …

Officials say education is key to Valley's economic progress The lack thereof, could make it harder to bounce back from hard economic items. According to University of Texas at Brownsville Business Professor Mostafa Malki, Cameron County is one of the poorest in the nation. "Statistically our numbers don’t look ...

United Way of Southern Cameron County Receives $1.5 Million Grant The grant will last nearly two years. The project is run by the United Way, but one of its partners is UT-Brownsville. Every incoming freshman will be affected by this program at the university.

Docs may be able to get their degrees much faster One will pair UT-Austin with UT Medical School at Houston or UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas; another will pair UT-Brownsville, UT Pan American in Edinburg and UT-El Paso with UT Medical Branch at Galveston or UT-Houston

Higher ed critics target elusive 'lazy professor' "It is very easy to teach the same thing over and over," said Renee Rubin, a professor of education who retired this year from UT- Brownsville. "I would not want to see the research component go." However, Rubin said …

HOTTEST 2011: Aaron Gutierrez He graduated from The University of Texas at Brownsville with a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice, and also currently works as a substitute teacher. However, his life will always have an original soundtrack.

 

Valley Baptist Health System executive assistant inspires others by earning MBA

As senior executive assistant to the president and CEO of Valley Baptist Health System, Andrea Chavez is focused on her high-level work at the largest health system in Cameron County. Despite working full-time in a busy office, the mother of two

 

Universities showcase degrees to be offered at UC

universities promoted bachelor, master and doctoral programs they will offer this fall semester in the University Center at Harlingen during two information sessions Wednesday. Besides two universities from the Rio Grande

Wastewater projects improving Rio Grande water quality

crews from the IBWC, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality and the University of Texas-Brownsville sampled the water last year in half-mile increments along a 23-mile section of the river and found …

Brandeis grads Barrientos, Hottle take their games to college level Now, the two are getting a chance to try to carry their skills to college. Barrientos signed to play baseball at UT-Brownsville recently, while Hottle is heading to Lone Star Conference power West Texas A&M. “We had a great time here,” Barrientos said.

Progress seen for women - in cartels Guadalupe Correa-Cabrera, assistant professor of government at the University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College, described it as “a phenomenon in which women are really gaining spaces in different types of activities, not only ...

Get your pet groomed without leaving the house “And I hurt my back not too long ago, so doing it myself was out of the question.” Garcia, a professor at University of Texas-Brownsville and a restaurant owner, has used EcoCARE Grooming before for her pets and she said the extra cost is worth it

Grant to aid UTEP's med school diversity Ekal said the pilot program will be conducted through a collaboration among the University of Texas at Brownsville, the University of Texas-Pan American, the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston and the University of Texas Health Science …

Border Fence Failings What happened? Lucio leases the land and the business from the University of Texas at Brownsville (UTB). In 2005, he rebuilt the golf course and clubhouse with an SBA loan. One year later, in September 2006, Congress announced and passed the Secure 

Column: Illegal immigrants should not be rewarded for ignoring laws Eric Balderas, an illegal immigrant studying at Harvard University, faced deportation one year ago. University of Texas at Brownsville alumnus José Arturo Guerra faced deportation last month while in his last year of school. In both cases, the United ...

Hispanic college degrees getting a push “There can be no excuses any longer,” Vargas said. The initiative is nationwide, and Texas partners include Castro, the University of Texas System , UT-Brownsville, UT-El Paso, the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities, the Intercultural ...

Higher Education Notes: News about Texas colleges South Texas Technology Management already supports four University of Texas System institutions: the UT Health Science Center at San Antonio, UT-San Antonio,UT-Brownsville and UT-Pan American. The office is funded by member institutions and by …

Black Holes With a “Kick” Richard H. Price of University of Texas, Brownsville; Gaurav Khanna of University of  Massachusetts, Dartmouth; and Scott Hughes at M.I.T. have a new paper in the June issue of Physical Review (subscription required), using some of the Air Force …

Quicker medical degrees coming A second partnership involves UT-Southwestern, UT-Austin and UT Health Science Center at Houston; a third is between UT-Dallas and UT-Southwestern, and the fourth involves UT-Brownsville, UT-El Paso, UT-Pan …

UTB program helps laid off workers start their own businesses  It's an idea aimed at helping retired and displaced teachers. One that will not only help them find work, but jump-start their own small business. "If they've been working already with a ...

Mexican journalists chronicle lives of two who died at San Fernando slaughter “This story was an illustration of everything that people fear on the border,” said Michael Lytle, a border security expert at University of Texas at Brownsville. “It was indicative of this imbedded corruption, and it added this terror dimension

University Center at Harlingen aims to open learning opportunities These universities are: University of Texas-Pan American, the University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College, Texas A&M Kingsville, Texas A&M Corpus Christi, University of Houston, Our Lady of the …

Government stops deportation against UT-Brownsville student-body president The government has stopped deportation proceedings against José Arturo Guerra , president of the University of Texas-Brownsville Student Government Association , meaning he likely will finish his dual degrees but …

Battle Royal for playing time Brody Chamberlain, another southpaw, will be the closer when he returns Sunday following his freshman season with the NAIA University of Texas at Brownsville Scorpions. Junior addition MacKenzie Washburn, Jeff …

Asian-Pacific heritage focus of celebration She eventually attended the University of Texas at Brownsville and discovered a passion to teach. Untalan was recently named the Education Service Center's Region 12 Secondary Teacher of the Year for 2011.

Sierra to direct ‘Farmingdale First’ program Sierra, who will also teach an ethics course at the college in the fall, was previously an instructor at the University of Texas at Brownsville/Texas Southmost College. SituCon Systems Inc. in Port Washington welcomed …

Passing the Passion: Tony Desjardins

Program chair helps students achieve dreams.  Tony Desjardins is a passionate teacher who passes this love of teaching to his students at Texas State Technical College. Desjardins is also a passionate learner. He received his bachelor’s degree from University of Texas at Austin,

 

Planning in progress for research, education park in McAllen UTPA collaborates with other universities including University of Texas-Brownsville, Texas A & M International in Laredo, Michigan State University, University of Texas-San Antonio, Texas A & M-Corpus Christi and …

 

HARD WORK PAYS OFF: Kali Wallenta

Wallenta set to graduate on Saturday with a degree in chemistry.  Hard work and dedication have gotten Kali Wallenta through college debt free.This Harlingen native went to Harlingen High School and took a semester off before deciding to go to the University of Texas-Brownsville. With 31 or 32 college credits

Obama mimics Bush on the border fence Then I went to the University of Texas at Brownsville, and because they litigated against the Department of Homeland Security, they have a fence that is about 9 feet tall, chain link, painted green, and surrounded by …

A land of sorghum, mass graves and fear “It's a state of anarchy,” said Guadalupe Correa-Cabrera , a government professor at the University of Texas at Brownsville . “People don't care about the authorities, especially the municipal authorities. Either they …

 

Mexican border region lives in fear amid drug cartel war “The introduction of the Zetas changed the whole panorama of drug trafficking in Mexico,” says Guadalupe Correa-Cabrera, a professor at the University of Texas at Brownsville. “Because of these new paramilitary practices, other groups have been made ...

U.S. Senate candidate Sanchez a popular figure in hometown Since then, Democrats have recruited Hispanic candidates such as Victor Morales, Tony Sanchez and Linda Chavez Thompson in unsuccessful attempts to stop the party’s losing streak in statewide races, said Tony …

Huntsman researchers: Zebrafish may help make lethal children's cancers more treatable Other authors include researchers from Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, University of Texas at Brownsville, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Children's Hospital Boston and St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Tennessee.

Chancellor Outlines Framework for Advancing Excellence throughout The University of Texas System

Enhancing academic and health professional education programs in South Texas and identifying synergies between UT Brownsville, UT Pan American and the Regional Academic Health Center and our regional campus in Laredo. Helping our emerging …

Kitchener-Waterloo United FC gets ready for debut Burger is a senior at the University of Texas at Brownsville and won’t be back in time for the home opener. Resurrection grad Stephan Maras is the starting goalkeeper for the team that will be managed by Vojo Brisevac. Nenad Jovanovic and Ayden …

Students Alerted About Violence in Mexico through Emergency Notification System

Campus leaders at UT Brownsville sent out an alert on the emergency notification system. "I was pleased they informed us about it. Personally, I didn't know about it," says student Omar Oyoque. Arnulfo Castro who …

 

Roxana Viridiana Sais

HARLINGEN, TX.— Roxana Viridiana Sais, 20, was born on April 16, 1991 in Harlingen, Texas and passed away on May 1, 2011 in San Antonio, Texas. Roxana was a graduate of Harlingen High School and was currently attending UTB

After 7 organ transplants in South Florida, baby ready to go home Not Delilah. "Chef Boyardee, apple sauce, banana pudding, pizza — and she loves drinking water,'' said her father, 26, who was studying drafting and design at the University of Texas at Brownsville before Delilah was 

Royals profit from demise of senior baseball in Saint John Chamberlain, who's from Plaster Rock, is a freshman with the NAIA University of Texas at Brownsville Scorpions. He lists 'guitar' as a hobby, which should make him great for road trips but music to the Royals' ears would be Chamberlain going three up ...

UTB Professor Makes bin Laden’s Death Topic for Class Discussion - It was a lesson of a lifetime and historic significance. A UT Brownsville professor says the death of Osama bin Laden can't be ignored in the classroom. This Politics in America class at UT Brownsville …

 

Clara Bow Williams Zepeda

SAN JUAN, TX.—Clara Bow Williams Zepeda passed away peacefully on May 1, 2011 in Austin, Texas.  Clara was born in Brownsville on August 22, 1930 at the former Fort Brown Army Hospital. Her parents were Frank Williams Sr. and Andrea Lopez 

Is Bin Laden capturing a boost for President Obama?  While many Americans are feeling a heightened sense of patriotism and pride after the fall of the most wanted terrorist, Osama Bin Laden, not everyone believes it will impact President Barack Obama’s approval rating ...

Lamar leads nation in graduate education degrees to Hispanics Other Texas universities on the Top 25 list are the University of Texas at San Antonio, Texas A&M University-Kingsville, Texas International University and the University of Texas at Brownsville. California had the most schools, eight; New York ...

Broncs to continue GWC play with new rotation On Tuesday at UT-Brownsville, Mantrana used a different pitcher in every inning because he said he wanted to get the conference rotation set. “A.J. has been strictly a bullpen guy and Kotchie has been our …

 

Long Road Traveled: Cynthia Wise Galvan

Galvan to receive her doctor of education from UTB and will stay on as Mercedes ISD’s ACE program director. Galvan has traveled a long and winding road to obtain the honor of putting Dr. in front of her name.On Saturday, May 21, Galvan will receive her doctor of education in curriculum and instruction

Building at UTB Evacuated After Reports of Smoke - A building at University of Texas at Brownsville was evacuated after a smoke scare Tuesday afternoon. It happened just before 3 at the Student Union. A fire official says smoke was reportedly coming …

Correction: Guns on Campus story AUSTIN, Texas -- In an April 12 story about delays to a Texas Senate bill that would allow concealed handgun license holders to carry weapons into college classrooms, The Associated Press erroneously reported that the University of Texas-Brownsville

Brownsville man immobilized by disease finds freedom in gaming world For now, the Rivera High School graduate is majoring in business at the University of Texas-Brownsville. He takes his courses online — with the help of a chopstick, which he uses to press each key on his home 

Valley lawmaker plays peacemaker for UTB/TSC 'divorce'  For the last 20 years, the University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College were one school. But on February 17th, the TSC board of trustees voted to divorce themselves ...

Martellus Bennett doesn't prefer Kitna over Romo at QB: 'I think they’re both good' Cowboys tight end Martellus Bennett visited students Thursday at the REK Center on the University of Texas at Brownsville campus. Bennett, who has been working on a clothing line and a rap album, encouraged and informed students about being involved 

Lamar grad, former Houston Cougar rips it up for UT Brownsville 

Lamar High School graduate Felix Fanaselle played a solid game but UT-Brownsville lost to Concordia University, 7-6, in college baseball action on Tuesday. Fanaselle, a former Houston Cougar

Mexico Drug War Mirrors Colombia Situation In The Past In reality many people died that way," says Lopez. Dr. Guadalupe Correa-Cabrera of the University of Texas at Brownsville studies both Colombian and Mexican cartels. She says Mexico is experiencing the same …

Let guns on Texas campuses? Students fight back Lucio withdrew his support last week, accusing bill sponsor Sen. Jeff Wentworth of going back on a promise to give him more time to talk with officials at UT-Brownsville in his district. The university wants to exempt …

Warped Space-Time Around Black Holes Visualized Whether any valuable insights will come out of the new visualization method has yet to be seen, University of Texas, Brownsville and Southmost Texas College physicist Richard Price told LiveScience. But the method has more potential than any other …

Students have stars in their eyes Leake is at the University of Texas-Brownsville on a full scholarship, which he maintains through continued pulsar searches for the university. So, will Chen follow in his footsteps? "I am definitely considering physics as …

In Texas, Chess-Not Football-is King: Three Texas Teams Vie for Supremacy in Final Four of Chess April 1-3 Three of those teams come from a state known for more physical sports: Texas. The University of Texas at Dallas (UT Dallas), UT Brownsville (UTB) and Texas Tech University are headed to Washington, D.C., to compete against the University of Maryland

Did gathering of trustees for Texas Southmost College violate Texas Open Meetings Act?

Reporters looking into some nose-thumbing by the chairman of the board of trustees of Texas Southmost College in Brownsville are wondering whether...

 

Into the Groove: Irving Reyes.

UTB student starts entertainment production company.  Irving Reyes, 20, and his production company Brainwash Entertainment are at the forefront of the live music entertainment scene that has sprouted up in South Texas.Reyes, a communication major at The University of Texas at Brownsville

Idea Public Schools Hiring 125 Teaching Jobs Rosie Maldonado a recent University of Texas at Brownsville graduate attending the recruitment hoping to land a teacher job. "This is a great opportunity for all the teachers since there is a scarcity in jobs as educators, this a great school to work for."

UTB students speak about 'guns on campus' bill People who walk onto the University ofTexas at Brownsville/Texas Southmost College grounds are greeted by a sign posted on the doors which states that weapons are prohibited on campus. However, if proposed 

LSUS players earn conference honors 

Smith is joined by Felix Fanaselle of the University of Texas-Brownsville as the Red River Athletic Conference Baseball Player of the Week award. Mortensen was recognized as the RRAC Baseball Pitcher of the Week for the same dates

Authorities investigating Cameron County prosecutor's death “He was a dedicated employee and we are all saddened with this news.” Iniguez attended the University of Texas at Brownsville and then law school at the University of Houston. Authorities reported that Iniguez first joined the district attorney’s ...

Prosecutor found dead in Mexico Iniguez, of Rancho Viejo, graduated from the University of Texas-Brownsville in 2006 n and received his doctor of jurisprudence from the University of Houston Law Center in 2009. . He left behind a wife and 2-year-old daughter.

Father of Slain UTB Student Speaks Out The father of a UT Brownsville student killed at an off-campus complex last month is speaking out. The death of Santiago Bernal has been tough on his family. The Bernals came to Brownsville to find …

Texas House committee OK's bill to allow guns on college campuses Noe Garza told lawmakers that he deserves the right to defend himself as an adjunct professor at the University of Texas-Brownsville/Texas Southmost College. “Being right on the Rio Grande River, we’ve had a lot of spillover violence” from ...

 

Ahead of the Game: Ricky Rodriguez

UTB-TSC senior, soccer player plans to go pro.  Since high school, Ricky Rodriguez has always been described as four years ahead of his experience on the soccer field.  “When I was in school, my only goal then was to play on the varsity team my freshman year

Vigue and Smith Named First NAIA Baseball Players of the Week Pitcher Nominees: Julian Moya, Texas at Brownsville; Thomas Nelson, Culver-Stockton (Mo.); Jake Kolenda, Ottawa (Kan.); Matt King, Siena Heights (Mich.); Derek Gordon, Park (Mo.)

Fitch Places Texas Southmost College District, Texas' GOs on Rating Watch Negative The ratings are placed on Negative Watch in response to the recent dissolution of the unique, long-standing partnership which has been in place since 1991 between the University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College.

Veteran recognized for heroic deeds says there's no place like the United States At 24 years of age, Roger Villarreal had a steady job in a bank in Port Isabel and was attending classes at Texas Southmost College. In the summer of 1968, the last thing he wanted to do was enlist in the military. What a difference a few 

 

David Contereas: Happy texan

Valley Baptist nurse enjoys family life, work in Harlingen. Life is good in the Rio Grande Valley for David Contreras Jr., he said. A registered nurse in the Kleberg Cardiac Care Unit at Valley Baptist Medical Center-Harlingen, he has worked at Valley Baptist for 17 years, Contreras said.At Harlingen High

Alamo reading “History must be constantly called into question," says Antonio Zavaleta, a professor at the University of Texas at Brownsville. Here are a few suggestions from scholars and writers. “It’s been 50 years since Walter …

 

Wordsmith

Official pronouncer at RGV Spelling Bee to retire after 22 years.  When the Rio Grande Valley Regional Spelling Bee is held this year, a 22-year tradition will have ended. Marty Lewis, the official pronouncer and voice of the spelling bee, is retiring.The 65-year-old Lewis, an English professor at the University of

UTB/TSC spilt leads to threats to trustee member  In the fall of 2010, the University of Texas system informed Texas Southmost College that they would end their contract with the junior college, sometime between August 2014 and August 2015. Trey Mendez ...

Community mourns police officer’s death at funeral

 

Math Whiz: Mario Rada

Algebra, calculus teacher to receive master’s degree in math. There was a time when Mario Rada was not good at mathematics.“I struggled for some reason,” said the San Benito native and Harlingen resident. “When I got to The University of Texas at Brownsville

Bianca N. Barreda

FGCU baseball still feeling out new guys Mahy has been with FGCU for five seasons. Former FGCU setter Roberta Santos, an assistant coach at Texas-Brownsville, also is on the list. "Danny is an incredible resource for me," said FGCU coach Dave Nichols. "I call him 'Mr. Can Do' because not 

Unrest in Libya pushes Valley gas prices higher Professor Mostafa Malki at the University of Texas at Brownsville said, its all about supply and demand. ”Oil traders and anybody that’s interested in oil are increasing their demand, they want to buy as much as they can just in case something bad ...

FIRST LADY ANITA PERRY AND TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION HONOR BROWNSVILLE WITH TEXAS TREASURES AWARD This site, along with the Hebrew Cemetery, was recently listed in the National Register of Historic Places. The University of Texas at Brownsville was awarded a $26,000 grant in 2010 from the National Park Service that will create a cultural landscape ...

UTB student stabbed over the weekend identified Dr. Hilda Silva, the Vice President of Student Affairs for the University of Texas at Brownsville, released a statement expressing their condolences for the family of Santiano Daniel Bernal. Bernal was a freshman at UTB and was enrolled as an ...

Police Rule Stabbing Death as Justifiable Homicide

Twenty-one-year-old Santiago Bernal was stabbed at La Estancia Apartments near the UT Brownsville campus. Investigators say Bernal went to the wrong apartment and tried to enter a unit where four women lived

 

UT Brownsville Student Stabbed to Death 

-A 21-year-old University of Texas-Brownsville student is stabbed to death at an off-campus apartment. "I am very surprised," said Joel Villazane, a UT-Brownsville student who lives at the complex. "I wouldn't thought would have happened

Fatal stabbing reported near UTB campus Authorities are not releasing the name of the victim until next of kin has been notified. The apartment complex is located blocks away from the University of Texas at Brownsville campus and is home to many students.

Students,staff protest UTB/TSC separation  University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College students and faculty were doing more than just teaching and learning today. Some roamed the campus in a rage …

 

HARLINGEN — Eleazar Cortez

Eleazar Cortez, 60, went to be with the Lord on Thursday, February 17, 2011. He was born on April 29, 1950 in San Benito, TX to Placido, Sr. and Eva Cortez; he resided in Harlingen, TX for the past 36 years. He graduated from San Benito High School

 

History Lesson: Demaracus Gatlin

Iraq War vet comes to Valley, researches past Demaracus Gatlin is learning about his past by way of a history class project at The University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College. Along with a fellow student, he has curated “Lest We Forget: Slavery and Jim Crow in America

Inside the office of Rep. Blake Farenthold (R-Texas): David A. Polin Jr. He has even been an elected official himself, holding the position of Senate president at his college, The University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College (which are combined institutions). “The administration hated us,” Polin said of ...

UTB Reacts to Agent’s Death Jaime Zapata, the ICE agent who was killed in an attack in Mexico, has roots in Brownsville, attending Hanna High School and graduating from the University of Texas at Brownsville. Zapata earned a …

Agent battled with his killers

He's survived by his family in Brownsville. He graduated from the University of Texas at Brownsville with a bachelor's degree in criminal justice and started his law enforcement career with the U.S. Border Patrol in Yuma …

 

Lifetime Learner: Sylvia Rendon

Teaching facilitator thrives in front of students Standing in front of a crowd of wide-eyed children, Sylvia Rendon feels right at home. So when the 25-year educator gets the opportunity to step back into the teacher’s role at Bowie Elementary School

Senators warned budget cuts could hurt higher ed At UT-Brownsville, which has the second-lowest tuition rate in the UT system at about $2,800 per semester, that would be hard to do, President Juliet Garcia said. "Even at that bare-bones level," Garcia said. "We would fall short."

Prickly delicacy Tony Zavaleta, professor of anthropology at the University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College, said the earliest manuscripts written by Spaniards in Mexico in the 1500s describe the use of nopales. …

 

Valley out of the ice but still in cold 

Volunteer Tom Wilson, a student at UT-Brownsville, helps weigh and measure green sea turtles at the UT-Pan American Coastal Studies lab on South Padre ...

25 Universities With the Worst Graduation Rates In my last post, I shared a list of the 25 state universities with the best four-year graduation rates . If you missed the post, here it is: Today it’s hall of shame time. I’m sharing the 25 state colleges and universities …

 

One call at a time: Dianeth Rodriguez

UTB-TSC senior assists in diabetes research Dianeth Rodriguez is working one telephone call at a time to change the culinary and lifestyle habits of Brownsville parents to help combat diabetes. Rodriguez, 21, a Mercedes resident and senior psychology

 

TEA Commissioner Robert Scott to Receive Pre-K Award

Texas Today Rodríguez is a Spanish instructor at the University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas State Technical College Harlingen. For more information about this event, e-mail Rubí Ugofsky-Méndez at rugofsky-mendez@umhb.edu or call (254) 295-4631.

 

LA FERIA Alton Garner O’Keeffe

Alton Garner O’Keeffe, 81, passed away Thursday, January 27, 2011.Al was born August 20, 1929 in Pandora, TX.Visitation hours will be held at Buck Ashcraft Funeral Home, Monday, January 31, 2011 from 12:00 PM to 9:00 PM, with the family

 

HARLINGEN Herman Wise

Herman Wise, age 80, of Harlingen, Texas went to be with our Lord peacefully on January 26, 2011. His final days were spent surrounded by family and friends. Born June 6, 1930 in San Benito, Texas to Dolores & Jesus Miguel Wise who were well known..

UTB EMS Training Prepares for Border Violence If border violence escalated in the Lower Valley, UT Brownsville would be a staging area for medical treatment. A three day training class is educating first responders on what to do.

Eric Gonzalez Returning to WhiteWings as Player-Coach The Rio Grande Valley WhiteWings announced Wednesday that they have picked up the option on third baseman Eric Gonzalez (6-0, 200, University ofTexas-Brownsville), who returns not only as a player, but hitting coach as well

600,000 to go to science and engineering juniors with grad school hopes Academically talented engineering and science students could gain funding for their senior year and two of their graduate years. Last week, the National Science Foundation granted UTA $600,000 to fund 22 students interested in graduating with engineering ...

 

Living Heartily: Valerie Arizmendi

Mom, wife, nurse, volunteer and Harley Davidson rider. There are many interesting aspects of Valerie Arizmendi’s life. This Buffalo, N.Y. native has lived in the Rio Grande Valley since she was a sophomore in high school. She moved here in the summer between ..

Valley residents talk about President Obama’s State of the Union Address University of Texas at Brownsville Professor Dr. Carlos Figueroa is hopeful that President Obama will use Tuesday night’s State of the Union Address as a platform to get back to basics. “The key is telling ...

 

One-size-fits-all cuts would devastate border schools As UT-Brownsville President Juliet Garcia explained, the set-aside pool has helped border institutions expand their degree offerings, which, in turn, has led to booming enrollments. “You could make the argument that maybe we've had enough,” Garcia said 

Last large stand of rare palm reopens in Valley Rabb's preservation of what became the nucleus for the sanctuary makes him part of the story, said Larry Lof, a University of Texas-Brownsville professor and president of the Gorgas Foundation. Lof, who was honored by the Texas Society of Architects for …

UMBC's Erenburg rebounds in Berkeley Erenburg clinched second\ place in a tense last-round battle with Uzbek-born GM Timur Gareev, now a star with UMBC rival University of Texas at Brownsville. The Ruy Lopez Exchange line often leads to long positional …

MAGNETICS 2011 to Host Industry Leading Line-Up of Speakers ( BUSINESS WIRE )--MAGNETICS 2011, the world’s premier forum on magnetic applications, technologies and materials, has announced its 7th annual event will take place March 1-2, 2011 at the Grand Hyatt San Antonio.

A Dallas University Finishes on Top in a Showdown New York Times The second tier was made up of everyone else. No more. With aggressive campaigns to recruit top players, the University of Texas, Brownsville, and Texas Tech University have joined the top tier. Haraldur Karlsson, who …

Police Searching for Person of Interest in Assault Police believe she met the assailant at the University of Texas at Brownsville, but say the alleged assault took place off campus. The man police are looking for is only a person of interest. Investigators want to ask him …

Zumba: Homer Longoria

Helping Students

Drug war part of campus life When the rattle of gunfire and pop of grenades woke Rene Cardona from his dorm bed at the University of Texas at Brownsville / Texas Southmost College , he brushed it off as another drug war …

 

Slice Of Life column 

The University of Texas-Brownsville graduate is currently working on his master's degree to become a principal. "I always knew I wanted to be a teacher,"

Michael Lytle Demonstrates Multifaceted Involvement and Contributions to Forensic Science

BROWNSVILLE, TX, December 21, 2010 /Cambridge Who's Who/ -- Michael A. Lytle, Associate Professor for The University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College, has been named Cambridge Who's …

Leaked cables paint gloomy picture of Mexico's drug war Discussing the leaked cables, Michael Lytle, an associate professor at the University of Texas at Brownsville with a long background in counter-narcotic intelligence work with both the State Department and the Department of Homeland Security, remarked …

Vida M Jagou

College notes: Sheffer leads U-M to victory December baseball for Miller Lakeshore graduate Adam Miller is playing baseball for the University of Texas at Brownsville. The school had its own Scorpion World Series, a set of intersquad games, in late November and early December.

 

Chess Team Preparing for Brisk Holiday Schedule 

“Texas Tech and UT Brownsville, with their four and three grandmasters respectively, have equal seats at the table. The tournament is stronger and more ...

 

WESLACO, TX. — Howard L. McFarland

 

Valley residents react to 'least intelligent' cities survey 

Dr. Antonio Zavaletta, a professor at the University of Texas at Brownsville tells us he has done extensive research on the life and people of the valley

 

New Book Chronicles World War II through the Eyes of a Child Peter Gawenda resides in Brownsville, Texas where he is Dean of the College of Applied Technology and General Studies for The University ofTexas at Brownsville and Texas Southwest College

Donations From Car Show Help Family Who Lost Home in Fire Toys were donated as part of a car show held this weekend. The auto mechanic group from the University of Texas at Brownsville started the toy drive. The group saw the CHANNEL 5 NEWS story last night and decided …

Lee's Ferreira Named First Team All-American The transfer from Uberlandia, Brazil earned the first team honor last season at the University of Texas-Brownsville. “Arlene is well deserving of First Team,” said Lee head coach Andrea Hudson. “She had an excellent year both offensively and defensively

High school students having a tough time deciding on college

Seniors at Hanna High School said they’ve applied to universities like The University of Houston, University of Texas at Austin, Baylor University, The University of Texas Pan American and The University of Texas at Brownsville/Southmost College

STC professor tapped to serve as U.S. marshal It’s one of the largest districts." Soto began his law enforcement career as a Houston police officer in 1979 after attending Texas Southmost College and University of Texas at Brownsville — then known as

Pan American University at Brownsville.

Columbia takes out top-ranked Lee 

Arlene Ferreira, one of two Texas-Brownsville transfers who helped Lee fashion a sensational 39-1 season, finished her junior season with a team-leading 11 ...

 

UT System officials spell out plans for Valley vision 

Cigarroa said he hopes to come up with $4 million to $5 million for hiring faculty members in science, technology, engineering and math at UT-Brownsville ...

 

Valley nursing field increases 

With changes coming to The University of Texas at Brownsville/Texas Southmost College, including the addition of a College of Nursing

 

Chargers make Lee work for it 

... said Lee standout Arlene Ferreira, one of three Brazilians in the Flames' lineup, two of them transfers from Texas at Brownsville

NAIA Volleyball Tournament Capsules However, they've found a new leader (397 kills) in junior transfer Arlene Ferreira, a 5-8 outside hitter from Brazil who was a first-team All-American last year for Texas at Brownsville. Key holdovers are 6-1 senior Kayla Carlisle (298), 5-10 junior ...

Volleyball National Championship Preview Biola, Embry-Riddle (Fla.), Bellevue (Neb.), Texas at Brownsville and Taylor (Ind.).

ALLSPACH: NAIA snubs; North girls approach zenith Officially, the school with longest name in the NAIA national women's volleyball tournament this week is second-seeded University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College, UTB-TSC for short

Scorpions' Ferreira learning fast The journey from Minas Gerais, Brazil, to Brownsville is just beginning for Tamires Ferreira. The University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College freshman setter leads the team with 7.4 assists per game and is a key reason why the …

 

GOV. PERRY APPOINTS PEREZ TO TEXAS COMMISSION ON FIRE PROTECTION 

... and past board member of the Southmost Lions Club. Perez received an associate degree fromTexas Southmost College and attended the National Fire Academy

No. 1 Lee volleyball aims high All of Lee's returning players plus Brazilian transfers Arlene Ferreira and Valquiria Caboclo from Texas-Brownsville -- which made the final eight in 2009 -- know what it's like to get close to a national title, and that helps, Hudson ...

 

Reading United players honored by college conferences 

... a team second-best seven points (three goals and one assist) in his first season with Delaware, after transferring from NAIA power Texas-Brownsville.

 

People in the News 

... State University, Sacramento since 2006 and earlier was the dean of science and technology for the University of Texas, Brownsville from 2004 to 2006.

Danger dividing border communities All my research is in Mexico. I’ve carried on a love affair with Mexico all of my life,” said Antonio Zavaleta, 63, provost at the University of Texas at Brownsville. His family goes back five generations here and, as a child, Zavaleta crossed back and

Lee's Ferreira Headlines SSAC Volleyball Awards The transfer from Uberlandia, Brazil was a First-Team NAIA All-American last season while playing for the University of Texas-Brownsville.

Lee’s Ferreira tops All-SSAC volleyball Valquiria Caboclo, who joined NAIA first-team All-American and fellow Brazilian Ferreira in transferring from Texas-Brownsville, joined her also on the All-SSAC first team

Vice Provost Candidates to Visit IU Prior to that, she spent seven years as vice president for enrollment management at The University of Texas Brownsville and Texas Southmost College. She has also been an administrator at colleges in Washington, Oregon, Wyoming, Montana 

 

UT Pulls Plug on Partnership 

The partnership between the University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College -- in which the four-year university and the community college ...

UT Regents Hope to Rescue Higher Ed Partnership Texas Tribune

After Big Political Gains In 2010, Tea Party Plans For Long Haul She resigned in the middle of her term as governor, and that will be used against her," said Terence Garrett, professor of political science at the University of Texas at Brownsville. "She's flavor of the month right now, but she doesn't have the gravitas."

 

UT-Brownsville Back To Normal: No Drug-War Gunshots Today (So Far)

... students and faculty home, fearful that a stray bullet may find an innocent mark on campus, UT-Brownsville spokeswoman Letty Fernandez tells Hair Balls

UTB Events Affected by Border Violence Adam Cardona is a sophomore at the University of Texas at Brownsville. He said he never imagined his college experience would involve an almost daily occurrence of gunshot rings “It is getting to close for comfort there’s been a recent occurrence where …

 

Ortiz not conceding District 27 

“People are flabbergasted,” University of Texas-Brownsville professor Anthony Knopp said, admitting he was downing humble pie for predicting the dean of ...

 

Stunned Democrats regroup after statewide losses 

... number of Hispanic voters should be the party's top priority, said Terence Garrett, a government professor at the University of Texas at Brownsville.

 

Republicans widen local appeal, use voters dissatisfied with incumbents to... 

Guadalupe Correa-Cabrera, an assistant professor at University of Texas at Brownsville and an expert on American Hispanic politics, said she saw the ...

Associated Builders & Contractors honors firms for San Antonio area projects Institutional projects of between $5 million and $10 million, the W.B. Ball Early Childhood Center • Parsippany, N.J.-based Skanska USA Building: Institutional projects of between $10 million and $25 million, the Texas Southmost College Arts Center ...

Political activists' encourage elderly to vote Norman Binder, a retired University of Texas at Brownsville professor, said the influence of politiqueras on the electoral process has dramatically decreased as voters become more educated and make up their own minds about candidates

Anti-incumbent sentiment makes inroads in South Texas As surprising as it sounds, the tea party is mobilizing Hispanic voters," said Guadalupe Correa-Cabrera, a professor of government at the University of Texas at Brownsville. "It used to be that Hispanics would not vote for an Anglo candidate, but I think ...

 

UTB Officials Speak On Valley Border Violence 

Studies at The University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College, is working to provide the public with the reality of border violence.

 

UTB professor speaks about violence in Mexico

 

Immigration 'takes a role' at UTB

 

UT-Brownsville Men Continue Utter Dominance Of Conference Foes

Looking like a team ready for a run into the postseason again, UTB/TSC looked like a buzz-saw in a 6-0 rout over Southwestern Assemblies ...

The Power of Belief assistant provost and professor of anthropology at the University of Texas at Brownsville. “More than that, many are also serving the community as physical doctors,” he said. “There are some who are experts in medicinal plants; someone else might set …

Sweet Success

Actor reminisces TSC days and hit musical run of 'The Fantasticks'

Let's Make a Deal The University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College have had a cozy relationship since 1991, when the two signed an agreement to pool their resources and allow students to seamlessly transfer between the community college and the …

 

New UTB-TSC accord on track 

Under the new agreement, Texas Southmost College and the University of Texas at Brownsville would transfer their assets to a trust to form one legal entity

OBITUARY: Pamela Knowles and taught Nursing at the University of Texas Brownsville. She retired with Mr. Knowles in 2005 and lived in South Padre Island, Texas. Preceding her in death were her daughter, Gwendolyn Knowles; her sister, Jackie Peal-Cobb; and her parents, Harold and …

Calverley earns POW honors 

Jessica Lopez (Wiley College) was the Hitter of the Week, while two players, Gregner Gotay-Quinones (UT-Brownsville) and Sarah Lindsay (Our Lady of the ...

 

Special service held for slain UTB student Jonathan Torres 

Jonathan Torres's death is still something that friends, classmates and faculty at the University ofTexas at Brownsville can not come to ...

 

Dahlonega native murdered in Mexico

... vigil on the campus of The University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College last Friday following his shooting death in Mexico.

 

Woman, 101, to become US citizen with help of 69-year-old document 

... according to Anthony Knopp, a history professor at the University of Texas at Brownsville specializing in US-Mexico border relations.

 

Northwestern remains fourth in NAIA volleyball University of Texas at Brownsville (19-0) is fifth. Dordt (23-5) slipped one spot to No. 19 while Doane (17-4) dropped a spot to No. 16 in the NAIA weekly poll

UTB-TSC Capsules: Scorpions knock off No. 11 University of Mobile The University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College scored twice during the first half and held off a furious University of Mobile (Ala.) charge in the second for a 2-1 men’s soccer victory Sunday at REK Center Field. No. 11 UM is 7-2-2 ...

Grant to Connect Universities and Colleges Throughout Valley UT Brownsville, South Texas College, Texas State Technical College, and the University of Texas Health Science Center. "This is a great opportunity for the four counties and the educational systems that will benefit from this service," U.S. Representative ...

 

Americans on a deadly pace in Mexico 

... according to a statement issued by Leticia "Letty" Fernandez, a spokeswoman for the University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College

 

Vigil Held for Slain UTB Student

Torres was a 19-year-old student at the University of Texas Brownsville. He went to Matamoros last Thursday and never came back.

 

Family, friends react to UTB student's cartel-related death A 18-year-old freshman at the University of Texas at Brownsville is dead following an incident where cartel members allegedly hijacked a bus in Mexico. Details about the incident or where it took place were not immediately available but UTB officials ...

Details emerge in UTB student's cartel-related death

A 18-year-old freshman at the University of Texas at Brownsville is dead following an incident where cartel members allegedly hijacked a bus in Mexico. Details about the incident or where it took place were not immediately available but UTB officials ...

 

UTB Student Killed in Mexico 

KRGV

He was a freshman student at the University of Texas Brownsville. A UTB spokesperson says Torres was traveling in Mexico, visiting family.

Proposed UTB-TSC agreement spurs debate student government president at the University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College, also had a comment. “You guys are talking about power, and you guys are talking about documents,” he said. “I am here to tell you, and do not take …

On the air online: Susie Cantu

W. Volleyball Top-Six Teams Maintain Position in Fifth Edition of Tachikara-NAIA Volleyball Coaches' Top 25 Poll Fresno Pacific (Calif.) spends 40th-consecutive week at No. 1, two enter for first time this season

A Master Motivator then went on to earn volleyball scholarships to both the University of Texas-Brownsville and Tennessee State University. After graduating from TSU in 1999, she headed back to Killeen, taking a job teaching sixth-grade …

 

Farmers' market kicks off season an environmental science professor at the University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College, was showcasing his photography. “It is pulling out part of Brownsville you just don’t get to see,” he said, referring to the community of local ...

 

UTB-TSC Capsules: Scorpions back at REK on Saturday for first time since 2009 The University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College men’s soccer team has never lost a game at REK Center Field, which will be the setting Saturday when the Scorpions play host to Our Lady of the Lake in a critical Red River Athletic …

Flag on ring upsets some

Brownsville Herald -

... almost indiscernible image on the official class ring for the University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College — the Mexican flag.

 

Goldsmith Becomes New Chief Information Officer at UTB/TSC  A Rio Grande Valley native has become the new chief information offer at The University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College. Dr. Clair Woodrow ...

 

College of Liberal Arts Receives Federal Grant for Student Development 

 

What's more important, your kid's life or a good education? Don't answer that! 

CultureMap

Five Texas schools make the list, as well — University of Texas-Brownsville, Texas A&M, Sam Houston State University (might have something to do with the ...

 

Community Flu Response Plan Cited in Study 

HSToday (blog)

... county and city health departments, a school of public health, the University of Texas-Brownsville, local schools, adult and child daycare facilities,

 

 

Clarence Eric Lautzenheiser Sr.
Bandera County Courier

After graduating from Harlingen High School in 1939, Lautzy attended Brownsville Junior College. In 1940, the 18 year old was already accomplished pilot

 

One former CAP student forgoes UT Austin after finding her place on campus at UTA 

UTA The Shorthorn

-The other sister schools, UT-Brownsville, UT-El Paso, UT-Pan American, UT- Permian Basin and UT-Tyler rarely contribute more than 10 students to those ...

 

Lee's Ferreira Is SSAC Volleyball Player Of The Week 

The Chattanoogan

Ferreira is a new addition to the squad, having transferred to Lee this fall from the University of Texas-Brownsville. For the week, Ferreira, a junior from ...

 

This Week On The Space Show 

Space Fellowship

Currently she is pursuing her PhD at the University of Texas at Brownsville, at the Center for Gravitational Wave Astronomy.

Reports of violence shake Matamoros The University of Texas at Brownsville, a stone's throw from the Rio Grande, has begun emergency training for staff and students and has equipped the campus to warn of errant gunfire. A discharged bullet was found on ...

Brownsville on alert following shootings in Matamoros 

San Antonio Express

Campus police at the University of Texas-Brownsville went door-to-door after receiving a US government alert of the violence, police Lt. Armando Pulido ...

Columbia College volleyball team sweeps McKendree 

Columbia Missourian

The Cougars will travel to Brownsville, Texas on Thursday to get prepared for a tournament this weekend hosted by Texas-Brownsville. Texas-Brownsville gave ...

Pork Alert: House Financial Services CAGW's Pork Patrol(SM) Takes a Closer Look ... Solomon Ortiz (D-Texas) for the University of Texas-Brownsville. Since the University of Texas' $15.6 billion endowment is the largest of any public university, the institution should not need or ask for government ...

UTB-TSC professor travels to Guinea David W. Hicks, assistant professor of Biology at the University of Texas at brownsvile and Texas Southmost College, left Friday to the island of Bioko, Equatorial Guinea, Africa, as part of an initiative ...

UTB/TSC, Foundations Celebrate Establishment of S.T.E.P.S. Endowment  The University of Texas System Brownsville issued the following news release: Leaders of The University of Texas at ...

 

ITEC audit reveals problems 

Brownsville Herald

The latest audit was completed in March for the facility, which is part of the University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College

 

Meletha B. Everett Honored for Excellence in Poetry & Visual Arts 

24-7PressRelease.com (press release) - ‎Sep 8, 2010‎

Ms. Everett attended Texas Southmost College and Texas A&M University - Laredo. She completed industry-related coursework at San Miguel de Allende in Mexico ...

Chess Champ Triumphs in Case of Déjà Vu

Complex returns to full operation after brief renovations The University Student Recreation Complex is in full operation after a brief closure this month, ending a two-year saga of repairs following Hurricane Gustav. The UREC SRC underwent a one-week “cosmetic ...

 

Many local college students wouldn't mind sharing a dorm room with opposite sex 

Monitor 

I don't think that's right,” said Lucio, 20, a bilingual education junior at the University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College.

 

What's next for Lady Trappers? 

Powell Tribune ‎

Barros departed the Trappers' program over the summer and took her game to Texas-Brownsville for the season. In her absence, the Trappers will look for some ...

 

Candor has become an early casualty A couple of Texas politicians, both seeking re-election in November, have taken the political lie to new lows. By now people should be used to politicians’ tendency to stretch the truth. It’s hard to think ...

 

Obama signs $600 million bill for border 

San Diego Union Tribune - ‎Aug 13, 2010‎

But statistics can be deceiving, said Michael Lytle, an expert on national security and a professor at the University of Texas at Brownsville.

Budget cuts diminish UT’s edge UT President William Powers Jr. speaks at a Board of Regents meeting Thursday about the challenge of trimming the University’s budget. There’s no way around it — the 10-percent state-directed budget cut poses a ...

Obama Will Raise College Graduation Rates by Asking Politely Obama will also use the opportunity to call out conservatives in Congress on their college-hating ways: according to the Times , “advisers to Mr. Obama say he will use it to remind Americans that, with just ...

 

Experts: Improved access to standard health care could erode use of folk medicine

... not replace it, said Antonio Zavaleta, director of the Texas Center for Border and Transnational Studies at the University of Texas-Brownsville

New dean of San Diego State University-Imperial Valley campus speaks CALEXICO — As about 150 transfer students gathered information about San Diego State University’s Imperial Valley campus, they were not alone in being new to SDSU. SDSU-IV’s new dean, David Pearson, has ...

Senior Year Can Wait -- I'm Working at JPL! High school intern Jessica Liang dons 3D glasses to look at some Mars images in her cubicle at JPL. Imagine you're at school, munching on a cheeseburger during lunch ...

Cambridge Publishing's 2009 Professional of the Year Beatriz von Ohlen Gives ...

"I'm an assistant medical technical instructor at The University of Texas at Brownsville," she started. "I teach in [its] associate degree nursing ...

 

Shaghayegh Azadi-Setayesh Inducted into Cambridge Who's Who 

24-7PressRelease.com (press release) 

At The University of Texas at Brownsville, she is responsible for instructing students in algebra, pre-calculus and calculus. Ms. Azadi-Setayesh also acts ...

 

Advanced extraterrestrial UFOs travelling with the help of Faster-than-light ... 

India Daily

Over the last several years, Astrophysicists working out of the University of Texas at Brownsville have been studying an interesting pulsar about 10000 ...

 

Future Nursing Student Wins $500 Scholarship from College Admissions Assistance 

PR Web (press release) - ‎Jul 21, 2010‎

She'll be majoring in nursing at UT Brownsville. She likes the fact that she will be close to her family while attending college.

Why putting cactus in your mouth isn't the worst idea ever Emilia’s Restaurant serves nopalitos in a broad variety of ways. One of the more popular dishes, says Silvia Contreras, manager of the restaurant at 605 West Elizabeth Street, is fajitas …

Public Schools in Emerging Region Named Among Nation's Best Rio South Texas Has Top ... In addition to offering global manufacturing companies one of the most competitive locations in the world, Rio South Texas …

Top 10 Reasons for Choosing the Online M.Ed. in Educational Technology from UT ... PRLog (Press Release) – Jul 19, 2010 – With all the options for a Masters Degree in Educational Technology available on the web, how do I know which program is best for me? 

'Less with less': Area institutes of higher education plan for deep budget cuts

... supply of school teachers, nurses and civil engineers from UTPA and the University of Texas-Brownsville failed to meet the Valley's annual job openings.

ORTIZ ANNOUNCES $25000 GRANT TO HELP PRESERVE FORT BROWN

Ortiz (D-Texas) announced a $26000 grant today to The University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College by the National Park Service.

Secretary Locke Announces Recovery Act Investments to Expand Broadband Internet ... The U.S. Department of Commerce's National Telecommunications & Information Administration issued …

Zumaya’s latest misfortune is sadly in character There was always something too good to be true about Detroit Tigers pitcher Joel Zumaya. He threw impossibly hard. He was impossibly charismatic, with his tattoos and his grin and his glare

Valley veterans share employment woes

UTPA enrolls an average of 400 veterans per semester, as does the University of Texas-Brownsville/Texas Southmost College. However, the schools have been ...

 

Brownsville Chess Teams Get Some National Pub 

Russell Harwood, chess director at the University of Texas at Brownsville, tells Hair Balls that HBO reporter Mary Carillo, along with a film crew from ..

 

Featured fighters earn wins on Solo Boxeo Tecate show 

So far, the summer is going pretty well for Molina as he graduated from the University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College last month with a ...

Better Educated Work Force Needed for Jobs in Near Future If there’s one thing on which a majority of Americans can agree, it is that there aren’t enough jobs to go around these days. But if Americans don’t become better educated, they risk finding that the opposite will ...

College of Staten Island names Vernon Mummert athletic… Vernon Mummert began his intercollegiate athletics career as an equipment manager at Drew University. That the 57-year-old Baltimore native now has a plaque in the school’s Athletic Hall of Fame speaks volumes about ...

Curandero shares insight into mystical practices 

... means to cure or heal, said Tony Zavaleta, vice president for external affairs at the University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College.

Arjun Sanga to lead tech transfer for UT branches in San…  Arjun Sanga , J.D., has been named executive director of South Texas Technology Management, a regional technology transfer office that serves four University of Texas institutions (the UT Health ...

Experts find fault with US border strategy 

But Michael Lytle, a national security expert and associate professor at the University of Texas-Brownsville, said the border remains porous and dangerous, ..

UA students attend national conference on race and ethnicity… The 23rd annual conference, sponsored primarily by the Southwest Center for Human Relations Studies at the University of Oklahoma, is designed to assist higher education institutions to create inclusive environments ...

 

Rio Grande water tested for bacteria 

Students at the University of Texas at Brownsville focused on intensive sampling, testing a 20 mile section of the river.

Path to Opportunity – Community Colleges Serving Adult… This week we posted short videos about three adult students who are pursuing education at community colleges to secure a good job and a good life: Claudia Rodriguez, a veteran of the war in Iraq, attends Texas Southmost ...

Maricopa Colleges narrows search for IT chief  Steve Chen, CIO at the University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College. • Marilyn Delmont, vice president and CIO for Minnesota State University. • George Kahkedjian, CIO for Connecticut State University System

South Padre Island sees signs of economic recovery 

... nationals to contribute to the tourism industry, said Rafael Otero, the interim dean of the School of Business at the University of Texas-Brownsville.

WhiteWings Set Opening Day Roster The WhiteWings are carrying 11 position players, in third baseman Eric Gonzalez(6-0, 200, UT-Brownsville), catcher Kevin Griffin (5-10, 195, Ferrum College),shortstop Jose Fulgencio (6-1, 162, New Jersey City University), catcher/first…

SDSU-IV campus secures new dean Pearson serves as vice president for partnership affairs at the University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College. Pearson said the two institutions are fused into one and he is officially a University of Texas employee.

San Diego State University-Imperial Valley campus dean announced 

“Pearson's extensive and successful academic and administrative experience at University of Texas at Brownsville will greatly benefit our Imperial Valley ...

Hispanic High School Dropouts Less Likely to Pursue GED ... Latinas in the Rio Grande Valley, and it is a crisis with a capital 'C,'" said Tony Zavaleta, vice president of external affairs at the University of Texas at Brownsville andTexas Southmost College. "We are not keeping our students in…

Analysts: Brownsville mayor's DWI a disruption ... that an acknowledgment of his responsibility, and an apology, might help,” said Tony Knopp, professor emeritus of History at the University of Texas at Brownsville andTexas Southmost College. “But I don’t know how much.” Ahumada’s ...

Clouds Over Campus 

... Cigarroa was also quite clear that he expects more from UT-Austin than he does from smaller, less research-centered campuses like UT-Brownsville

 

Myths of the Border, down Mexico way 

Zavaleta, special assistant to the provost of the University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College, recalled an incident last fall when stray ...

 

Baylor College of Medicine gets $14.9M NIH stimulus fund grant 

The other Texas entities receiving money include: Texas A&M University, University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College, University of Texas ...

 

Study: One in six UTB students graduate on time 

A recent study from the US Department of Education placed the University of Texas at Brownsville in the bottom five of public universities ...

Gunmen kill Reynosa public official, Valle Hermoso mayoral…Tony Knopp, a history and government professor at The University ofTexas-Brownsville, said Guajardo’s murder came at a time that PAN hardened its stance against organized crime. Knopp said the murder — likely perpetrated by drug cartel…

2010 Baseball National Championship Opening Round Qualifiers… South Carolina-Beaufort, Texas at Brownsville, Vanguard (Calif.) and York (Neb.). Four teams are making at least their 10 th trip to the National Championship led by the 29 appearances of Lewis-Clark State. Cumberland (Tenn.), Oklahoma City…

TEXAS READS: University historians offer three new books 

Medrano teaches at UT Brownsville. Civil War: Professor Charles David Grear is the author of “Why Texans Fought in the Civil War” (Texas A&M University ...

 

The Graduation Gap

For years, Texas universities have focused on getting more students onto to their campuses. The hard part, it turns out, is getting them to leave in no more than six years. Of the 32 state universities tracked by the U.S. Department of Education's National Center for Education Statistics, only five have self-reported graduation rates above 50 percent.

 

CMAS to host symposium on legacy of Américo Paredes Manuel Medrano, professor of history, the University of Texas at Brownsville; Dr. Teresa McKenna, associate professor of English, American studies and ethnicity, and Spanish and Portuguese, the University of Southern California

UTPA ROTC program celebrates 30 years of producing officers 

Currently the program in conjunction with The University of Texas-Brownsville has 64 cadets, but the road to 30 years of effort has sometimes been bumpy.

 

Three finalists named for Bemidji State University presidency 

Previously, she was dean of the business school at the University of Texas at Brownsvilleand Texas Southmost College, chief academic officer at the ...

Briefly in the Arts Medrano, a history professor at the University of Texas at Brownsville, co-authored Charro Days in Brownsville and Medieval Culture and the Mexican American Borderlands .

Action 4 Investigates: Obtaining Sulfuric Acid 

Action 4 News spoke to Mayra Rendon, the Chemistry Lab Coordinator at the University of Texas at Brownsville-Texas Southmost College

SOU to interview finalists to head athletics Before that, Mummert was athletic director at NAIA Texas-Brownsville 

 

Unique BSU-NTC partnership brings candidate to Bemidji 

She has filled a variety of administrative roles, including dean of the business school at the University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost ...

Americo Paredes: In His Own Words, an Authorized Manuel Medrano of the University of Texas-Brownsville wrote the book over a ten year period from interviews he conducted with Dr. Paredes over the last few years of Paredes's life. The book, for a comprehensive and authorized biography

Final three semifinalists for BSU-NTC president From 1994-2005, she was dean of the business school at the University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College. She also served as chief academic officer at the University of Texas Telecam-pus MBA Online from 1996-2005

Comet Comeback: UT Dallas Vies for President's Cup 

“We saw it coming at last year's Final Four with UT Brownsville's strong finish. This year they have three grandmasters and are the Number 2 seed.

 

Knapp, Valley Baptist hospitals to merge 

... I think hospitals saw the writing on the wall," Dianna Garcia-Smith, an assistant professor at the University Texas-Brownsville

 

Engagement: Zuviri-Ceres She is currently pursuing a Master’s of Science in Nursing from the University of Texas at Brownsville. She is employed by Mission Regional Medical Center as a Registered Nurse. The groom-elect graduated from the University of Texas-Pan…

 

Eric Gonzalez Joining WhiteWings 

 University of Texas-Brownsville and Texas Southmost College). The WhiteWings will introduce Gonzalez

 

Economic Councils Collaborate To Bring Manufacturing Jobs To Texas

... Tyco is adding jobs in Harlingen and a new biofuels company is working with the University ofTexas-Brownsville/Texas Southmost College," says Carolyn ...

 

New flag ceremony instituted

“We have now extended our program to UT-Brownsville as well.” The idea was originally proposed before Rivers' tenure at UTPA began but did not gain steam at ...

 

Joseph Nelson: Retired Dallas firefighter

Mr. Nelson was educated at what is now the University of Texas at Brownsville and the University of Texas-Pan American in Edinburg, where he received his ...

 

Texas Cities, Schools, State Parks Win $32 Million in Funding for Solar Projects

Texas Southmost College, Harlingen, $1526474.88 award, $344600 match. The college will install a 206-kw hybrid system composed of photovoltaic panels and a ...

 

One year after horrific bus crash, victims struggle to heal

Georgina said she questions whether her 71-year-old husband, who was an instructor at the University of Texas-Brownsville, will ever heal

 

Mexico violence scars border life

Zavaleta, special assistant to the provost of the University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College, recalled an incident last fall when stray ...

Bracing for budget cuts, UT hikes tuition UT-Dallas: Tuition up 3.95 percent; total cost, $5,109. UT-El Paso: Tuition up 4.45 percent; total cost, $3,284. UT-Brownsville: Tuition up 4.99 percent; total cost, $2,947. Source: UT Students at the University

UTPA, UTB tuition increases confirmed AUSTIN — Students attending the Rio Grande Valley’s two public universities will be paying more for their education over the next two years. The University of Texas Board of Regents approved tuition and fee increases for its nine academic…

New ministry at UT-Brownsville brings hope to students

... prayerwalked the University of Texas at Brownsville campus months ago, he asked God to open doors for a Baptist Student Ministry

 

Unhealthy numbers

The University of Texas-Pan American and University of Texas at Brownsville-Texas Southmost College both have nursing programs, and smaller vocational ...

 

UT System schools submit trimmed-down budgets in wake of sales-tax shortfall

The University of Texas at Brownsville — currently partnered with Texas Southmost College — indicated in their budget-reduction plan that they would have to ...

 

UNM partners up to promote U.S.-Mexico border research center

 

Hidalgo County’s mobile voting unit could lessen politiqueras’ influence

Translators, interpreters use skills to bridge communication… Dávila-Montes said UT-Brownsville is the first and only school in Texas and one of the few in the United States to offer a bachelor's degree in Spanish-English translation and interpreting. "We're working on the development of a master's…

Students young, old match wits at downtown Dallas chess tournament ... Timur Gareev, an Uzbekistan immigrant from another chess power, the University of Texas at Brownsville, massages his left eyebrow.

MU regional dean finalist can relate

Pearson is currently the vice president for partnership affairs at the University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College, which is a community ...

 

Engagement: Muñoz-Montemayor

Manuel received his BBA in Management from the University of Texas at Brownsville, TX, and a MBA in International Trade from Texas A&M International ...

Sixth-grader has sights on chess crown

 

MU regional dean finalist proud of nontraditional background

Pearson is special assistant to the provost at the University of Texas at Brownsville, where he manages a large budget and both the academic and physical ...

 

Tick, tock, students

UT’s semester limit wouldn’t help Valley.  Public schools across the country, and especially in the Rio Grande Valley, are constantly looking for ways to get more students to stay enrolled through graduation. Those who graduate and go on to college, create the opposite problem: 

UTPA, UTB asked to make 5 percent spending cuts

The University of Texas-Pan American and the University of Texas-Brownsville are cutting $6.2 million and $2.5 million, respectively, from their general ...

Valley singer a master of political pop

 teenager with only a first-grade education but eventually got a GED and took courses at the University of Texas at Brownsville/Texas Southmost College.

 

University to introduce application in Spanish

The University is in the process of making the admissions process more user-friendly for the influx of Hispanic students and their parents.

 

HARLINGEN — Bobby Alton Stroud

 

Student prepares to enter graduate school at age 17 While other teenagers are fretting about college choices this time of year, UT student Cynthia Gonzalez

U.S. colleges court Hispanic families using espanol

Jerry Leigh Kalkofen

Later in life he continued his education earning his degree from Texas Southmost College in Brownsville, Texas.

 

Burned Orange

A clash over a beloved campus music club at UT-Austin portends the gnashing of teeth at schools statewide as a budgetary winter threatens to envelop higher education.

 

Dean search down to three

David Pearson, special assistant to the provost of the University of Texas Brownsville. Pearson works at a rapidly growing regional comprehensive university ...

 

BH grads have Texas Southern rolling

Lakeshore senior Adam Miller has signed to play baseball for Texas-Brownsville, an NAIA school in Brownsville, Texas. Miller, a pitcher and outfielder for ...

 

UH nears deadline to cut budget by $16 million 

 

Think Globally, Read Locally

Early on the coldest Saturday morning in memory, Tamez, a nursing professor at UT-Brownsville who looks 20 years younger than her age, sits in her modest ...

Higher education notes Included on the list were Texas A&M University at Kingsville, A&M-International in Laredo, the University of Texas at El Paso, UT-Pan American in Edinburg, UT-Brownsville

The world as we know it

However, Tony Zavaleta, a professor of anthropology at the University of Texas-Brownsville, said El Chupacabras, which translates to "the goat sucker,"

Mission school board hires new superintendent

He received his bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of Texas-Brownsville in 1985 and 1995, respectively. Gonzalez then went on to receive a ...

Radio pulses from pulsar appear to move faster than light

Astrophysicists, led by Frederick Jenet of the University of Texas at Brownsville, have been monitoring a pulsar, PSR B1937+21, which is about 10000 light ...

 

UTPA receives more than $3 million from the state to advance rapid response...

Photon8 moved its offices from New Jersey to the University of Texas-Brownsville/Texas Southmost College's campus last year and is working with the ...

 

Valley medical school could boost UTHSC

... technology, mathematics and engineering programs at the University of Texas-Pan American in Edinburg and the University of Texas at Brownsville.

El Centro team loses games, gains experience at 'World Series' of ... ... At the tournament's opening reception Sunday night, University of Texas at Brownsville President Juliet V. García said chess has no winners and losers.

 

UT System begins planning for Valley medical school

The Home Team's Perspective on the Pan-Ams

This year University of Texas at Brownsville (UTB) is hosting the event and hence registered for the first time a C-team

 

Campaign aims to increase number of Hispanics in Catholic schools

No less than the future generation of leaders for our country," said task force co-chair Juliet Garcia, president of the University of Texas at Brownsville.

 

Chess Team Going for 4th Straight Pan-Am Victory

This year's host is UT Brownsville. UT Dallas has won the tournament three years in a row but faces its toughest competition in history this year.

Falling remittances one factor in possible peso devaluation

The volume of foreign currency entering Mexico is one of several factors that affects its exchange rate, Rafael Otero, interim dean of the school of business ...

 

Seasons of Sharing: Texas Campus Compact Texas Campus Compact is part of a national movement to promote community involvement and civic engagement. In Texas, the group is celebrating its 10-year anniversary.

 

Cartels' youth recruitment worries border authorities

Susan Ritter, a border crime expert at the University of Texas-Brownsville, said the biggest problem may be cartels making connections with existing gangs.

 

Polgar: Texas Tech chess team captures two state championships in Houston

They key battle was in round three where he defeated the top seed, Grandmaster Mauricio Flores, from UT Brownsville. He drew his teammate and roommate ...

 

An End to Open Admissions Looms at a Texas University

The other Texas school with open admissions is the University of Texas at Brownsville, the paper reported, adding that “Texas Southern University dropped ...

 

Two with Texas ties on list of top college presidents

Juliet Garcia, president of the University of Texas at Brownsville, was singled out for breaking down barriers for first-generation college students

 

UT-Brownsville Goes To Overtime To Keep Unbeaten Season Alive

BROWNSVILLE, TX -- There was drama at REK Center Field Monday night when few people expected any. UTB/TSC was expected to cruise to another ...

 

Gabe Hernandez | gabrielh@themonitor.com

Anthropologist Tony Zavaleta, who currently serves as vice president for external affairs at the University of Texas-Brownsville/Texas Southmost College, ...

 

UTPA considers tuition and fee increases

UTPA and UT-Brownsville are part of the UT System. UTB expects to release its tuition and fee increase proposals in December, according to officials at that ...

 

Immigrant smugglers caught at UTB parking lot

... Mexican men remain in custody after they tried to smuggle a group of illegal immigrants through part of the University of Texas at Brownsville campus.

UTB students leery of H1N1 vaccine

Despite having ordered a large number of H1N1 vaccines, many students at the University of Texas at Brownsville said they won't be taking ...

Fossen among Authors Honored by Retention Consortium

Confusion Over Person of Interest in Brownsville Murder

The University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College has established a scholarship in honor of Barry T. Horn. Horn first joined the university ...

Brownsville Police Looking for 'Lover'

Dr. Bill Strong said Horn as the "go to guy" when they worked together at the University ofTexas at Brownsville. For more than four years, ...

Zetas terrorizing Mexican border cities

... acting provost of the University of Texas at Brownsville, whose family has lived on both sides of the Rio Grande for centuries. Zeta cells have attacked ...

 

UT-Brownsville Volleyball Climbs To Unheard-Of Heights

UTB closed out the first half of its Red River Athletic Conference matches with another 3-0 victory, this time over Southwestern ...

 

Scorprions Ready For Baseball

UT-Brownsville starts the season with a four-game series against Wayland Baptist. On February the 26, they'll take on UTPA in the Al Ogletree Classic

Perry Names Waco Woman To TSTC System Board Of Directors

Hometown heroes notes: Volleyball, soccer, football and more

The Texas-Brownsville men's team is ranked No. 2 in the Golfstat NAIA national rankings. Brothers Marcus and Vince Cavazos, both Miller graduates

Hispanic pros to assist ESL students

Yvonne and David Freeman, professors at the University of Texas at Brownsville, will teach strategies and suggest materials to help English language ...

UTB/TSC RECEIVES FUNDING FROM DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Solomon P. Ortiz announced The University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College received more than $240000 from the Department of Education ...

 

Mexico's Ferocious Zetas Cartel Reigns Through Fear

... Texas, Brownsville. Stray bullets flew across the river and struck the recreation center and a parked car on campus, says interim provost Tony Zavaleta.

Institute for Economic Development administrator elected NCURA ...

... and financial management positions at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio and the University of Texas at Brownsville

Galactic-scale observatory planned

Indeed, NANOGrav member Fredrick Jenet of the University of Texas at Brownsville says it is possible that the pulsar network could detect gravitational ...

Josue Barrera, Human Resources Specialist

 

Tech chess masters grab top honors at Fort Worth tourney

LubbockOnline.com

... ahead of players on two of the nation's most powerful chess teams - the University of Texas at Dallas and the University of Texas at Brownsville

 

Muraida Leads Men's Golf After 36 Holes at Bohmann Invitational

Concordia University Tornados Athletics

The University of Texas-Brownsville leads all teams with a 12-under 564. UT-Brownsville's Brock Crosson is the individual leader after carding a four-under ...

Brownsville's Cindy Vela stars with 'General Hospital,' 'ER' actors in new movie

Graduate student awarded Provost's Summer Research Program Scholarship

Juarez graduated in spring 2009 from the University of Texas at Brownsville with bachelor's degrees in psychology and history and has a dual language ...

 

UTB campus reopens its doors after lockdown

UT The Daily Texan‎

UT Brownsville students return to class today after a shooting directly across the border in Matamoros, Mexico forced the campus to close over ...

Campus closed after bullets cross river

The University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College closed early Friday after bullets from a shooting on the Mexican side of the Rio ...

Mexican gunfire closes UTB campus

... pierced a building and a car Friday at the University of Texas-Brownsville/Texas Southmost College, prompting university police to close campus early

Farewell reception for departing dean

... the past five years, will be leaving SUU to become the dean of the University of Texas at Brownsville's College of Science, Mathematics and Technology.

Fossen Named Associate VP/Dean of Enrollment

Fossen has served as Associate Vice President for Enrollment Management at the University of Texas Brownsville and Texas Southmost College since 2002

New GI Bill Grant For Vets

Claudia Vanessa Gill is a sophomore studying Sociology at the University of Texas at Brownsville

Seven inducted into Hispanic 'Hall of Honor'

•Education: Dr. Juliet Villarreal Garcia, president of the University of Texas at Brownsville. •Public service: Alexander E. Briseno, former San Antonio ...

New Presidents or Provosts: American U. of Beirut, Chicago School ...

... of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Arizona State University, has been named provost of the University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College.

Green Party works to oppose US-Mexico border wall

Lipan Apache Eloisa Garcia Tamez, program director for University of Texas at Brownsville and long-time nurse veteran, stands next to the border wall

UTB alert suspect behind bars

Arrellano-Martinez fled across the Rio Grande and into the United States putting the University of Texas at Brownsville campus on a security alert.

Personnel file

Fossen has served as associate vice president for enrollment management at the University of Texas Brownsville and Texas Southmost College since 2002.

Polgar: Antal brings home first national chess title for Texas ...

UT Brownsville is currently ranked among the top five in the country. In round 3, Gergely drew International Master Stopa (UTD 2565)

Ghanaian ladies clinch American deal

Four Ghana female football stars have signed deals to play for University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College from next season.

More Involved In UTB Cheating Scandal

As we first reported on Action 4 News Monday night, faculty and students at the University of Texas at Brownsville

Graduate students travel to China to learn more about bilingual ...

Eight graduate students from the University of Texas at Brownsville/Texas Southmost College traveled to China earlier this summer with their instructors and ...

Daily Debriefing

An inquiry by the University of Texas at Brownsville found that 14 students and six university employees exploited the University's Blackboard ...

UTB/TSC Cheating Scandal

Allegations of cheating at the University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College are just now surfacing ...

Five Lead in WCL Tournament of College Champs

Arturo Gracia from University of Texas at Brownsville was able to draw teammate IM Fernandez and Benjamin Hutter from Grand Valley State was able to defeat ...

Cheating Scandal Uncovered at Texas-Brownsville

Authorities last year uncovered a major cheating scandal at the University of Texas at Brownsville--Texas Southmost College in which employees, ...

Inquiry Found 'Gross Academic Fraud' by Students and Employees at ...

Student workers and other employees at the University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College committed "gross academic ...

UTB gets stimulus funds for research

Congressman Solomon Ortiz (D-Corpus Christi) announced that the University of Texas at Brownsville-Texas Southmost College would receive over $150000 ...

Different Types of Border Wall Going Up Around Valley

University of Texas-Brownsville was allowed input to make the wall look friendlier for students on campus, but they all meet the tactical needs of border ...

Commentary: In-state tuition for undocumented kids? No clear answer

Students attending the University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College while training for the Olympics. But none of those in-state tuition ...

Texas Attorney General's ruling on in-state college tuition for ...

Students attending the University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College while training for the Olympics. But none of those in-state tuition ...

Lara, Briseño among six to be inducted into the Hispanic Heritage ...

Belisario J. Flores; Juliet Villarreal Garcia, president of the University of Texas-Brownsville; and Rita Vidaurri, an international singer and recording ...

UTB on Alert

BROWNSVILLE - The University of Texas at Brownsville is on alert. Campus police are patrolling the southern part of the campus for a man suspected of a ...

Nicki Gonzalez: Success is about participation and commitment

Gonzalez played two years of volleyball at the University of Texas at Brownsville and graduated from Texas A&M-Kingsville in 2006 with a bachelor's degree ...

Hablar inglés, ¿sin entenderlo?

David Freeman, profesor de educación bilingüe en UT-Brownsville, dice que los directores y todos los maestros deben estar capacitados para trabajar en sus ...

Perspectives: Thanks for Asking

As Dr. Juliet Garcia, president of the University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College, noted in her remarks, there is no shortage of ...

7 vs. 7 Futbal Fiesta Soccer Classic termed a success

Grupo variado de oradores para la conferencia anual de NCLR  Juliet Garcia, miembro del consejo de administración de la fundación Ford

UD safety candidate for honor Darren O'Connor, 21, is from Cork and transferred to UD from Texas-Brownsville

Man uses masonry to create lasting works

Limon Masonry's most recent work at the University of Texas-Brownsville was a challenge, he said, and one of the projects he was most self-conscious about.

Valley's universities becoming more competitive, says UT report

UT-Pan American and UT-Brownsville recorded undergraduate enrollment increases of 12 percent and 15 percent, respectively, and graduate enrollment increases ...

Hanna Golfer Signs To Play At UT-Brownsville

The UTB/TSC men's golf team was able to keep a talented local golfer in the Valley as Matthew Cadriel signed a

Psychiatry calls to chess champion Nelly Estrada

Estrada, who was born in El Paso and raised in Juárez, recently graduated from the University of Texas at Brownsville with a bachelor's degree in biology.

IM Daniel Ludwig to Participate in the 2009 US Class Chess ...

Daniel also attended UTD but later transferred to UT-Brownsville where he completed his college degree.

Hawks sign four transfers, three freshman

... an all-conference middle hitter as a sophomore in 2007, who sat out last season with an injury, has transferred to the University of Texas-Brownsville, ...

Both sides of the fence

The widow is an associate professor of nursing at the University of Texas at Brownsville. She couldn't reason away the fear, despite her education.

SCHOOL BRIEFING

He is a 1994 graduate of Oak Glen High School, served in the US Army and received his bachelors degree in biology in 2007 from UT, Brownsville.

Local colleges prepare for offshore industry The University of Texas at Brownsville plans to ... put together any kind of customized workforce training program by pulling expertise from the UT system and ...

UTB/TSC hires first alumni relations director The University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College has taken a giant step toward expanding its reach to graduates

Contemporary, traditional art fills center's walls

Gomez, a professor of Fine Art at the University of Texas at Brownsville, said he used the walls as his canvas. “The idea of having a gallery full of work ...

UT entities awarded grant dollars

STTM is the regional technology transfer office that serves UT Brownsville (UTB), UT Pan American (UTPA), UTSA and the UTHSC. The grant money will be used ...

MCC students can get general studies degree at Tech

Including Tech, MCC's University Center is now partnered with six Texas universities, including Tarleton State, UT-Arlington, UT-Brownsville, the UT Medical ...

2009 RGV Sports Hall Of Fame Induction Ceremony

But it was as a college coach that Salinas made his biggest impact, taking four Texas Southmost College teams to the playoffs

SSPEED Center wins $1.25M for Ike study

... Texas A&M University, Texas Southern University, Texas A&M University at Galveston, the University of Texas at Brownsville, Louisiana State University,

Hunger pains: Pakistan's food insecurity

Kenneth Iain Macdonald, University of Toronto; Allan Jury, World Food Programme and Gautam Hazarika, University of Texas at Brownsville.

Columbia College

A Flour Bluff High School graduate is the first University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College music student to be accepted to the ...

Lawmaker requests funds for border region colleges

... said that for a long time, schools like UTEP, UT-Brownsville and UT-Pan American have been committed to providing access to higher education.

BYU hosts first ELL symposium

... a professor of reading and ESL, and Yvonne Freeman, a professor of bilingual education, both from the University of Texas at Brownsville.

A Radio Pulsar/X-ray Binary Link

Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Texas at Brownsville

Not many father-son games left for Moody's Christian Garza-Gallegos

Garza-Gallegos was a toddler when his father was playing ball at Texas-Brownsville. Both emphasize that the father never force-fed his son baseball.

Using dead stars to spot gravitational waves Astronomers are proposing a novel way to detect gravitational waves using ultraprecise observations of already known stars.

Valley Business Blog: Making Texas a Better Place

One of the "Brainstorm Contributors" was Valley's own Juliette Garcia, President of The University of Texas, Brownsville. "Texas needs bold, inventive, ...

Miller's Cavazos, Moody's Lira headed to UT-Brownsville to play golf

Vance Cavazos both signed golf scholarships with University of Texas-Brownsville. Lira and Cavazos were both named first-team All-District 30-4A

Bucs Senior Signs With UT-Brownsville

The Bucs senior signed a scholarship deal with UT-Brownsville Friday, which is the same school older brother Vince signed with last year

Fitch Rates Texas Southmost College District, Texas GOs 'AA-'; Outlook Stable

Rainbolt's Longest Drive Opens Championships

April Martinez of University of Texas - Brownsville was runner-up in the finals with a distance of 237 yards

Wedding: Adame-Davis

The music-filled evening continued with the University of Texas at Brownsville Mariachis greeting the newly married couple, delighting family and friends.

La Santisima Muerte: Inside the Death Cult

Dr. Tony Zavaleta is an anthropologist at UT-Brownsville. He's been studying La Santisima Muerte for more than 20 years. "Right now it's extremely popular,"

Lee's Ingram, Donnestad ready to battle for NAIA individual golf title

... Angela Gauck (Marian), Charlotte Guilleux (Wayland Baptist), April Martinez (Texas at Brownsville), Krista Nelson (Avila) and Maegan Rice (Mobile).

Using dead stars to spot gravitational waves

Measuring arrival time is critical, says Frederick Jenet of the University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College, who presented his team's ...

Texas Medical Association Awards Minority Scholarships

Houston African-American News - ‎May 5, 2009‎

Nelly Estrada of El Paso graduated from The University of Texas at Brownsville. She will attend the Paul L. Foster School of Medicine at Texas Tech ...

Highlights of APS Meeting in Denver, May 2-5

Newswise (press release)

And in the final talk of the session (D5.3), Fredrick A. Jenet of the University of Texas at Brownsville will provide a glimpse into detection techniques ...

LCU Qualifies for NAIA National Championships

LCU Athletics

... Caitlin Duval (Davenport), Angela Gauck (Marian), Charlotte Guilleux (Wayland Baptist), Rachel Ingram (Lee), April Martinez (Texas at Brownsville),

More school closures in RGV

Monitor

The University of Texas-Brownsville/Texas Southmost College plans to hold a campus community forum today to discuss the impact of the swine flu.

Swine Flu Hits Several Campuses

Inside Higher Ed

The University of Texas at Brownsville-Texas Southmost College, a joint campus right on the Mexican border, has reported no outbreaks, but is planning a ...

World Chess Live Tournament of College Champions

US Chess Federation (press release) 

University of Texas at Brownsville program director Russell Harwood told CLO, "This tournament is important for our university because we won the Open and ...

UT-San Antonio, Health Science Center, Merck Pen Exclusive Deal to ...

GenomeWeb Daily News 

The other two STTM partners, UT-Pan American and UT-Brownsville, "have limited resources" for tech-transfer, Porter said. "Inter-institutional partnerships ...

Migrant workers worry about swine flu

The Southern 

Mendez, who is a nursing student at the University of Texas at Brownsville, said he found out two cases of people who may have contracted the virus are ...

Local Flu Experts Speak Out about the Swine Flu

KRGV

BROWNSVILLE - Doctors Susan Fisher-Hoch and Joseph mccormick are Epidemiologists and professors at the University of Texas Brownsville.

UTSA, HSC, Merck partner on chlamydia vaccine dev

UTSA Today - 

... Science Center at San Antonio, The University of Texas at San Antonio, The University of Texas-Pan American and The University of Texas at Brownsville

 

Candidate for AWC presidency withdraws

BY WILLIAM ROLLER, SUN STAFF WRITER One of four finalists for the position of president of Arizona Western College has withdrawn her candidacy for the post in the wake of reports she had defaced a traffic sign at a college where she was formerly the dean.The AWC District Governing Board...

Chess Camp 101

US Chess Federation (press release) 

Also hosting summer chess camps are the two Texan teams from the Final Four, The University of Texas at Brownsville (UTB) and The University of Texas at ...

Ortiz seeks $661M in earmarks

Corpus Christi Caller Times - ‎‎

To find a $600000 request for University of Texas at Brownsville titled “Financial Services,” readers must click on a link for budget policy.

Path of the border wall cuts off land grant heir's property

The New Mexico Independent - ‎Apr 17, 2009‎

Tamez, a University of Texas at Brownsville professor of nursing, owns three acres of land in El Calaboz, Texas, “just up the river” from Brownsville

Merit Raises Geared Toward Faculty Retention

Tyler Morning Telegraph

It ranked above UT Brownsville. UT Tyler associate professor salaries ranked 22nd among the 35 Texas public universities in fiscal year 2009.

UT Actually Makes The Final Four For Once: In Chess, And In ...

Houston Press ‎

UT Brownsville/Texas Southmost College wiped the geek right off the faces of the players from Stanford to claim third place on the final day of the ...

Rivals Capture Chess Title After 3rd-Round Nail-Biter

University of Texas at Dallas (press release) - ‎Apr 5, 2009‎

UT Dallas President David E. Daniel and UT Brownsville President Juilet V. Garcia confer on the tournament's opening day of play Saturday.

South Texas chess team heads to final 4

Austin American-Statesman - 

... the University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College captured third place and a coveted spot in this weekend's President's Cup in Dallas.

NAIA Baseball Players of the Week

Victory Sports Network - ‎

Julian Moya, Texas at Brownsville; Jamil Acosta, Dickinson State (ND); Eric Cordell, Ottawa (Kan.); Patrick Shanahan, Fisher (Mass. ...

Texas-Mexico border fence will hurt poor on both sides, UT ...

Austin American-Statesman 

Wilson and Jude Benavides, also an assistant professor at UT-Brownsville, have both conducted research that found that more lucrative and developed parcels ...

College Chess in America: Luciana Morales on Final Four Secrets

US Chess Federation (press release) - 

Other titled players haven chosen UT Brownsville as their home in the recent years—for example, Axel Bachman from Paraguay, who became GM while studying ...

Legislators move to open new professional schools

UT The Daily Texan - ‎

So far, bills have been filed to create a law school at the University of North Texas in downtown Dallas, a law school at UT-Brownsville and a medical ...

UTB Student Organization Will Be Holding Candidate Forum

A student organization at the University of Texas-Brownsville will soon hold a candidate forum for the upcoming city commissioners ...

Harlingen teen washing cars to make musical dream come true

"I had this dream since I started marching my freshman year and I want my dream to come true," said Salinas, a student at University of Texas-Brownsville.

Two principal appointments announced

Hill Country Times - ‎Mar 18, 2009‎

Keranen’s degrees are from the University of Wisconsin-LaCrosse and the University of Texas at Brownsville.

Lowery looking to pick up where he left off

Rapid City Journal - ‎Mar 17, 2009‎

... winning national championships in 2002 and 2006, was named head coach at the University of Texas at Brownsville and Southernmost College on Wednesday.

UTB/TSC Master Chorale group sings in Italy

KGBT-TV Presents VALLEYCENTRAL.COM - ‎Mar 17, 2009‎

Monday night, the group from the University of Texas-Brownsville/Texas Southmost College performed in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican.

Mark Kilroy's Murder: 20 Years Later

"This person was a psychopathic killer and a murderer," says Dr. Tony Zavaletta, an anthropology professor at the University of Texas at Brownsville.

DCC catcher signs with Brownsville GLENDIVE - Dawson Community College sophomore catcher Jeff Allen has signed a letter of intent to play baseball for the University of Texas in Brownsville.

State could give UTMB $354.5 million budget boos

... San Jacinto College ($3.7 million), Lamar University ($2.9 million), Texas Southern University ($11.9 million), UT-Brownsville ($1.2 million), ...

Recent drug violence in Mexico reminds some of murder of UT ...

After years of silence, Professor Tony Zavaleta, the Vice-President of UT-Brownsville, is finally talking. “When the news broke that Mark Kilroy's remains ...

UT System chancellor asks for additional funds from Legislature

“UT-Pan American has an alumni participation of 13.8 percent, compared to UT-Brownsville with 1.8 percent,” Hochberg said. “It sounds like some of the other ...

Test scores only part of determining college admissions

The Rio Grande Valley's two universities - the University of Texas-Pan American and the University of Texas-Brownsville/Texas Southmost College - said they ...

Bill pushes for creation of N. Texas law school

To be located in Dallas, institution could strain state budget, Powers says

students warned not to go to Mexico for spring break

... a warning to our students and others traveling to Mexico. And my position is that we should,” said the Vice President of UT Brownsville, Antonio Zavaleta.

Technology transfer program setting sights on the market

The alliance includes the Health Science Center and the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) as well as the University of Texas at Brownsville and the ...

Science internships attract students to research careers

According to Eliezer Louzada and his colleagues at Texas A&M University Kingsville, the University of Texas at Brownsville (UTB), and the University of Texas ...

Former Stark dean involved in parking lot vandalism Daily Kent Stater, OH - Before that, she served as dean of the School of Business at the University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College.

NYC Test Sizes Up ELLs With Little Schooling Education Week News Yvonne Freeman, a bilingual education professor at the University of Texas, Brownsville, who has studied such students, said she doesn’t know of any other ...

Despite recession, Valley universities' research efforts continue ... Monitor ... research funds - more competitive, said Luis Colom, interim vice president for research at the University of Texas-Brownsville/Texas Southmost College.

UT tech-transfer program completes new round of project funding  went to a research project at the University of Texas at Brownsville. South Texas Technology Management (STTM) is the regional technology transfer office for......

Top official at KSU Stark campus resigns Akron Beacon Journal, OH - Before coming to Kent State, Boze was dean of the School of Business at the University of Texas at Brownsville for 11 years. Her other administrative and ...

University of Arkansas ESL Symposium Features Nationally ... University of Arkansas Daily Headlines Yvonne Freeman is a professor of bilingual education and David Freeman is a professor of reading, both at the University of Texas at Brownsville.

McIntosh unable to manage Border Cats Tb Television, Canada - He’s also pent two seasons as the head coach at the University of Texas-Brownsville/Texas Southmost College, compiling a 43-58-1 record.

Chaps Grab a Pair of Wins (and A Snake) @ UTB LCU Athletics ... and Rene Garcia combining with Kevin Burns for seven shutout innings leading to a 8-0 win, as the Chaps doubled up UT-Brownsville at Scorpion Field.

Offbeat FYI: Eminent domain isn't just for freeways Examiner.com - The wall even bisected the University of Texas at Brownsville campus (massive protests by students, faculty and community members eventually diverted the ...

Watts awarded national honor for work, research in counseling SHSU Houstonian Online Watts was nominated for the National Award by Dr. Selma Yznaga, Associate Professor of Counseling at the University of Texas at Brownsville.

Chesspark Launches Online College League US Chess Federation (press release) The CCA Arizona, University of Miami/Miami Dade, and the University of Texas Brownsville. Twice a week, teams Charles Galofre from Miami Dade.

Texas College Retools Its Pitching Tyler Morning Telegraph ... Beaumont/Tyler JC), Sedrick Mercer (freshman RHP/OF, Houston), Lamar Guzman (sophomore LHP, Brownsville/UT-Brownsville), Luke Noxon (freshman LHP/OF, ...

Bobcats feel good about bevy of home games Branson Daily News UT-Brownsville, of Brownsville, Texas, will be here for a five-game set March 5-7. “They chose to come here for their spring trip,” Hartley said.

Obama Visits and Gareev Wins in Philly US Chess Federation (press release) Gareev, originally from Uzbekistan, moved to America to attend college, first the University of Texas at Brownsville and now University of Maryland ...

Students Watch Inauguration KRGV At the University of Texas at Brownsville, televisions were made available in different areas around the campus. Students we spoke to tell us they wanted to ...

Valley Trumpet Player Will Play in Inaugural Parade KVEO-TV - Jan 13, 2009 By Matt Fernandez A University of Texas at Brownsville student will head to Washington and be a part of the presidential inauguration parade.

UTMB gives one family two operations Daily News - Galveston County, TX - Jan 13, 2009 He hopes to attend the University of Texas-Brownsville to study international business. He remains grateful to his cousin, whose heroic decision to become a ...

Too Many Cats In Rancho Viejo, Mayor Looking for Purr-fect Solution KVEO-TV Leal started a Cat Coalition on the University of Texas-Brownsville, Texas Southmost College campus. They trapped the kitties, neutered or spayed, ...

Allegan grad helps discover pulsar HollandSentinel.com, MI - Now a student at the University of Texas at Brownsville Arecibo Remote Command Center, Fleckenstein was the first to spot the pulsar evidenced in the data ...

 

LMC's Martinez leaves CEO role for new position Laredo Medical Center announced Wednesday that Abraham Martinez, chief executive officer, has accepted a position with LMC corporate owner Community Health Systems effective Jan. 1. Initially, Martinez will be based in Laredo.

UT-Dallas, UMBC tie for first in Pan-Am tourney Houston Chronicle Stanford and the University of Texas at Brownsville will round out the field in the Final Four, which will be held in April in Dallas.

Movements Afoot to Demolish the US-Mexico Border Wall Mexidata.info, CA - Jeff Wilson, an assistant professor of environmental science at the University of Texas-Brownsville and a member of the UT law group, said researchers ...

Harlingen takes steps to curb gang-related and juvenile crimes Monitor The task force has consulted with Susan Ritter, a professor of criminal justice at the University of Texas-Brownsville and Texas Southmost College.

Valley still barrier to border fence San Antonio Express ... to reinforce 22 miles of levee to double as a border wall, the other to repair and heighten an existing fence at the University of Texas at Brownsville.

Finding employment a tough - but not impossible - endeavor Monitor Alexis Diaz regrets not entering the workforce before returning to UT-Brownsville to earn a master's degree in business. Now, the 25-year-old is entering ...

Valley ready for reinvention, 100 years after last major change Monitor ... is a parallel between then and now largely driven by economic booms," said Anthony Knopp, a professor of history at the University of Texas-Brownsville.

FBI Imposter Arrested KVEO-TV Police say, Burch was studying to be an officer at the University of Texas-Brownsville, but never graudated from the Police Academy.

Umbilical cord-blood donations: 'The ultimate recycling program' Monitor Lucio said she will be attending the University of Texas at Brownsville/Texas Southmost College in January. "I knew someday I would be cancer-free,"

Hispanic advisers to have ear of Barack Obama El Paso Times Juliet V. García, president of the University of Texas at Brownsville, is on Obama's transition team as an adviser on education. Espiridion "Al" Borrego ...

FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS Tri County Leader, TX - Dec 5, 2008 He played basketball, football and ran track at Brownsville Junior College. "I was the oldest and the smallest football player on the team," Wilkinson said.

Lessons on Serving Latinos from the Border Inside Higher Ed ... and an “Imagine College” program at the University of Texas at Brownsville, intended to complement the Pell Grant for students enrolled in at least 15 ...

Report: Duplicate ‘Border’ Colleges Strategy Across Nation Diverse ... practices at four public universities — Texas A&M International University; the University of Texas at Brownsville; the University of Texas at El Paso;

It's No Secret: Progress Prized In Brownsville Education Week News ... program—maybe the best in the nation,” said Miguel Angel Escotet, the dean of the school of education at the University of Texas at Brownsville.

Aid Expert to Play Key Role in Transition

Inside Higher Ed -

... president of the University of Texas at Brownsville, whom news reports identified as playing a role — though an undefined one — in the transition.

Bahia Grande work restores wetlands lost to dredging Corpus Christi Caller Times Biologists and students at the University of Texas at Brownsville and UT-Pan American are cultivating black mangroves for Bahia Grande and will oversee the ..

Key players: Texas connections of Obama players Dallas Morning News Juliet Garcia, president of the University of Texas-Brownsville, is on the Obama transition team, helping sort through resumes as she did when Bill Clinton ...

Obama could earn points with Texans and save money by canceling ... Fort Worth Star Telegram - Nov 14, 2008
Instead, UT-Brownsville raised its fence to 10 feet, with Garcia describing it as a vine-covered, "very friendly fence." Lucio said Valley leaders want ...

Healing Faith Texas Observer “It’s a faith of desperation,” says Antonio Zavaleta, an anthropologist at the University of Texas at Brownsville who has studied Fidencismo for 25 years.

California Dreamin' in Texas US Chess Federation (press release) Our thanks to the University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College for sponsoring this event. Special thanks to Mr. Russell Harwood, ...

 

Spaniolo to report on gas, research Gas revenue and applied research are the topics President James Spaniolo will present to the Academic Affairs Committee today at the UT System Board of Regents meeting in El Paso, Texas. The gas revenue presentation provides the…

The QueQue San Antonio Current His appointment of University of Texas at Brownsville President Juliet V. Garcia to his transition team has a promising glint to it, considering Garcia was ...

Restoring Sand Dunes on South Padre Island KVEO-TV The Town of SPI, The University of Texas Brownsville, and a non-profit organization out of Galveston, Artist Boat are all working hard to re-vegitate the ...

Hispanics Flex Political Muscle for Choice Obama Appointments Diverse, VA - Nov 11, 2008 Dr. Juliet V. García, president of the University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College, was added to Obama’s transition team as an adviser on ...

News, Views and Careers for All of Higher Education Inside Higher Ed Juliet V. Garcia, president of the University of Texas at Brownsville, has been appointed to President-elect Barack Obama’s transition team,

Obama selects Texan for transition team Dallas Morning News President-elect Barack Obama has looked to South Texas where he selected University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College President Juliet ...

Back Home (Briefly) in Minnesota: Clay Moore at the Artists ... Jazz Police, MN - Nov 2, 2008 ... many eclectic performances and recording work; teaching at the University of Texas-Brownsville; occasionally hosting visiting former gigging partners.

Bozeman’s Aughney lands first head coaching gig The Bozeman Daily Chronicle, MT On Wednesday, Aughney, a 2000 Bozeman High graduate, was named head baseball coach at the University of Texas at Brownsville, which is located at the ...

Cambridge Who's Who Names Michael A. Lytle, CMI-III, FACFE ... 24-7PressRelease.com (press release) Aside from his work at the University of Texas at Brownsville, Mr. Lytle serves as a crime scene investigator and forensic examiner.

Texas College Drops Soccer Doubleheader Tyler Morning Telegraph One long first half plus an even longer second half amounted to a sweep for the University of Texas at Brownsville over the Texas College ...

Remarks by Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff on the ... US Department of Homeland Security (press release) We got a settlement with the University of Texas at Brownsville, which I think was a win-win, and we reached an arrangement with Hidalgo County that I think ...

UTB names new baseball coach KGBT Bryan Aughney has been named Head Baseball Coach at The University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College. Aughney, a native of Bozeman, ...

 

New Coach for Scorpions  - UT Brownsville-Texas Southmost has promoted the school's assistant baseball coach to take over that program. Bryan Aughney's first year at the school was last season. He inherits a team that went 24-and-32 last…

Texas group opposing border fence in Washington New York Daily News ... be most affected tend to be poor, less educated Latino families, the analysis by an assistant professor at the University of Texas at Brownsville found.

Men’s Golf Wins Again, Women Finish Third UT Tyler Athletics The men finished the two-day tournament with a 566, beating second place and NAIA-member Texas-Brownsville by two strokes. The Patriots also picked up wins ...

Storage Networking World Names Recipients of the Fall 2008 "Best ... dBusinessNews Boston (press release) "The University of Texas at Brownsville and their IT Staff are happy to have received this award from SNW's "Best Practices in Storage" Awards Program.

Early Voting Begins With High Turnout KVEO-TV, TX - ... this year the hispanic vote plays a critical vote on this years election. 18 year old Claudia Lopez is a student at the University of Texas at Brownsville.

University of Texas Working Group to Testify on Human Rights ... News from the University of Texas at Austin
... Group will provide written statements from the Kickapoo Tribe of Texas and Dr. Juliet Garcia, president of The University of Texas at Brownsville.

Men’s Golf in First, Women Second After Day 1 of Schreiner Classic UT Tyler Athletics The men shot a season-low 282 on the day and hold a one-stroke lead over second place Texas-Brownsville. Seniors Patrick Palmer (Longview, ...

Living off the land is hard but doable, says local naturalist Monitor "First of all, there are tremendous resources here," said Tony Zavaletta, an anthropologist at the University of Texas at Brownsville.

 

Border fence begins on Brownsville campus Politico, DC - The agreement reached between the Department of Homeland Security and UT-Brownsville in August allowed the university to avoid the installation of a new ...

UTB taking lead in nanotech research Monitor - Oct 15 - The University of Texas-Brownsville/Texas Southmost College has taken the lead in a multi-year, federally funded research project studying ...

Texas District Wins Prize for Schools New York Times The Brownsville Independent School District in Texas won what may be the nation’s most important prize for excellence in urban education on Tuesday, the same day that Texas authorities announced that the district had failed to meet achievement targets for two years under the federal No Child Left Behind law.

South Texas school district gets $1 million prize Dallas Morning News Earlier this month, the district partnered with the University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College to welcome the first class of students in ...

Fence Construction Begins at UTB KRGV - Crews broke ground for new fence construction at the University of Texas at Brownsville. The campus agreed to make improvements, ...

Cornyn cuts into Noriega's base in South Texas El Paso Times Cornyn was one of several members of Congress the University of Texas at Brownsville called on as it fought off the government's attempt to run the fence ...

One-Man Crew Starts the UTB Border Wall Project KRGV - A one-man crew is starting on the border wall project at the University ofTexas at Brownsville. The worker cleaned and cleared debris from ...

Bonk Cruises To Fourth At Mary Hardin-Baylor Invite Pacific University Athletics, OR - Host Mary Hardin-Baylor was fourth at 602 and Texas-Brownsville and the Baylor junior varsity program tied for fifth at 603. Pacific was the only team from ...

Kitamori Leads Boxers To Sixth Place Texas Finish Pacific University Athletics, OR - Lubbock Christian was second at 658, followed by Southwestern (Texas) at 668, Texas-Brownsville at 685 and UC Santa Cruz at 691. Jasmine Ching (Jr., Hilo, ...

UTB's Eloisa Tamez receives civil rights award KGBT Tamez works as nursing director for the University of Texas at Brownsville-Texas Southmost College where another legal battle over ther border fence ended ...

41 students begin Harlingen’s first doctoral program

Locals see no clear winner in VP debate Monitor Hesitant to declare an all-out winner, Angelika Soldan, a government professor at the University of Texas-Brownsville, said Biden's responses were more ...

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• UTB Border Wall Contract Awarded BROWNSVILLE - NEWSCHANNEL 5 has learned construction on the border wall at the University of Texas at Brownsville will start next week. A company from Thrall, Texas gave the winning bid of just over one million dollars.…

22 vie to be SB city manager

Javelinas' volleyball get on track Corpus Christi Caller Times ... a big confidence boost on Tuesday night as they steam rolled University of Texas at Brownsville in three sets 25-17, 25-15, 25-14 at the Steinke Center.

News For Your Web Site dBusinessNews Dallas (press release) For three decades, The University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College has helped the educational development of infants, preschool children ...

Tomlinson joins Cypress Software Systems Fort Worth Business Press .. Studio Award from the Texas Society of Architects for its design of the University of Texas at Brownsville’s Biomedical Science and Technology building.

Storage Networking World Announces Finalists for the Fall 2008 ... International Business Times, NY -Ohio State University - Office of University Communications (Columbus, Ohio)- University of Texas at Brownsville (Brownsville, ...

UTB Ready In Case Of Bank Loan Problems KVEO-TV By Matt Fernandez The University of Texas at Brownsville has a special fund that will cover loans for their students if banks financial problems are not ...

NAIA Women's Soccer Players of the Week Victory Sports Network, NE - Stephanie Reid, Texas at Brownsville; Kristen Prest, Lindenwood (Mo.); Brittany Hengesh, Olivet Nazarene (Ill.); Lauren Peil, Ottawa (Kan. ...

And the finalists are...

Local Boxing Notebook Monitor He now resides in Weslaco, works at Chili's in Mercedes and is studying education at the University of Texas at Brownsville. "This fight (in Harlingen) is ...

NOTED IN PASSING UT The Daily Texan After dodging hurricanes, investigative journalists and one particularly unreceptive UT-Brownsville president, the poor public servants over at the ...

Cougars volleyball wins twice Columbia Daily Tribune, MO - The Columbia College volleyball team defeated Texas-Brownsville and Graceland yesterday in a tri-match at the Southwell Complex. In the opening match, ...

Tap community college talent pool San Antonio Express She won scholarships and continued on to the University of Texas at Brownsville. She earned her MBA there and then landed a job as director of a major chain ...

MBU Wins Fourth Consecutive MBU Athletics, MO - MBU women’s volleyball team was victorious in the first match of a double schedule day on Friday, as they defeated the University of Texas-Brownsville ...

Mom set tone for longtime coach West Central Tribune, MN - Hired in August, the North Dakota native spent the last two years as head coach University ofTexas-Brownsville. Starting from ground zero means more ...

Texas State University reaches record enrollment levels UT The Daily Texan UT-Brownsville and Texas Southmost College will begin construction on a new 60000 square-foot Science and Technology Learning Center in April.

UTB gets six bids for border fence KGBT AP RAW VIDEO: Morelia Attacks Upgrades to the border fence on the University of Texas at Brownsville-Texas Southmost College campus could get underway soon

UT Brownsville Planning $33M Biomed Complex GlobeSt. com, NY - Sep 16, 2008 The UT Brownsville project team includes SpawGlass Construction Corp., a Houston-based general contractor, and SSP Design LLC of Brownsville as the ...

Texas-Sized Development Boom

Texas offers new pre-paid tuition plan Families across the Rio Grande Valley, as well as the state, can start paying for their children's college years well before they ever set foot on campus. On Wednesday, Texas Comptroller Susan Combs unveiled the state's new prepaid college…

People and Places Architecture Week - ... for the 60000-square-foot (5600-square-meter) Biomedical Research Laboratories + Community Sciences Building at the University of Texas at Brownsville

• Engineering school in Texas A&M-CC's future? CORPUS CHRISTI — Delivering on a promise he made last session, state Rep. Solomon Ortiz Jr., D-Corpus Christi, is bringing a passel of fellow Texas lawmakers to town Wednesday and Thursday to garner their support of an engineering school…

Texas Coastal Colleges Evacuating Ahead of Hurricane Ike Chronicle of Higher Education The University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College have begun piling sandbags around buildings and preparing to board windows “but right now ...

Facility seeks to heal sleep disorders Monitor As part of its accreditation, the sleep center also acts as a training ground for students at the University of Texas-Brownsville/ Texas Southmost College's ...

Hurricane Dolly may prove a mixed bag for Laguna Madre fishing Monitor Dr. David Hicks of the University of Texas at Brownsville/Texas Southmost College said that in the days before the Intracoastal Waterway was dredged, ...

Local News: 4 finalists named for TSTC president | president, tstc ... ... Hector Castillo, the assistant vice president for academic affairs at the University of Texas at Brownsville-Texas/Southmost College.

Local Girls Speak Out Against Predators KVEO-TV News Center 23 hit the University of Texas-Brownsville campus to talk to young girls about what dangers exist. Police say, with the sudden boom with popular ...

Taking it to the bank: Fundraiser to help replenish Valley food ... Monitor He said he began making ceramic bowls for the annual event after taking a ceramics course several years ago at the University of Texas-Brownsville.

Sul Ross welcomes new faculty, staff Alpine Avalanche, TX - Sep 4, 2008 Stein received an AA in English (1981) from Texas Southmost College, a BS in elementary education (1990), MA in professional writing and rhetoric (1993) and ...

Teaming up to fight cancer San Antonio Express - Sep 3, 2008 ... transfer work and the formation of South Texas Technology Management for UTHSC, University of Texas at San Antonio, UT-Pan American and UT-Brownsville.

Immigrant Community Examiner Examiner.com - Sep 2, 2008 Brownsville, Texas- Access to the golf course located in the University of Texas at Brownsville won’t be threatened by The Department of Homeland Security’s ...

 

Case closed The fine play of the Texas A&M International mens soccer team continued on Monday with a 3-0 shutout of University of Texas-Brownsville at the TAMIU soccer complex."It was a very good game, we played with intensity," TAMIU Coach…

 

Area students turn eyes to the sky The Tribune-Democrat If the two remain in the program, they have an opportunity to receive a scholarship to the University of Texas at Brownsville or other schools.

 

UTB/TSC sends off instructor to military duty The University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College said a temporary farewell to one of its own Friday, Aug. 22, as Lt. Cmdr. Virginia Maldonado-Maxwell prepares to leave for military duty.…

School Spankings KVEO-TV - Aug 20, 2008 News Center 23 went to the University of Texas-Brownsville to see what some local students think about spanking in schools. We talked to several local ...

Government rejects border fence alternative Houston Chronicle A compromise Hanen approved between Homeland Security and the University of Texas at Brownsville about border fencing on campus appeared to clear the way ..

ARCC scholarship recipients announced at UTB/TSC Monitor - The University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College has awarded its first Arecibo Remote Command Center Scholars Scholarship to ...

UT System to fund awards, research UT The Daily Texan Presidents William Powers of UT-Austin, Juliet Garcia of UT-Brownsville and David Daniel of UT-Dallas spoke before the regents Wednesday about the ...

 

UTB to accept bids for border fence Bids will soon be accepted to build the border fence on the University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College campus. The Brownsville school has gone through several legal rounds and legal battles with the…

 

Agency rejects fence deal, braces for lawsuit Steve Benn, project leader of the Las Palomas reserve, walks through the area that would be affected by the U.S. border wall. SANTA MARIA — The thick tangle of brush on both sides of the Rio Grande levee at the Anacua segment of Texas…

More FEMA Centers Open KRGV The new centers are located at UT Brownsville, in the Robert E. Lee Youth Center, and at the Community Resource Center at 509 E. Earling Road in San Juan.

BORDER FENCE Dallas Morning News AGREEMENT REACHED A court-approved agreement between the University of Texas at Brownsville and the Department of Homeland Security calls for the university ...

Clinton repays debt to schools Daily Pennsylvanian, PA - Also, the DP was unable to confirm by press time that all debt to the University of Texas, Brownsville had been paid. According to Strand, the campaign's ...

UTB/TSC Has 10 Days for Fence Design KVEO-TV By Mark Nino University of Texas at Brownsville now has 10 days to design a border fence that is both intimidating to undocumented immigrants, but also fits ...

Drug Tests for Athletes May Be Effectively Worthless, Researcher ... Chronicle of Higher Education An agreement between the University of Texas at Brownsville and the federal government outlines security requirements for a planned border fence.

"Friendly fence" eyed for South Texas college Houston Chronicle The University of Texas at Brownsville and the Department of Homeland Security have formalized an agreement presented to a federal judge last week that ends ...

Barta to coach Warriors baseball West Central Tribune, MN - WILLMAR — Ridgewater College announced Tuesday that Joel Barta, head coach at the University of Texas, Brownsville, has been hired as the Warriors’ new ..

UT-B, Homeland Security formalize deal UT The Daily Texan By Andrew Kreighbaum UT-Brownsville and US Department of Homeland Security officials submitted a formal agreement Tuesday to end all legal actions ...

UTB/TSC Using Technology to Register Students KVEO-TV The University of Texas at Brownsville unveiled it’s first Interactive Kiosk. The device allows students to interact in real time through video conferencing ...

11 Perfect in Open; Fernandez and Parry Lead US Chess Federation (press release) University of Texas at Brownsville student Daniel Fernandez won against University of Texas at Dallas WIM Bayaraa Zoright in an entertaining round five game ...

 

EDITORIAL: Border Fence Lufkin Daily News - Aug 4, 2008 The latest legal challenge is being made by the University of Texas at Brownsville, where the fence will split the campus, cutting off the golf course and ...

For librarian, education never ends Monitor - Aug 4, 2008 After library jobs in Laredo and at the University of Texas at Brownsville, Goodman came to UTPA. Today you can find her at the library, often teaching ...

Texas rejects $105000 for land sought for border fence Houston Chronicle Earlier this week, the University of Texas at Brownsville and the US Department of Homeland Security came to an agreement in which the government won't ..

Brownsville and DHS Agree on Border Fence U.S. News & World Report An agreement that was reached Thursday between the Department of Homeland Security and the University of Texas-Brownsville will halt construction of a ...

Brownsville and DHS Agree on Border Fence U.S. News & World Report, DC - An agreement that was reached Thursday between the Department of Homeland Security and the University of Texas-Brownsville will halt construction of a ...

Quick Takes: UT-Brownsville Avoids Fence, Threats Against Santa ... Inside Higher Ed, DC - ... on plans to build a security fence that would have cut off part of the joint campus of the University of Texas at Brownsville/Texas Southmost College.

Texas University Resolves Fence Dispute With Federal Government Chronicle of Higher Education By KATHERINE MANGAN The University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College announced on Thursday that they have reached an agreement with the ...

Texas: Deal Is Reached on Border Fence New York Times The judge, Andrew Hanen of Federal District Court, who had ordered the University of Texas at Brownsville and the Department of Homeland Security to work on ...

Construction of UTB border fence stopped UT The Daily Texan By Andrew Kreighbaum UT-Brownsville and the US Department of Homeland Security reached an agreement in a Brownsville federal court Thursday that will end ...

UTB Back in Court for Border Fence Update KRGV BROWNSVILLE - Representatives of the US Government and the University of Texas at Brownsville will be back in court today. A federal judge will hear on ...

Guitar workshop and concert Gloucester Daily Times Saxon is the coordinator of Collaborative Piano at the University of Texas at Brownsville. He has performed in Italy, Singapore, Mexico and throughout the ...

Clinton owes $146000 to U's Daily Pennsylvanian ... to several universities, she has paid off part of the balance at some of these schools, including Penn, Cal State LA and University of Texas at Brownsville.

Summer camp a big hit Calgary Herald,  Canada - Meanwhile Price, who joined Copot at the Prairie Baseball Academy for two years, has been playing with the University of Texas at Brownsville for the past ...

Government, university back in court over fence Houston Chronicle The University of Texas at Brownsville and Department of Homeland Security will report their progress to US District Judge Andrew Hanen Thursday morning.

The Top 10 Sexiest Beach Schools CollegeOTR, NY - University of Texas at Brownsville: This semi-tropical paradise is only a five minute walk to Mexico and a thirty minute drive to South Padre Island.

Concordia University Texas names new athletics director Community Impact Newspaper, TX - Prior to joining Concordia University Texas, Huntley served as the director of intercollegiate athletics for The University of Texas at Brownsville.

Legionaires fireballer brings home first game of final Winnipeg Free Press, Canada - "I always go with my fastball," said Hartman, who plays college ball with the University of Texas at Brownsville Scorpions.

CLOSURES Monitor Students from UTPA and the University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College staying at Unity Hall only lost air-conditioning for a few hours ...

Quick Takes: Dolly Closes Some Campuses, Medical Information ... Inside Higher Ed, DC - Prior to Dolly’s arrival, a worker tries to protect a building at the University of Texas at Brownsville. Hurricane Dolly slammed into the coast of Texas ...

UTPA to house UTB students during Hurricane Dolly Monitor EDINBURG - The University of Texas-Pan American will host students from the University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College who live on ..

Peak Performance Camp set for July 28 Breckenridge American, TX - Devon Watts, a standout all-conference and all-region performer at University of Texas-Brownsville and Florida Gulf Coast University, will conduct camp ...

Hometown girl invaluable to Troup ISD Diboll Free Press, TX - Jul 16, 2008 She received her master's degree in two years from the University of Texas at Brownsville without ever stepping foot on the campus.

UTB students, staff arrive in Australia for World Youth Day KGBT University of Texas-Texas Southmost College was at the Valley International Airport on Sunday. She is among the group of Valley Catholics who were headed to ...

UTB/TSC flutists travel abroad

EPA report condemns border fence KGBT- Jul 7, 2008 Officials from the University of Texas at Brownsville - Texas Southmost College are fighting to keep the fence from dividing their campus.

"Pretended Patriotism" The Conservative Voice, NC - Two contemporary real world examples of non-patriotic or un-American conduct include recent actions by University of Texas Brownsville and Brownsville, ...

Coronado goalkeeper to play at next level El Paso Times Elizabeth Drake, a Coronado graduate, will play soccer next season for the University of Texas at Brownsville, where she will study marine biology.

Initiatives | Efforts, Grant Seek To Promote Healthy Living in ... Kaiser network.org ... and "Body Composition and Postmenopausal Breast Cancer in Hispanic Women," by Gerson Peltz of the University of Texas at Brownsville (BCRP release, ...

Bridge To Learning BROWNSVILLE - Harlingen High School junior Aaron del Bosque will not have to wake up early for a while - at least until classes start back in August.He arose at 6 a.m. the last four weeks to catch a bus to go to The University of Texas at Brownsville...

The Faces of Our Future Health Care Providers WebWire (press release) - Jul 3, 2008 ... The University of Texas at Brownsville/ Texas Southmost College, University of Texas at El Paso, Texas A&M International University, Texas A&M-Corpus ...

Free college; Low LISD participation worries officials Starting this fall, high school students in Laredo and across the state will be able to earn 12 hours of college credit by the time they graduate, at no cost to their families.

Anyone for Fun 'n' games Pittsburgh Post Gazette, PA - Just fencing: The Brownsville (Texas) Herald reports Texas-Brownsville is suing to stop construction of a border fence across its campus because it would ...

From Dwight Perry of the Seattle Times: Daily Press, VA - The University of Texas at Brownsville is suing to stop construction of a border fence across campus, the Brownsville Herald reported, ...

Editorial: Court decision fails to deter foes San Antonio Express A federal judge ordered the government and the University of Texas at Brownsville, locked in a dispute over plans to build a portion of the fence on the ...

UTB and DHS Head Back to Court KVEO-TV By Michelle Macias The University of Texas at Brownsville headed back to court Monday over a government plan to divide the campus with a border fence.

Judge sides with UTB in border fence case KGBT University of Texas at Brownsville-Texas southmost College leaders complained that the federal government was not abiding by a previous agreement regarding ...

A fence, for what? UT The Daily Texan By Andrew Roush This month, state media have reported on a dispute between the University of Texas at Brownsville and the Department of Homeland Security ...

Judge stalls border fence at UT Brownsville Dallas Morning News US District Judge Andrew Hanen said the government had not complied with his March order to work with the University of Texas at Brownsville to come up with ...

Argus: Watch what you order at Buns and Guns Baraboo News Republic, WI - The University of Texas at Brownsville is trying to stop the construction of a border fence with Mexico which will run through school grounds, ...

Judge Orders Texas University and Federal Agency to Mend Fence Dispute Chronicle of Higher Education By KATHERINE MANGAN A federal judge ordered the US Department of Homeland Security and the University of Texas at Brownsville on Monday to resume ...

Comments on this Story Arizona Daily Star, AZ - ... of Texas' Brownsville campus and cut off the golf course from the rest of the school. no comment on the United States fencing off part of OUR county? ...

UTB Court Hearing on Border Fence on Monday KVEO-TV By Mark Nino A court hearing comes up on Monday pitting the University of Texas at Brownsville against the Department of Homeland Security.

Border fence would cut through Texas university KDBC ... The steel fence that the government wants to build along the Mexican border would do more than slice through the University of Texas Brownsville campus.

Gary Martin: Court's fence ruling strengthens government power San Antonio Express His congressional district includes the University of Texas at Brownsville-Texas Southmost College, which would see some of its campus cut off by the border ...

Flight north just part of long journey for Texas kid Edmonton Sun,  Canada - Puente defied the odds making his college team, the University of Texas at Brownsville as a walk-on. He walked into the coach's office asking him for a ...

Texas, Mexico convene for education summit

Cost Shift: Universities forced to pass on rising expenses to students Monitor Overall tuition and fees increased 63 percent at the University of Texas-Brownsville/Texas Southmost College and 58 percent at the University of Texas-Pan ...

UTB/TSC students bring home gold

Homeland Security wins a major fence round before the Supreme Court Fort Worth Star Telegram The University of Texas at Brownsville says that its future growth will be impeded because nearly 200 acres of its property will be behind the fence.

Feds acknowledge fence will hamper border life Dallas Morning News - Jul 15, 2008 In Brownsville, the fence will run along the Rio Grande on part of the University of Texas at Brownsville's campus, but the school's golf course and ...

UTB Breaks Ground for Early Childhood Studies KVEO-TV The University of Texas at Brownsville is building a 17000 square foot center for early childhood studies. It will include 8 classrooms, a playground and ...

US Supreme Court refuses to hear border fence challenge Dallas Morning News On June 19, the University of Texas at Brownsville asked the federal court for relief after Homeland Security said it planned to seize about two acres of ...

Tegrity Recognizes Outstanding Higher Education Leaders at 2nd ... Earthtimes (press release), UK - Rapid Response Award -- The University of Texas at Brownsville received the distinct honor of being the 'fastest Tegrity implementation' among new Tegrity ...

VIEWPOINT: "Blending wall" UT The Daily Texan UT-Brownsville also suggested using border cameras or hiring additional border patrol agents to roam campus in lieu of a wall. But Homeland Security would ...

U. Texas System Disputes Border Fence Plans CBS News - Jun 23, 2008 Texas Southmost College is a junior college that shares the campus with UT-Brownsville. According to Thursday's motion, attorneys for the Department of ...

Classical guitar concert attendance is growing steadily Monitor Leo Garcia, a guitar major at the University of Texas-Brownsville, drove to Weslaco Sunday to hear Teicholz play. He laughed when asked if people know that ...

Gamez storms to Match Play title Corpus Christi Caller Times Cavazos was a star golfer for Miller High School and will play at Texas-Brownsville next year.

UT System disputes border fence plans The Daily Texan Texas Southmost College is a junior college that shares the campus with UT-Brownsville. According to Thursday's motion, attorneys for the Department of ...

UT-Brownsville says fence deal broken

Festivamos: Valley offers lots of entertainment this week Monitor Currently she is a professor at the University of Texas-Brownsville and is writing a sequel to "South Texas Tales."

UTB and DHS headed back to court KGBT The Department of Homeland Security and the University of Texas at Brownsville-Texas Southmost College are headed back to court over the border fence.

Texas Universities Accuse US of Violating Agreement on Border Fence Chronicle of Higher Education The University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College filed a motion in federal court on Thursday accusing the US Department of ...

Kids College Happening at UTB-TSC KVEO-TV It's part of the University of Texas at Brownsville Kids College, during the three week program the 5 to 12 year-old learn how to build a robot made by ...

Shannon Capps: from mayhaws to mainframes Tri County Leader, TX - Jun 19, 2008 She received her master's degree in two years from the University of Texas at Brownsville without ever stepping foot on the campus.

Fitch Rates Texas Southmost College District $5MM GOs 'AA-' Business Wire (press release), CA - Jun 18, 2008
However, through its long-term partnership with the University of Texas-Brownsville (UT-B), Fitch believes the district is well-positioned to meet these ...

North hopes Rudder takes team in the right direction The Herald-Times, IN - Jun 16, 2008 In 2003, the head coach from the University of Texas at Brownsville offered him a job as an assistant. For the first three years it was a junior college and ...

More Than $2000000 in Grants for The Big Read National Endowment for the Arts, DC - Jun 16, 2008 The University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College will host Big Read activities in Brownsville, Texas, and Matamoros, Mexico.

Valley applications rise at A&M-K Corpus Christi Caller Times - Jun 16, 2008 And although deep South Texas universities The University of Texas at Brownsville and The University of Texas-Pan American in Edinburg are less expensive, ...

The University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College ... PR Web (press release), WA Jun 16, 2008 San Miguel de Allende, GTO, Mexico (PRWEB) June 16, 2008 -- The University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College (UTB/TSC) will begin teaching ...

Mexican gas prices could rise KGBT - Jun 15, 2008 But Rafael Otero with the University of Texas and Texas Southmost College's School of Business said the low prices can't last forever.

Top Mexico Activities Los Angeles Times, CA - Jun 12, 2008 The Gorgas Science Foundation of Texas Southmost College sponsors the trips. The area is rich in birds, orchids, and bromeliads and is home to endangered ...

Security fence threatens border fauna The Columbian, WA - Jun 12, 2008 The campus of the University of Texas at Brownsville, for example, would be split in two by the fence. The place where we watched Red-crowned Parrots ...

High School Students Attend UTB-TSC for Summer KVEO-TV - Jun 10, 2008 This is the second year the University of Texas at Brownsville has offered this program and students can get up to 7 hours of college credit.

Most struggling Texas kids are veterans of US classrooms Dallas Morning News "One problem is the programs are all so different," said Yvonne Freeman, a bilingual education professor at the University of Texas-Brownsville.

North graduate trying for Olympics Oshkosh Northwestern, WI - Jun 8, 2008 For the past two years, Sell has been attending college at the University of Texas at Brownsville, studying for a degree in kinesiology.

Sunken Texas Clipper Now An Artificial Reef Media Newswire (press release) “We work closely with researchers at the University of Texas at Brownsville who are currently monitoring the site, including conducting surveys of the fish ...

Spread of doctoral programs in Texas raises concerns Austin American-Statesman One school that has been rebuffed is UT-Brownsville, which would like to offer a doctorate in physics. The school has some standout researchers and a Center ...

Editorial: New strategies vital in higher education San Antonio Express Edward Argueta, principal of the Mathematics and Science Academy at the Texas Southmost-University of Texas Brownsville, was not allowed to recruit students ...

Pecos High to get new principal

Three-part series: Easing the load on community colleges San Antonio Express ... us and ignoring us and treating us as stepchildren,” says Mary Rose Cardenas, former board chairman of Texas Southmost College in Brownsville.

'Holy death' reigns over drug dealer dens LAREDO — When Webb County sheriff's deputies started photographing the eerie, sometimes blood-soaked shrines to shrouded skeletal figurines found at the homes and stash houses of big-time drug dealers, it was with the sense they were glimpsing into ...

School Graduations Across the Valley KVEO-TV Now, about 3 years later, the Harlingen 18 year-olds, will have a high school diploma and associates degrees from the University of Texas at Brownsville.

Subsea 7 to bring higher paying jobs

Tohono O'odham Chairman: Graves destroyed in border wall construction The NarcoSphere, NY - ... Texas, the Tohono O'odham Nation, and the University of Texas, Brownsville, remark on the merits and demerits of border fences and walls.

On the Texas Borderline, A Solid, if Invisible, Wall Washington Post ... campus -- which combines the University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College -- and right through the Rio Grande Valley borderlands.

Heroes Save Attorney's Life KVEO-TV Around the noon hour Gamez was playing his usual game of Pington at the University of Texas at Brownsville, a game similar to Badminton, a nice break from ...

The Border Fence: A Texas Turf War TIME - The University of Texas at Brownsville, for example, could find its campus golf course and part of the outfield of its baseball park amputated.

Border coalition chair denounces fence Houston Chronicle Foster made his remarks at the Global Border Security Conference and Expo, sponsored by the University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College ..

Mexican official says organized crime targeted Houston Chronicle The Global Border Security Conference and Expo was sponsored by the University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College along with private ...

Valley Man Saved with Defibrillator KVEO-TV Brownsville Emergency medical paramedics say, this afternoon, an older man was playing basketball at the University of Texas-Brownsville's gym when he had a ...

Homeland Security Stands by Its Fence At a Congressional hearing this month in Brownsville, the president of the University of Texas campus there, Juliet V. Garcia, testified that she had not been consulted before Homeland Security officials announced plans to build an 18-foot-high barrier that she said would leave the campus’s technology center and golf course “on the Mexican side of the fence.”

ACC and PISD team up with dual diploma program Pearland Journal, TX - ACC’s direct feeder schools include University of Texas-Brownsville, University of Texas-Dallas, Sam Houston State University, Texas Tech University, ...

Former Cards player Cortez to conclude college career Monitor, TX - May 18, 2008 He played one year at the University of Texas-Brownsville/Texas Southmost College but transferred because most of his friends went to UTPA.

An Eccentric Binary Millisecond Pulsar in the Galactic Plane David J. Champion 1 * , Scott M. Ransom 2

Tech regents panel OKs tuition freeze LubbockOnline.com, TX - May 8, 2008 ... the system's nine academic campuses that range from less than 5 percent a year at UT Austin and others to more than 13 percent a year at UT Brownsville.

Colleges and school districts urge Legislature to give more money ... Monitor Presidents of the Rio Grande Valley's two universities - University of Texas-Pan American in Edinburg and University of Texas-Brownsville/Texas Southmost ...

Clinton's loan a sign of dwindling campaign funds The Observer Blog, UK - ... range from $4.6m owed to the polling firm of her former top strategist Mark Penn, to $1380 owed to the University of Texas at Brownsville for event costs.

Miller golfer, Cavazos, taking his game to state Corpus Christi Caller Times Vince Cavazos, who will play golf at University of Texas-Brownsville next year, just missed a state tournament spot by one stroke. "It was disappointing to ...

TPW Funds Programs To Get Kids Outdoors Lone Star Outdoor News, TX - ($25866) (Brownsville) Texas Southmost College - Students from the Lower Rio Grande Valley will be engaged with outdoor/environmental education activities ...

Miller Golfer Signs Scholarship KIII TV3, TX - Vince will attend UT-Brownsville.

Government surveys border fence opponent's property Houston Chronicle "This is about ensuring that the government follows the law," said Tamez, director of the graduate nursing program at the University of Texas at Brownsville ...

Over 140 UTB Students, Faculty Tested for TB KRGV BROWNSVILLE - At least 143 students and faculty at the University of Texas at Brownsville have been tested for tuberculosis. NEWSCHANNEL 5 learned 10 tested ..

Chelsea in Gettysburg: Mom's got the plan Former first daughter Chelsea Clinton made a stop in Gettysburg Monday afternoon to answer questions from the audience at Gettysburg College's College Union Building.

Watch Your Mouth Tampa Tribune, FL - ... says Lona Sandon, an assistant professor at the University of Texas at Brownsville and a spokeswoman for the American Dietetic Association.

Martinez reigns as top area CEO Laredo Medical Center CEO Abe Martinez was recently honored as Community Health Systems' 2007 CEO of the Year. LMC is an affiliate of Community Health Systems, one of the nation's leading operators of acute care hospitals.Since Martinez's arrival at Laredo Medical Center in August 2004, the hospital has experienced outstanding

A league of its own Victoria Advocate Bass has heard positive comments about the Jaguars from UT-Brownsville coach Joel Barta, whose team lost five of six to UHV. The Jaguars also traveled to ...

Artists Put Up Border Wall at UTB KRGV - Apr 16, 2008 BROWNSVILLE - A border wall went up at the University of Texas at Brownsville campus today. Eight artists put together the 12 feet of plywood and painted it ...

Spiritual renewal: Benedict XVI says he is 'deeply ashamed' of ... Monitor While younger Catholics attend Mass less frequently than the older generation, several University of Texas - Brownsville students are among those bucking ...

Nearly 100 UTB Students, Faculty to be Tested for TB KRGV BROWNSVILLE - Two people suspected of having tuberculosis have been asked to stay off the University of Texas at Brownsville campus

Tuberculosis Hits UTB/TSC Campus KVEO-TV By Mark Nino The Texas Department of Health Services let officials at the University of Texas Brownsville-Texas Southmost College know that two members of ...

Border Wall Construction Impact Hearing Scheduled Imperial Valley News, CA - ... April 28, 2008 at 10:00 AM, in the Lecture Hall of the Science, Engineering and Technology Building (SET-B) at the University of Texas-Brownsville.

Progreso ISD helps set new college education standard Monitor Progreso ISD partnered with Texas Education Agency, Texas High School Project, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Texas Southmost College to help students ...

St. Elizabeth soccer duo heading south Vaughan Today, Canada - Apr 11, 2008 And now, both are heading to the University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College in the fall to play for the Scorpions.

Judge grants US access to land in border fence suit Houston Chronicle - Apr 11, 2008 Tamez, a 73-year-old nursing program administrator at the University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College, had fought the government since it ...

Grant to Fight Obesity KVEO-TV - Apr 11, 2008 University of Texas at Brownsville graduate students are doing something try to reduce these numbers. The UT-B school of Public Health has received a seven ...

 

No logic needed Nadya Ortiz's natural instinct is to attack. But for the moment, she must bide her time. Ortiz briskly taps her finger against her lip as she studies the chessboard. She is playing black, an immediate disadvantage because the white team always moves

Grant to Fight Obesity KVEO-TV University of Texas at Brownsville graduate students are doing something try to reduce these numbers. The UT-B school of Public Health has received a seven ...

Richards Wins Bison Invitational Oklahoma Baptist University ... SNU JV at 627, Seminole State at 635, NEO at 648, Texas-Brownsville at 653, Northwestern Oklahoma State at 658 and Western Oklahoma at 702.

Summer Registration Begins for UTB/TSC KVEO-TV By Mark Nino Monday was the first day to register for classes at the University of Texas Brownsville for summer classes which begin on May 12th.

60 Years of Service to the Church KIII TV3 She received her education at Del Mar College, Incarnate Word College in San Antonio and Texas Southmost College in Brownsville. Now retired, but certainly ...

Scorpions Break NAIA Record for Most Hit Batsmen in Single ... CSTV.com ... in a game now belongs to The University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College, with a little help from Paul Quinn (Texas) College.

Newtek Business Services, Inc Earnings Conference Call Insurance News Net (press release) We recently received in conjunction with the University of Texas at Brownsville, a $1.25 million federal grant to build out that state-of-the-art facility.

Silly Fence Winston-Salem Journal, NC - The University of Texas at Brownsville will have the fence cut through campus. Landowners in the area say the fence will intrude on their private property ...

Audio Listen Now Eloisa Tamez tells Madeleine Brand why she doesn't agree with the government's actions.

2008-2010 tuition and fees approved by regents UTSA Today Among them, nursing programs will be allowed to recommend new tuition and fee proposals for consideration next year and UT Brownsville was allowed to ...

For Violets, a Final Four in chess NYU Washington Square News, NY - In the Pan-American Intercollegiate Championships, NYU shocked the University of Texas at Brownsville, which also ranked over 200 points higher than the ...

Plan to waive environmental laws to build fence sparks outrage in ... Dallas Morning News Many of the suits, including individuals as well as the city of Eagle Pass and the University of Texas at Brownsville, were in Texas, which has the longest ...

Capital Highlights A summary of the week's significant events in ... Jasper Newsboy But the federal government dropped its suit to acquire fenceable borderland under the control of the University of Texas-Brownsville and Texas Southmost ...

Opponents force US to bypass laws to finish fence along Mexican border Guardian, UK - One of the more absurd impacts of the proposed fence would have divided the campus at the University of Texas Brownsville.

Compensation called 'ridiculous' in 3 Ariz. border survey suits San Diego Union Tribune - Mar 31, 2008 In one case, the government dismissed its lawsuit against the University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College and agreed to explore ..

Where US-Mexico border fence is tall, it works Arizona Republic, AZ - Mar 31, 2008 The government also dropped lawsuits against University of Texas, Brownsville and Texas Southmost College in March, and both sides agreed instead to come up ...

MS-13 gang seen as growing threat PHARR, Texas – Shortly after midnight in late September, a Texas National Guard soldier with night-vision equipment spied four figures slipping through the brush and alerted Border Patrol agents.

UTB Gets Steepest Tuition Increase in State Team 4 News College just got more expensive, especially for students at the University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College.

University of Texas approves tuition hikes for schools Dallas Morning News Students at UT-Brownsville will be hit with the steepest hike next year, up 13 percent to an average of about $5500. The following year’s increase will be ...

UTEP tuition to jump: Students will pay $150 more each semester ... El Paso Times UT Brownsville students will pay the highest tuition increase, nearly 13 percent in the fall of 2008. All the universities said their tuition plans were ...

Judge opens needed dialogue on border fence Corpus Christi Caller Times, TX - The other involved the campus of the University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College. In the latter, Homeland Security officials had blithely ...

Board decides on tuition, tract's future UT The Daily Texan The regents also allowed the University of Texas at Brownsville to increase tuition and fees by about 13 percent in the first of its two-year year plan to ...

UPDATE: UTEP Tuition going up 5.2% KVIA The hikes will vary from less than 5 percent a year at UT Austin and others to more than 9 percent a year at UT Brownsville and UT Permian Basin.

College tuition going up across the state Houston Chronicle ... the system's nine academic campuses, ranging from less than 5 percent a year at UT Austin and others to more than 13 percent a year at UT Brownsville.

Comments on this Story Arizona Daily Star, AZ - Mar 25, 2008 The University of Texas at Brownsville was the first to win a legal and moral victory over the US government in its attempt to force Texan landowners to ...

6 UT System campuses may bust tuition barrier Austin American-Statesman - Mar 25, 2008 UT-Brownsville's sticker price would go up by 9.29 percent, thanks in part to a $75 student-authorized charge for athletics

U.S. fence creates river of ill will on Texas border BROWNSVILLE, Texas — When Congress approved the construction of a nearly 700-mile-long fence along the U.S.-Mexico border two years ago to keep out terrorists, drug smugglers and ...

Government files evidence in border fence suit Houston Chronicle ... back to the summer of 2007 that they say show the government did its part to negotiate with University of Texas-Brownsville Professor Eloisa Tamez.

UM's Bishop Hockey East 2nd-team choice Bangor Daily News, ME - Mike Moloney, who played at Phoenix College in Arizona, and Englishman Stuart Rodgers, who is coming to Maine from the University of Texas-Brownsville, ...

Texas Schools Win Border Fence Victory A federal judge has approved an agreement requiring the government to consult two southern Texas colleges about plans to build a border fence on their joint campus. The agreement ...

Fenced off Watertown Daily Times A federal judge has approved an agreement that requires the federal government to work with the University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost ...

Government drops lawsuit against UT Brownsville UT The Daily Texan By Susan Peterson The US government dropped its border fence condemnation lawsuit against the University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College ...

UTB and Government Come to Agreement on Property Surveying KVEO-TV By Mark Nino The University of Texas at Brownsville and the Federal government are in agreement regarding the surveying of university property for the ...

On the Border of Fear FWWeekly, TX - Today, the associate professor at UT-Brownsville holds a doctorate in health education. Tamez, of Lipan Apache and Basque descent, worries about the social ...

Antioch alumni outside 1 Dupont Circle Inside Higher Ed, DC - The University of Texas at Brownsville won a federal court agreement Wednesday with the US Department of Homeland Security that will, for now, ...

Black Man Is Sentenced For Killing White Teen Washington Post The agreement ends a lawsuit filed by the government against the University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College, seeking a condemnation of ...

Federal Government Drops Lawsuit Against University Over Border Fence Chronicle of Higher Education By KATHERINE MANGAN A federal judge on Wednesday dismissed a US government lawsuit against the University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost ...

UTB Agrees to Let Government Survey Land KRGV BROWNSVILLE - The University of Texas at Brownsville and the federal government have reached an agreement on the border fence. A judge signed an order that ...

Feds drop border fence suit against UT-Brownsville Houston Chronicle By CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN AP BROWNSVILLE — The US government dismissed its border fence condemnation lawsuit against the University of Texas at Brownsville and ...

Texas Schools Win Border Fence Victory The Associated Press - The agreement Wednesday calls for dismissal of a lawsuit filed against the University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College

Board of Education Looks To Change Curriculum KVEO-TV Berlanga says research needs to be done with Latinos University of Texas at Brownsville students like Erica Garcia who heard Berlanga speak agrees research ...

Judge hears border fence complaints Monitor ... cases in Brownsville this week, including one the federal government filed against the University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College

Landowners say government never negotiated access for fence Houston Chronicle Hanen will hear two more cases in Brownsville Wednesday, including one against the University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College

Program expands opportunities for nursing education in Valley Monitor Both of them already have successful, full-time careers - Ochoa as a nursing instructor at the University of Texas-Brownsville, Zorrilla as a nurse with the ...

Texas landowners slow border fence's progress in court Houston Chronicle ... done is contact me to sign a waiver," said Tamez, director of the nursing program at the University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College

Inspired students skip spring break to volunteer on campaigns Bloomington Pantagraph Mar 15, 2008 The 25-year-old senior at the University of Texas at Brownsville withdrew $600 from his savings after Sen. Obama’s defeat in Texas to fly to Philadelphia.

More than 200 join 9-day march against border barrier Dallas Morning News - Mar 15, 2008 ... in planning the border fencing, said Mrs. Tamez, the 73-year-old director of the nursing program at UT-Brownsville and Texas Southmost College.

Carlos Guerra: Border fence is a plank in a virtual immigration policy

Alternative Spring Break Taken by UTB Students KVEO-TV - Mar 13, 2008 ... night out at the bars, but a group of hard-working students, from the University of Texas Brownsville, decided to wake up early, to help build homes.

Muro del odio Security Zone: Walling off the endangered Rio Grande will claim many victims

Education Associations Leverage Wimba to Enhance Connections With ... Market Wire (press release) - Mar 12, 2008 ... College of the Mainland (Texas), Darton College (GA), Southern University and A&M College (LA) and University of Texas at Brownsville (Texas).

UTB Border Wall Case Set for Court Team 4 News - Mar 12, 2008 A federal judge is looking to resolve a border fence dispute involving the University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College by next week.

Judge wants to resolve UT-Brownsville border fence dispute Austin American-Statesman - Mar 11, 2008 A federal judge apparently would like to resolve a border fence dispute involving the University of Texas at Brownsville next week.

The People vs. Michael Chertoff The Nation., NY - Mar 11, 2008 ... than fifty condemnation lawsuits against resisting property owners, among them the city of Eagle Pass and the University of Texas at Brownsville campus.

Protesters to march against Texas-Mexico border fence Dallas Morning News - Mar 8, 2008 ... against the Texas Southmost College District, which oversees the University of Texas at Brownsville campus and Texas Southmost College in Brownsville.

Judge orders talks before border fence property seizure Houston Chronicle - Mar 8, 2008 AP BROWNSVILLE — A federal judge has ruled that the government must first try to negotiate a price with a South Texas landowner before seizing her property ...

New Coach for UTB Womens Volleyball Team 4 News - Mar 7, 2008 David Nicholson has been named the new head women's volleyball coach at The University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College.

What's up at UTPA? Monitor Q: There’s talk of the University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College wanting to make the jump from NAIA to Division II, and then of course ...

Border fence protest walk starts Saturday Monitor ... that are going to be affected,” said Crystal Canales, a 20-year-old University of Texas-Brownsville student who plans to take part in the nine-day walk.

New UTSA program to jump-start inventions UTSA Today ... transfer office that supports technology licensing and commercialization efforts at UTSA, UT Health Science Center, UT Brownsville and UT Pan American

Physicians, academics address South Texas health concerns Monitor ... local doctors and professors, talked about the major health concerns that face South Texas at a forum Wednesday at the University of Texas-Brownsville.

FEATURE: Southwest Border Fence Receives Mixed Welcome in OhMyGov!, DC - A chorus of complaints from individuals, mayors, and the University of Texas at Brownsville (UTB) reflects strong sentiments that affected parties have not ...

Holes in the wall For example, the wall will not pass through the property of billionaire Robert L. Hunt, a good friend of George W. Bush—but it will cross the University of Texas at Brownsville campus.

LCC guitar concert tonight  Laredo Community College hosts three guitar ensembles from the University of Texas-Brownsville/Texas Southmost College today at 7:30 p.m. in the Guadalupe and Lilia Martinez Fine Arts Center Theater.

PMS Is Real and Can Be Helped The Ledger, FL - Mar 4, 2008 ... M.Ed., RD, an assistant professor at the University of Texas at Brownsville, and a spokeswoman for the American Dietetic Association. Hold the salt. ...

Border Insecurity New York Times - Mar 3, 2008 It cuts through the University of Texas at Brownsville and blocks the migration of wildlife by bifurcating valuable nature preserves in which the country ...

Mansour O. El Kikhia: Fear, the monster that won't die, fed by ... San Antonio Express There is a little problem brewing on the campus of the University of Texas at Brownsville that demonstrates the lunacy of unchecked policy.

UTD Clinches College Chess League US Chess Federation (press release) In the following game, Magesh dispatches University of Texas at Brownsville freshman Axel Bachmann. 18-year-old Axel was born in Paraguay, and moved to the ...

Your View The people of Texas need to cheer Juliet Garcia, president of the University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College. She did what most of the Democratic members of Congress not from Texas didn’t have the guts to do:

Relief in store for PMS While dietary modifications are unlikely to offer a total cure for PMS, some nutritional strategies help to relieve certain symptoms, according to Lona Sandon, M.Ed., R.D., an assistant professor at the University of Texas at Brownsville

STC hosts Chicano education conference Monitor The welcoming address, set for 6 pm Thursday, features a round-table talk between University of Texas-Brownsville President Julieta Garcia, University of ...

UTB/TSC jazz band performs at Notre Dame

UTB/TSC jazz band braves cold, long ride for festival

Active Lifestyle: Gloria Ridolfi

Controversial border fence hot issue in Texas primary AFP - Feb 24, 2008 Even the University of Texas at Brownsville could lose access to buildings and grounds on the other side of the fence and is facing a potential legal battle ...

Clinton and Obama Debate KRGV Clinton used her visit to the University of Texas at Brownsville in her response. "The University of Texas at Brownsville would have part of its campus ...

Hispanic voters key to Clinton hopes in Texas Reuters - ... and family over there (Iraq) and Obama will end the war," said 18-year-old Jenissa Arrambide, a student at the University of Texas at Brownsville.

Texas' potential clout brings hope for changes to border fence Fort Worth Star Telegram, TX - Feb 22, 2008 The University of Texas at Brownsville would also have part of its property south of the fence. Officials there are preparing for a legal fight.

Eminent Domain? Only If You're Rich Nolan Chart LLC, VA - ... showed the wall going through such properties as the University of Texas at Brownsville hardly a hotbed for drug smugglers and immigrant trafficking.

Beach Dawgs to prowl Fairgrounds Field Corpus Christi Caller Times A 1962 graduate of Carroll High School, Salinas also coached at Texas Southmost College and Laredo Junior College, as well as at Miller and Moody high ...

American Democracy vs. American Dictatorship Atlantic Free Press, Netherlands - Like the City of Eagle Pass and many private property owners, yesterday, the University of Texas Brownsville and Texas Southmost College became the new ...

More Border Fence Shenanigans Texas Golf, TX - I wrote a couple weeks ago about some of the oddities of the proposed border fence that the federal government is planning in an effort to stem the flow of ...

Holes in the Wall Texas Observer Tamez, a nursing director at the University of Texas at Brownsville, is one of the last of the Spanish land grant heirs in Cameron County.

Michael Chertoff, You’ve Been Sued Atlantic Free Press, Netherlands - One woman that this legal team is representing, Eloisa Tamez, PhD in nursing at the University of Texas, Brownsville, has stood up to Chertoff and said “NO” ...

Valley public radio station leaders threaten to cut services Monitor ... the public broadcasting corporation, underwriters, the Catholic Diocese of Brownsville and the University of Texas-Brownsville-Texas Southmost College.

Chess master helps give school kingly status Corpus Christi Caller Times Axel Bachmann arrived at the University of Texas at Brownsville on a full ...

No Relief in Sight: Reynosa, Mexico, Military Occupation Yields No ... Drug War Chronicle, DC - ... but people have to eat, people have to survive," said Marco Davila, a professor of criminology at the University of Texas-Brownsville.

US suit seeks access to Brownsville campus for border fence Austin American-Statesman ... days of access to conduct surveys and environmental studies at the joint campus of the University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College.

Schuler Shook Announces New Partner Live Design, NY - ... Lyric Theatre at the Plaza in Oklahoma City; AD Players Theater in Houston, TX; and University of Texas at Brownsville/Texas Southmost College.

The wall is well on its way Monitor ... government surveyors access to their property, including one filed Friday against The University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College,

Texas Southmost College, Son of Federal Judge Latest Border Wall ... Team 4 News University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College Juliet V. Garcia has been at odds with Homeland Security over access to school property.

Natalicio: UTEP leader still not slowing down El Paso Times ... University of Texas System leaders is Juliet V. García, who will mark her 16th year as president of the University of Texas at Brownsville in 2008.

US landowners sue government over border fence Mangalorean.com, India - The lead plaintiff in the case is Eloisa Tamez, a professor at the University of Texas-Brownsville, who owns land in the El Calaboz town.

US officials, Hidalgo County strike deal to alter border fence Dallas Morning News They include one filed Friday against the Texas Southmost College District, which oversees the combined University of Texas at Brownsville campus and Texas ...

Compromise on Wall Flap in Border Town FOXNews - One of Friday's lawsuits was against the Texas Southmost College District, which oversees the combined University of Texas at Brownsville campus and Texas ...

Border wall slashes through Texas’ soul The Rice Thresher ... General Zachary Taylor’s soldiers fought to take this land for the United States, now occupied by students of the University of Texas at Brownsville

UT regents discuss border fence Austin American-Statesman The campus of UT-Brownsville and Texas Southmost is in Cameron County. The federal government notified the campus it plans to sue as a result of the refusal ...

Chertoff heading to Texas for border fence talks Dallas Morning News The regents consider it a possible alternative to a Homeland Security proposal to build a fence cutting across the UT-Brownsville/Texas Southmost College ..

The lowdown on higher education Austin American-Statesman UT regents seek resolution of border fence dispute.

Gov't may sue schools over border fence United Press International - Juliet Garcia, the president of the University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College, refused to allow the corps access to campus property to ...

'Keelhaulers' has a certain ring Moundbuilders, Southwestern College, Winfield, Kan.; Muleriders, Southern Arkansas University, Magnolia, Ark.; Poets, Whittier (Calif.) College; Scorpions, University of Texas, Brownsville; Squirrels, Mary Baldwin College, Staunton, Va.; Thunderbolts ...

US threatens to sue over access to UT Brownsville campus for ... Austin American-Statesman ... studies at the University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College as part of its plan to erect a border fence, Juliet García refused.

Peter Collins Honored as Texas' CIO of the Year Government Technology, CA - ... CIO of the University of Texas at Brownsville/Texas Southmost College; Victor Gonzalez, deputy assistant commissioner for Administrative Services for ...

Border works fine with tougher rule At the Gateway International Bridge here Thursday morning, daily crosser Dennis Salinas, 19, a University of Texas at Brownsville student and U.S. citizen who lives in Matamoros, Mexico, said the line was moving a little slowly ...

Texas High School Students Present Research Results at National ... National Science Foundation (press release) - Trained at the Arecibo Remote Command Center, or ARCC, located on the campus of the University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College, ...

DHS continues to file lawsuits for proposed border fence Monitor Among those sued is Eloisa Tamez, an associate professor at the University of Texas-Brownsville/Texas Southmost College, who has repeatedly denied the ...

Anti-Border Wall Activist Among Three Sued by ... Team 4 News Tamez, who works as a director for the Unversity of Texas at Brownsville's nursing program, told Action 4 News that her family's land in the rural community ...

US Mexico border fence.  US plans for a 700-mile fence along the US-Mexico border have hit a snag in Brownsville, Texas. Dozens of property owners there are refusing to open their land to surveying by the Department of Homeland Security.

Mexican Minister Speaks About Immigrants in the USA KVEO-TV Mexican Foreign Minister, Jorge Castaneda spoke at the University of Texas Brownsville campus to talk about his book, "Ex Mex: From Migrants to Immigrants

People at play London Free Press, Canada - 1-seeded Northwood, before hitting the hurdle presented by Texas-Brownsville, who captured the championship with a 1-0 win over Bacone, a school of 1200 ...

Stramp’s Cycle Helps Sweep Scorps LCU Athletics, TX - ... their four-game sweep of University of Texas-Brownsville/Texas Southmost College with a pair of run-ruled shortened games Saturday at Hays Field.

Anders Meanders I got a copy of a letter that’s been circulating at the University of Texas-Brownsville, which is among the property owners refusing to voluntarily grant access to the land the government wants to build the fence on. Why the UTB refusal?

Stramp belts grand slam as LCU sweeps LubbockOnline.com Will Stramp highlighted a doubleheader sweep by the Lubbock Christian University baseball team over UT-Brownsville on Friday with two home runs in the ...

BEHIND THE LINES: Our Take on the Other Media's Homeland Security ... CQPolitics.com, DC - At the University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College, faced with having their jointly managed campus split by DHS’s border fence, ...

Carlos Guerra: DHS tactics have farmers anxious about access to water ... At the University of Texas at Brownsville nursing school, Tamez heads the master's degree programs. And now, she is bracing herself for a fight to keep the last three acres of family land from the original 12,700-acre San Pedro ...

Standoff Near the Border Inside Higher Ed, DC - Jan 23, 2008 Over the past year, leaders of the University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College have responded critically to a proposal by the Department ...

Carlos Guerra: As border fence looms, Brownsville sees small surge of ... BROWNSVILLE — Munching on rice tacos at a table in an old mall that has become the fast-growing University of Texas-Brownsville's West Campus, Mario Garza and Elizabeth González spoke of their newfound activism. Had things gone as planned, they ...

UT System affected by new tuition rules Charles Dameron, UT-Brownsville Academic Affairs vice president, said the university’s Tuition Policy Advisory Committee is currently waiting for the UT-System to clarify the tuition cap’s guidelines. “We want to know whether asking for above ...

Border fence controversy enters courtroom The University of Texas at Brownsville, along with other landowners in the area, can expect to be sued by the federal government for refusing to allow their property to be surveyed for construction of a border fence.

'An erosion of democracy' National Post, Canada - "The wall shows an erosion of democracy," said Dr. Tamez, director of graduate nursing at the University of Texas at Brownsville.

Feds Have Permission to Survey Brownsville Land for Border Wall KRGV The University of Texas at Brownsville is still negotiating with the government. Federal officials want to survey, sample, and measure the area where the ...

UTB Scorpions Ready for Baseball Season Opener Team 4 News - Jan 18, 2008 Action 4 Sports reporter Darren Haynes spent Thursday with the UT Brownsville Scorpions who were practicing for the new season. With 13 returning players, ...

Feds sue border landowners over fence Chicago Tribune - Jan 16, 2008 ... my ancestors received 12000 acres from the king of Spain," said Tamez, 72, the director of graduate nursing at the University of Texas at Brownsville

Show Me The Money: Free College Financial Aid Available Online Team 4 News - Jan 15, 2008 On average, it costs students at the University of Texas At Brownsville about $4000 to attend per semester, which is about $8000 a year.

Eagle Pass ordered to cooperate on fence The University of Texas-Brownsville also has not granted access, school spokesman Lety Fernandez said. Ahumada agreed that Eagle Pass was targeted as a warning to other entities. "They picked the one that had the least defenses ...

Right-wing hypocrisy: Illegal immigration Huffington Post Landowner Eloisa Garcia Tamez, a professor at the University of Texas at Brownsville, said she'll fight to the end to keep the government off the last of ...

In Texas, Weighing Life With a Fence New York Times One was Dr. Eloisa G. Tamez, a nursing director at the University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College, who owns three acres in Calabos, ...

Stricter Academic Standards at UTB-TSC KVEO-TV, TX - Vice President for Academic Affairs at the University of Texas Brownsville, Charles Dameron says the old system was very confusing.

Paula Waddle, former judge, dies at 60 Corpus Christi Caller Times - Jan 10, 2008 ... at Corpus Christi State University and as a law instructor at both Texas Southmost College in Brownsville and Pan American University in Edinburg.

Hutchison's border fence move raising a stink Landowner Eloisa Garcia Tamez, a professor at the University of Texas at Brownsville, said she'll fight to the end to keep the government off the last of her ancestors' 1767 land grant. "The value of the land is only to me," she said

Comments on this Story Arizona Daily Star, AZ - Jan 9, 2008 I'm not," said Tamez, director of the master of science and nursing program at the University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College.

DHS prepares lawsuits on border fence Monitor - Jan 9, 2008 The University of Texas-Brownsville and Cameron County also received letters from DHS. Cameron County Judge Carlos Cascos said that after months of fighting ...

Action: Katie eyes Olympic Trials The Reporter, WI - Now 19 and a college student at the University of Texas at Brownsville, Katie’s athletic accomplishment is impressive as she trains at the USA Judo National ...

Paperless Forms Benefit UTB Students KVEO-TV From now on students at the University of Texas Brownsville must use a method to register for their semesters, that is not only time saving but good for the ...

Attorney says Homeland Security must reconsider border fence in Valley Austin American-Statesman The director of the master of science in nursing program at the University of Texas at Brownsville said she told the government that her land isn't for sale ...

IM Johnny B. Blogs on the Pan-Ams US Chess Federation (press release), TN - Round 5 also saw a stunning upset as dark horse New York University (2176) knocked off the University of Texas at Brownsville-A (2349) 2.5 – 1.5 to move ...

Bella Vistan named Teacher of the Year Benton County Daily Record, AR - But with the help and support of her parents, Herbold learned the language, completed high school and enrolled in the University of Texas at Brownsville ...

Remedial Courses Help Students Prepare for College KVEO-TV Vice President for Academic Affairs at the University of Texas at Brownsville, Doctor Charles Dameron is also in favor of this proposal.

Texas residents resist border wall World War 4 Report, NY - ... elder of the Lipan Apache tribe who works as director of the nursing department at the University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College.

UTEP tuition to rise 4.95% The board unanimously approved a resolution that limits tuition and fee increases at University of Texas System schools to annual increases of 4.95 percent or $150 a semester, whichever is higher, for the next two years. The regents will discuss the finalized proposals in March. . . UT Brownsville: $2,203; 2008, $2,353; 2009, $2,503.

Michael Ramos-Lynch '09: Border fence a bad idea - and illegal, too The Brown Daily Herald, RI - Furthermore, the vice president of the University of Texas at Brownsville argued in the New York Times that the border fence will divide the Brownsville ...

Student veterans seek online options after being deployed The degree completion program is offered co-operatively by UTA, UT-Brownsville, UT-Permian Basin, UT-Dallas and UT-El Paso. Eric Bolsterli, assistant dean for academic affairs, said that if a department felt an online bachelor’s degree was needed ...

Storied cowboy boot makers in Valley are in big demand ... Valley, you have the Tejano subculture and the Tejano cowboys and the Kinenos (workers at the storied King Ranch)," said Tony Zavaleta, an anthropologist and director of external affairs at the University of Texas at Brownsville ...

Education, If You Can Afford It Texas Observer Despite dramatic increases along the border where education is needed the most—UT-Brownsville had the highest percentage increase of students among public ...

US-Mexico fence could help homeland security UT The Daily Texan Earlier this week the University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College filed a complaint opposing the border fence. It was drafted by elected ...

Minorities and Global Science: a New Fulbright Academy Program The Fulbright Academy of Science & Technology (FAST) is working with the University of Texas System to facilitate minority student participation at international conferences and meetings. The $180,000 initiative will run from 2007-2012. The seed funding for the program comes from the National Science Foundation’s Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP) program.

Texas Officials Want Wider River, Not Higher Fences NewsMax.com, FL - The wall, Antonio Zavaleta, former Brownsville city commissioner and vice president for external affairs at the University of Texas at Brownsville, said, ...

A Border Fence Would Split a Higher-Education Community, Colleges ... Chronicle of Higher Education - Nov 27, 2007 By KATHERINE MANGAN The University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College filed a resolution on Tuesday opposing the US government's plans to ...

Warriors drop their first match in NAIA National Tournament KLEW, ID - Texas-Brownsville is an experienced team and a good team, but the (Warrior) team that made it through the conference tournament and the region tournament ...

UA Hispanic journalism students picked for NY Times workshop University of Arizona News (press release) Elizabeth Perez, University of Texas at Brownsville; Solange Reyner, University of Miami; Rick Rojas, Texas A&M University; and James Wagner, University of Virginia.

Classical guitar strikes chord for Crockett kids Austin American-Statesman ... Michael Quantz, the director of education for the Guitar Foundation of America and a professor of music at the University of Texas at Brownsville, ...

Royce Harley Wilson Royce attended The University of Texas at Brownsville to pursue his career and played college baseball. He was married in July 2004 and started his family. He was a member of the Plumbers Union Local #68 in Houston, Texas. Royce is survived by his ...

City chamber director named HARLINGEN — Crisanne Zamponi, former director of community development for the Harlingen Area Chamber of Commerce, was named the chamber’s executive director Wednesday.

Bush bashing explained: A rebuttal to Peter Berkowitz Online Journal, FL - ... slowly -- Americans are drawing new battle lines. Andrew Bosworth, Ph.D., is an assistant professor of Government at the University of Texas at Brownsville.

Moratorium needed on college tuition hikes Corpus Christi Caller Times ... 59 percent at the University of Texas-Brownsville, 50 percent at the University of Texas-San Antonio, and 28 percent at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi.

Homeland Security preparing to seize Apache lands Infoshop News - She has already had two major confrontations with NSA since July–one in her office at the University of Texas at Brownsville, where she is the Director of a ...

Covering the Beat Less Traveled TC Columbia University, NY - A first-generation college student from a family of 12 where English was a second language, Padilla spent a year at Texas Southmost College in Brownsville

Texas Clipper heads to final port of call Houston Chronicle By LYNN BREZOSKY SOUTH PADRE ISLAND — A ship that over the past six decades brought World War II troops to Iwo Jima, ferried the well-to-do across the ...

SMALL COLLEGE NOTES Fort Worth Star Telegram The Rams can worry about Texas-Brownsville later. Third-seeded Wesleyan (30-15) faces Wayland Baptist (23-16) at 6:30 tonight in the Region VI tournament in ...

This time, Lady Chaps determined to focus on victory LubbockOnline.com The tendency might be to look to a potential championship tilt with Texas-Brownsville, the top seed in the region and the only team in Region VI that is ...

WWII-era ship will be part of artificial reef Fort Worth Star Telegram The University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Parks and Wildlife will monitor biological growth on the ship's hull. Texas A&M University and the National ...

Editorial: State making strides in Closing the Gaps San Antonio Express The University of Texas at Brownsville had the highest percentage increase of students among public universities, with an increase of 13.6 percent, or 668, ...

Proposed fence could split town San Antonio Express "The idea was that each portion of land would have some access to the river," said John Hawthorne, an archivist at the University of Texas at Brownsville.

School board member wants curriculum to include more Hispanics Houston Chronicle Julio Noboa, an assistant professor of curriculum and instruction at the University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College, said the history of ...

Letters to the editor  As I understand it, The University of Texas, Brownsville, Southern Utah University, and University of Nevada Las Vegas were all at one time campus locations of other institutions. In time, their stakeholders demanded independence within their system ...

Editorial: Waco's long high-ed commute Waco Tribune Herald It does so principally through arrangements with Tarleton State, the University of Texas-Arlington and UT-Brownsville. The University Center offers 14 ...

Viewpoint: Of UTmost importance UT The Daily Texan And the students of UT-Brownsville, who surely comprise the future of this state as much as UT-Austin students, are underrepresented by the regents.

Rah! Rah! Block That Rook! AMERICAN.COM, DC - These schools—which include Miami Dade College, Texas Tech University, and the University of Texas at Brownsville—are hoping that they too can use chess to ...